Rest Area offers an edgy, darkly humorous debut collection of domestic horror stories that will take hold of your imagination without letting go. Twenty stories lead us into the minds of characters as real as they are original, and through a series of revelatory mysteries. A man waits for his daughter outside the bathroom of a highway rest stop where she disappeared--months ago. A deaf teenager reveals the silent dramas of her daily bus ride to school. A lonely old woman romances a rabid fox with tales of her past. A ventriloquist and his dummy "discuss" their growing dissatisfaction with their relationship. Surprisingly comic and wonderfully tender, shockingly brutal and cleverly twisted, these are tales of ordinary people caught up in less-than-ordinary events. They herald the arrival of a unique young talent--and of an arsenal of powerfully authentic voices that will echo long after the last story comes to an end. Excerpted from Rest Area by Clay McLeod Chapman All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
