I Know A Place Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours

By: Nat Cassidy

Published by Shortwave, 2026-05-05

<b>The first collection from <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Nat Cassidy, featuring his unique blend of gleefully terrifying short fiction.</b><br> <br><b>"[A] platter of phobias... Luckily, for every scare, there is a sense of resilience and a laugh in the face of fear to get you there." —<i>Fangoria Magazine</i>, on <i>Rest Stop</i></b><br><br>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.<br> <br>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...<br> <br>These locations and more are your destination and bestselling author Nat Cassidy will be your guide. Featuring the Bram Stoker Award-nominated, critically acclaimed novella <i>Rest Stop</i> (one of <i>Esquire</i>’s Best Horror Books of 2024), along with a number of other original short stories, some which have never been published before, <i>I Know A Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours</i> is a travelogue down twisting side streets and through alleyways where the darkness has eyes... and teeth.<br> <br>Let’s hope you make it home in one piece.<br> <br><b>"A blood-soaked freakout that does for gas stations what Jaws did for beaches." —<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, on <i>Rest Stop</i></b>