Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road

Its dangerous out there...on the road. The highways byways and backroads of America are teeming day and night with regular folks. Moms and dads making long commutes. Teenagers headed to the beach. Bands on their way to the next gig. Truckers pulling long hauls. Families driving cross country to visit their kin. But there are others too. The desperate and the lost. The cruel and the criminal. Theirs is a world of roadside honky-tonks truck stops motels and the empty miles between destinations. The unseen spaces. And there are even stranger things. Places that arent on any map. Wayfaring terrors and haunted legends about which seasoned and road-weary travelers only whisper. But those are just stories. Arent they? Find out for yourself as you get behind the wheel with some of todays finest authors of the dark and horrific as they bring you these harrowing tales from the road. Tales that could only be spawned by the endless miles of Americas lost highways. So go ahead and hop in. Lets take a ride. Line-up: Introduction by Brian Keene doungjai gam & Ed Kurtz - Crossroads of Opportunity Joe R. Lansdale - Not from Detroit Kristi DeMeester - A Life That is Not Mine Robert Ford - Mr. Hugsy Lisa Kröger - Swamp Dog Orrin Grey - No Exit Michael Bailey - The Long White Line Kelli Owen - Jims Meats Bracken MacLeod - Back Seat Jess Landry - The Heart Stops at the End of Laurel Lane Jonathan Janz - Titan Tyger Nick Kolakowski - Your Pound of Flesh Richard Thomas - Requital Damien Angelica Walters - That Pilgrims Hands Do Touch Cullen Bunn - Outrunning the End Christopher Buehlman - Motel Nine Rachel Autumn Deering - Dew Upon the Wing Josh Malerman - Room 4 at the Haymaker Rio Youers - The Widow Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.