We are where the nightmares go : and other stories

We are where the nightmares go And other stories

C. Robert Cargill, 1975-

Book - 2018

"From the critically acclaimed author of Sea of Rust and Queen of the Dark Things 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. In the novella "The Soul Thief's Son" C. Robert Cargill returns to the terrain of the Queen of the Dark Things to continue the story of Colby Stevens. A Triceratops and an Ankylosaurus join forces to survive a zombie apocalypse that may spell extinction for their kind in "Hell Creek". In 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). In "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. And 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. These tales and four more are assembled here as testament to Cargill's mastery of the phantasmagoric, making We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories a collection of unnerving horror and fantasy will keep you up all night and haunt your waking dreams"--

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Subjects
Short stories, American.
Short stories.
Genres
Short stories
Published
New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
C. Robert Cargill, 1975- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
x, 284 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780062405869
9780062405876
  • The town that wasn't anymore
  • We are where the nightmares go
  • As they continue to fall
  • Hell Creek
  • Jake and Willy at the end of the world
  • The last job is always the hardest
  • Hell they call him, the screamers
  • I am the night you never speak of
  • A clean white room / with Scott Derrickson
  • The soul thief's son.
Review by Booklist Review

Cargill's (Sea of Rust, 2017) collection of unnerving short fiction covers the end of the world, the death of the body, the nature of the soul, and the monsters that terrorize us. In the bleak opener, The Town That Wasn't Anymore, a grizzled sheriff, a faithless priest, and a tortured medium fight a losing battle of attrition against the vengeful spirits of a mining accident, who seek to possess the town's few remaining residents. In the title story, a child journeys under her bed and into a nightmarish landscape (full of clowns, naturally); her quest to escape is a skewed echo of Alice's Wonderland adventure, with a punishing twist. In the best stories, Cargill puts atypical narrators in moral dilemmas, from a veteran punishing sinners in the afterlife for a chance at redemption to a suicide bomber recruited to mark one-million people for death. The final novella, set in the world of Dreams and Shadows (2013), will please that novel's fans with more about the origin of its character, Colby. Cargill's rich language, excellent ear for dialogue, and gritty yet fantastical settings are on display here.--Hutley, Krista Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Cargill (Sea of Rust) explores the thin line between the living and the dead, and more, in this entertaining collection of 10 tales that embrace the best elements of old-school horror and dark fantasy. In the eerie, atmospheric "The Town That Wasn't Anymore," a dying, fog-drenched West Virginia town hosts the angry shades of more than 200 people killed in a mine collapse, and they now seek to inhabit the living. A sheriff, a priest, and their small posse try to keep the spirits at bay in an increasingly futile battle. In the terrific, terrifying "Hell Creek," a triceratops and an ankylosaurus team up to fight a hoard of zombie tyrannosaurs and other undead dinos after a mass extinction event. In "The Last Job Is Always the Hardest," someone who intends to bomb a passenger train gets a very unusual job offer, and in the title story, a girl finds a door in her wall leading to a place of dark wonders. Not all of the tales work: "Hell They Call Him, the Screamers" is simply stomach-churning. But 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. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Library Journal Review

This collection by screenwriter/novelist Cargill (Sea of Rust) is filled with the darkest of dark fantasy. With one exception, the stories are horror with a supernatural or magic realism bent. The titular shiver-inducing tale centers on a girl unafraid of what is hiding in the dark under her bed, yet she should be terrified. The horrifying twist ending will stick in readers' minds. In "Hell Creek," a plucky triceratops fights off zombie T. rexes, while the novella "The Soul Thief's Son" returns to the world of the author's dark fantasy, Queen of the Dark Things. As with that work, this story revolves around decisions and consequences, with revenge served icy cold. Verdict Aficionados of supernatural horror and fantasy with extremely dark surprises will thrill at every chill.-Marlene Harris, Reading Reality, Duluth, GA © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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