It’s always a sight for sore, googly eyes to read the news that more Nat Cassidy is on the way. After When the Wolf Comes Home ranked among our top reads of last year, we were especially eager to get our hands on his first short fiction collection, I Know A Place, and see how he once again transforms everyday settings into sources of diverting dread through his always sharp, consistently inventive storytelling.
This new anthology guides readers through a series of unsettling locations where darkness hides in plain sight – from a suspiciously empty gas station rest stop in the middle of the night, to a doctor’s office where a bottle of booze and a tear-stained folder sit waiting on the desk; from a tech millionaire’s haunted kitchen and a Bible-quoting ventriloquist’s dingy apartment, to a yoga retreat in the middle of the desert – serving up a “travelogue” of novellas and stories that charts a course through fear, obsession, and the shadows lurking just beyond the light.
After reading the collection, the one and only Stephen King had the following to say: “These stories are f*cking great. They rule. So read them.” He also provides an introduction to the book.
There is also a Barnes & Noble exclusive edition featuring alternate cover art designed by Alan Lastufka — who also created the standard cover — alongside two additional bonus stories only available in that edition, so you’re spoilt for choice. Love them both, we do.
To celebrate the book’s May 5th publication, CinemaChords caught up with Cassidy to discuss the anthology, including whether the novella “Rest Stop” was always intended as the collection’s central piece and scene-setter, as well as the hidden horrors of dating — told through two sharply-observed “Meet-Cute” stories (the kind that could so easily flourish into a full-blown dating-from-hell anthology) and what draws him to reworking seemingly uplifting and harmless pop culture touchstones to expose the envy, entitlement, and fate lurking beneath them.
I Know a Place publishes on May 5, 2026, from Shortwave Publishing.
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