I Know A Place

Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours

By: Nat Cassidy, Stephen King - introduction

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Nat Cassidy, Kelley Rae O'Donnell, Stephanie Willing

The diabolically clever first collection from USA TODAY bestselling author Nat Cassidy, featuring his unique blend of gleefully terrifying fiction, and including a brand-new introduction from the master of horror himself, Stephen King!

"These stories are f*cking great. They rule. So read them." —Stephen King, from the introduction

There are locations in this world where the light doesn’t seem to reach. Where, no matter how illuminated the place might be, shadows creep in too strongly to fight back.

A suspiciously empty gas station rest stop in the middle of the night, littered with googley eyes... A doctor’s office, where a bottle of booze and a tear-stained folder wait on the desk... A tech millionaire’s haunted kitchen... A Bible-quoting ventriloquist’s dingy apartment... A yoga retreat in the middle of the desert, silent except for the screaming...

These supernatural and sinister locations are your destination, and bestselling author Nat Cassidy will be your guide. Featuring the Bram Stoker Award–nominated, critically acclaimed novella Rest Stop (one of Esquire’s Best Horror Books of the Year), along with a number of other original short stories, some which have never been published before, I Know A Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a travelogue down twisting side streets and through alleyways where the darkness has eyes...and teeth.

Let’s hope you make it home in one piece—if the ghosts, gory visions, and splatterpunk nightmares don’t get you first.

“A blood-soaked freakout that does for gas stations what Jaws did for beaches.” —Kirkus Reviews on Rest Stop

Unbelievable!

One of the best collections of short stories I’ve ever read! They’re compelling and engaging and terrifying. Perfect

Great horror collection!

You get a novella and 12 super interesting stories - I loved this. My favorites are Nice and Laughlines!

Wow!!

This book!!! DAMN. SO CREEPY! I loved it so much! Exactly what I wanted it to be and more

Expert storytelling with top notch narration.

I Know A Place by Nat Cassidy
Highly anticipated short story collection from the author of When the Wolf Comes Home, Nestlings and Mary.
Stephen King wrote the introduction for this collection and wrote among other things that "The most important thing about these stories is their sheer readability. " King was right.

And while the introduction is a big deal. It means very little while you are reading or in this case listening to the stories. This is a collection of stories told by brilliant writer with expert narration and production. Cassidy knows enough about audiobooks and performances to know what works and doesn't work. He made sure that this works, he pops in as a voice narrator now and then but leaves the majority of narration to Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Kelley Rae O'Donnell. These two knock it out of the park. From chilling, emotional, scary, conversational, relatable and believable, it's just top notch.
As for the stories, I'm blown away. They are consuming in the best way. It's very hard to do that in a short story collection. At times gleefully gory, very dark, weird, funny, intriguing and relentless.
Each story had a different impact and I think everyone will have different favorites. There is not one bad one. They all have one thing in common, they are extremely entertaining. Cassidy weaves his love for music into a lot of them. He pull you in to whatever that dark place is and he keeps you there. One of the stories is to me so engaging and just off the charts clever, I think it may be my favorite short story ever. It's right up there. This is everything that I want in an audiobook, masterful storytelling, immersive experience where the narration enhances the stories without ever distracting from the writing. And, the writing is phenomenal. Definitely recommend.- Samantha