killing monsters now available *** acknowledgments many heartfelt thanks to my sister jennifer for her undying support and encouragement ; to my parents for always pushing me to pursue my dreams ; to loyal fictionpress readers ( who gave me the confidence to share my work ) ; to jose arteaga for light editing and his help with spanish translations ( any spanish errors herein are purely my own ) ; to bunmi ishola , for being a phenomenal first reader and champion for estela and moo ; and to tina v. and sarah m. for proofreading/copyediting help .