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Just North of Nowhere

By Lawrence Santoro

"Just North of Nowhere" is an episodic contemporary fantasy novel that explores life in a small town in the "Driftless Zone" of the upper Midwest.

“Some really small towns are Siren and Flasher. Crampback, Bumhip and Wetwhistle are others. Those places are to the west. Eastward, you’ve got Hog Wallow, Smokey's Hole, Blue Ball, Ong's Hat. A half-mile outside Bluffton there's Engine Warm. Now, Engine Warm's just a notion, no people at all. Compared to Engine Warm, Bluffton's not in the same game for small but it's not much.”

So begins "Just North of Nowhere," Lawrence Santoro’s lyrical exploration of the fantastical, magical, bright and dark town of Bluffton (Pop. 671) in the “Driftless Zone” of the upper Midwest. Bluffton teems with the strange, the wondrous, and the downright dangerous: a house that prowls and preys on the curious, a blind man who sees a century ago, a time shifting librarian who seeks to rebuild the world, just because she can! The 26 chapters of Just North of Nowhere, form what Ray Bradbury might have called an “accidental novel” and includes Santoro's Bram Stoker Nominated horror phantasmagoria, God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Before focusing on writing horror and dark fantasy, American author Lawrence Santoro spent thirty years as a director, producer and actor in theater and television.

In 2001 his novella "God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him" was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award by the Horror Writers Association. In 2002, his adaptation and audio production of Gene Wolfe's "The Tree Is My Hat," was also Stoker nominated.

In 2003, his Stoker-recommended "Catching" received an Honorable Mention in Ellen Datlow's 17th Annual "Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" anthology. In 2004, "So Many Tiny Mouths," was cited in that anthology's 18th edition. In the 20th, his novella, "At Angels Sixteen," from the anthology A DARK AND DEADLY VALLEY, was similarly honored.

Larry's first novel, "Just North of Nowhere," was published in 2007. You can view a trailer for the book at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR-HtPSnwGA

In December, 2011, a collection of his short fiction, DRINK FOR THE THIRST TO COME, was published was published by Silverthought Press. A video trailer for DRINK... can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fHGz0gKPME

Since its inaugural show in January of 2012, Larry has hosted the weekly horror podcast, "Tales to Terrify" (http://talestoterrify.com/), the sister-show to the Hugo Award-winning StarShipSofa.

RECENT ADDITIONS: In October, 2013, his Vietnam-era horror tale, "Instructions on the Use of the M-57 Clacker" appeared in the anthology, FEAR THE REAPER from Crystal Lake Publishing.

In November, 2013, his Lovecraftian story, "Jars," was published in CANOPIC JARS: TALES OF MUMMIES AND MUMMIFICATION from Great Old Ones Publishing.

Larry lives in Chicago and is working on a new novel, "A Mississippi Traveler, or Sam Clemens Tries the Water," as well as adding to a linked collection that spins off from his steampunk novella, "Lord Dickens's Declaration."