{"product_id":"we-are-where-the-nightmares-go-and-other-stories-isbn-9780062405869","title":"We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eSea of Rust\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eQueen of the Dark Things\u003c\/em\u003e comes a hair-raising collection of short fiction that illuminates the strange, humorous, fantastical, and downright diabolical that tantalize and terrorize us: demons, monsters, zombie dinosaurs, and Death itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the novella \"The Soul Thief’s Son\" C. Robert Cargill returns to the terrain of the \u003cem\u003eQueen of the Dark Things\u003c\/em\u003e to continue the story of Colby Stevens . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Triceratops and an Ankylosaurus join forces to survive a zombie apocalypse that may spell extinction for their kind in \"Hell Creek\" . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a grand old building atop a crack in the world, an Iraq War veteran must serve a one-year term as a punisher of the damned condemned to consume the sins of others in the hope that one day he may find peace in \"In a Clean, White Room\" (co-authored with Scott Derrickson) . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Town That Wasn’t Anymore,\" the village of Pine Hill Bluff loses its inhabitants one at a time as the angry dead return when night falls to steal the souls of the living . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the title story, \"We Are Where the Nightmares Go,\" a little girl crawls through a glowing door beneath her bed and finds herself trapped in a nightmarish wonderland—a crucible of the fragments of children’s bad dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese tales and four more are assembled here as testament to Cargill’s mastery of the phantasmagoric, making \u003cem\u003eWe Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e a collection of unnerving horror and fantasy will keep you up all night and haunt your waking dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hair-raising collection of short fiction that illuminates the strange, humorous, fantastical, and downright diabolical things that tantalize and terrorize us—evil spirits, monsters, zombie dinosaurs, and death itself—from the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eSea of Rust\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eQueen of the Dark Things\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Robert Cargill conjures ten shimmering tales of dark imagination that probe the deep fears dwelling beneath the surface of our quotidian lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story, “We Are Where the Nightmares Go,” a little girl crawls through a glowing door beneath her bed and finds herself trapped in an eerie wonderland filled with lost children, bizarre clowns, and a sinister shadowy being—a crucible roiling with the fragments of children’s bad dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA triceratops and an ankylosaurus join forces to survive a zombie apocalypse that may spell extinction for their kind in “Hell Creek.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a once grand old building atop a crack in the world, an Iraq War veteran searching for redemption serves a one-year term as a punisher of the damned, condemned to consume the sins of others in the hope that he may eventually find peace in “A Clean White Room” (coauthored with Scott Derrickson).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn “The Town That Wasn’t Anymore,” the dwindling residents of a dying Appalachian village protect the world from the angry, vengeful dead who return when night falls to steal the souls of the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pair of good ol’ boys contemplate the elements of life—science, God, politics, and being a red-blooded American—in the final moments of existence in “Jake and Willy at the End of the World.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the novella “The Soul Thief’s Son,” Cargill returns to the terrain of \u003cem\u003eQueen of the Dark Things\u003c\/em\u003e to continue the story of the cursed wizard and spirit tracker Colby Stevens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngels and demons, predators and prey, the mundane and the macabre, the living and the dead—all are the stuff of these enticing and surreal tales. A testament to Cargill’s mastery of the phantasmagoric, the wondrous, and the frightening, \u003cem\u003eWe Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of horror and fantasy that will unnerve you and haunt your waking dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[T]his is a fantasy about mythmaking, learning the uses of power, and living with the consequences of one’s behavior. Recommended for readers of Lev Grossman’s \u003cem\u003eMagicians\u003c\/em\u003e series and Neil Gaiman’s adult contemporary fantasies.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal on Queen of the Dark Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for C. Robert Cargill:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A forty-megaton cruise missile of a novel. . . . Visceral, relentless, breathtaking.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill on Sea of Rust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For a book with absolutely no human or organic characters, Sea of Rust will truly make you question your humanity, your mortality and your consciousness while following around a wisecracking scavenger robot. Brittle, a caregiver bot-turned-soldier tells her story of survival from the first-person perspective, letting readers learn how human an AI consciousness can be—despite her constant reassurance she is very inorganic. Cargill’s worldbuilding immerses readers in an Earth where only robots roam, giving a balanced amount of philosophy, action, melancholy and humor that makes \u003cem\u003eSea of Rust\u003c\/em\u003e an essential for any sci-fi fan.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews (4 1\/2 stars) on Sea of Rust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cargill has a gift for haunting imagery as well as exuberant gore, and most of his horror has a beating heart, albeit a bloody one. His fans will be thrilled by this strong collection.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dark, comedic, and unsettling, \u003cem\u003eDreams and Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e is everything an urban fantasy sets out to be.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTor.com on Dreams and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888805048549,"sku":"NP9780062405869","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062405869.jpg?v=1730229863","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/we-are-where-the-nightmares-go-and-other-stories-isbn-9780062405869","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}