I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours

The first collection from USA Today bestselling author Nat Cassidy, featuring his unique blend of gleefully terrifying short fiction.

“These stories are f*cking great. They rule. So read them.” – Stephen King

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 locations and more 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 2024), 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.

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

“[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.” — Fangoria Magazine, on Rest Stop

Author: Nat Cassidy
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Shortwave
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 472
Weight: 0.56lbs
ISBN: 9798897320165
Language: English