Nightmerica - Corruptions of the American Dream

Amanda Worthington

Sinossi

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 inner overworked and under maintained bodies. But beneath the veneer of prosperity lie nightmares untold.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.

Disponibile da: 04/07/2025.

Lunghezza di stampa: 240 pagine.

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