“On a par with such greats as Stephen King, Clive Barker and Peter Straub” ( Midwest Book Review ), Bentley Little brings his unnerving talents to the terrifying story of a dysfunctional family in crisis. Steve Nye writes for an alumni magazine and his long-term relationship is on the steady path to marriage. But his quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a phone call from his mother. His father attacked her and has been committed to a mental asylum. The doctor says he’s suffering from dementia. But Steve’s father seems so calm, clear-eyed, and perfectly lucid when he whispers, “I killed her…”   Is it simply another symptom of delusion and madness? To find the answer, Steve investigates the cryptic message leading him down a terrifying path of his own making—and of his own nightmares.... Praise for Bram Stoker Award-Winning Author Bentley Little “The horror poet laureate...a master of the macabre!”—Stephen King “[Bentley Little is] on par with such greats as Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Peter Straub.”—Midwest Book Review “Little possesses the uncanny ability to take everyday situations and turn them into nightmares.”— Publishers Weekly “Little has the unparalleled ability to evoke surreal, satiric terror.”—Horror Reader Bentley Little  is the author of numerous novels, short stories, articles, essays, and reviews. After earning a BA in communications and an MA in English, Little sold his soul and abandoned all artistic integrity, working for eight years as a bureaucrat for a midsized city in Orange County, California. His first novel,  The Revelation , won the 1990 Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for best first novel.