The Land of Nod

Win­ner of the Theodore S. Geisel “Best of the Best” at San Diego Book Awards

Stand­ing at the cross­roads of mid­dle age, knee-deep in divorce and decline, Jeff Dit­ti­more finds him­self look­ing back in time. Back past oppor­tu­ni­ties squan­dered and dreams unful­filled; back to the days when he and his bud­dies lived with one foot in this world and the other in a world of pure imagination — the Land of Nod. A dan­ger­ous place, an excit­ing place... their place. Not that he would ever want to go back to those times, of course. Mem­ory is untrust­wor­thy. Child­hood has teeth. And the Land of Nod was never real, any­way. Was it?

“A bril­liant plot idea... as fun and inven­tive as Clements’ ear­lier fun­da­men­tal­ist humanoids.” – Kirkus Reviews

“Mark Clements has done it again! The Land of Nod is a ter­ri­fy­ing tale about the most dan­ger­ous power on earth – the night­mare imag­i­na­tion of childhood – and the most seduc­tive as well. Don’t read it at night, and don’t read it alone. And be sure to shut and lock your closet before you do.” – Nancy Holder, author of Dead in the Water and two time win­ner of the Bram Stoker Award