Nightmerica: Corruptions of the American Dream is out today. This new anthology features poetry by me along with work by K.M. Bennett, T.K. Brave, Anton Cancre, J. Rocky Colavito, Dan B. Fierce, Lindsey Beth Goddard, Austin Gragg, Larry Hinkle, Ken Hueler, Xavier Poe Kane, Joe Koch, C.S. Magnuson, Shane David Morin, Donna J.W. Munro, Sumiko Saulson, Angela Yuriko Smith, Valerie B. Williams, and L. Marie Wood. The book was edited by Amanda Worthington and published by Dragon’s Roost Press.
What is Nightmerica?
James Truslow Adams coined the term “The American Dream” in his book, The Epic of America and defined it as the hope for, “a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank which is the greatest contribution we have as yet made to the thought and welfare of the world.”
The American Dream as it currently exists functions as the carrot, urging us forward in the desperate race to stabilize, build, and thrive while we still have breath in our overworked and under maintained bodies. But beneath the veneer of prosperity lie nightmares untold.
Stories and poems this collection are divided into three sections: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, the inalienable rights we were promised at this nation’s founding. This anthology seeks to tell tales that emphasize the ways in which interwoven systems fail all but the most privileged among us.
From the publisher:
A sleep-deprived man caught in a strange dream sequence. A strange woman whose eviction tears her away from her beloved children. An insular sanctum where the rebels of a dying world power the very corruption they seek to fight. A new mother whose desperation leads her to make a deal with the devil. A romantic hiking trip gone terribly wrong. This is just the beginning of what you’ll find lurking in this volume of never-before published stories and poems.
The diverse voices contained herein lead you further into the disturbing, uncanny, and monstrous as they explore the barriers to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In a time of unprecedented political and ideological instability, you are invited to explore the shifting terrain of Nightmerica. Both familiar and distorted in equal measure, you can hear it calling your name.
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