Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road

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By Josh Malerman & Joe R. Lansdale &

Publisher Description

It's 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 aren't on any map. Wayfaring terrors and haunted legends about which seasoned and road-weary travelers only whisper.

But those are just stories. Aren't they?

Find out for yourself as you get behind the wheel with some of today's 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 America's lost highways.

So go ahead and hop in. Let's 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 — "Jim's 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—Where Stories Come Alive!

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