Where Dreams Are Lost: The Second Nightmare by Stuart Tudor

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Title: Where Dreams Are Lost: The Second Nightmare
Author: Stuart Tudor
Genre: Horror, historical
Where to read: On Amazon, B&N, almost everywhere.

Synopsis:

Within the carcass of Detroit’s prosperity, something dark has arisen.

James, Harvey, and Alice have all lost their jobs- victims of the 2008 financial crisis. Listless and scared for the future, they explore an abandoned shopping mall along with their friend Latisha, in the hopes of going viral on YouTube. Their adventure takes a turn when a mysterious fog takes them to another world, where pain, fear, and loss manifest, and their dreams blur with reality.

How can one escape a place that doesn’t want them to leave? James and his friends might just be rats in a maze.

Where Dreams Are Lost is the second entry in the Eight Nightmares Collection, a collection of horror stories about the dreamlike, the surreal, and encounters with the fantastical. Where Dreams Are Lost is rated R for gore, homophobia, suicide, death, homelessness, poverty and implied drug use. Reader discretion is advised.

Inspiration for the book:

Silent Hill, 2008 financial crisis, Jacob’s Ladder

About the author:

Stuart has been devouring stories since he was little, a habit cultivated by countless bedtime tales. It was during his high school days in 2015 when, after reading The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and playing Fromsoft's Bloodborne, he began to appreciate horror. He has always been creating his own stories, reflecting his fascination with the imaginary. This motivation to write would quickly lead him to explore dark themes and settings.

His love of writing and horror would produce the Eight Nightmares Collection: A collection of stories about the dreamlike, the surreal, and encounters with the fantastical. An entrepreneur at heart, he has embraced the self-publishing route- delivering horrifying tales that will scare and thrill people the world over.

When away from the word doc, Stuart is studying for his degree in Economics or working in managing properties. If he is not doing that, he is taking a breather with a good book like Berserk, playing Baldur’s Gate 3 or watching the latest Scream movie.