Nightmare Garden

About the Book

Two people in the novella Nightmare Garden are chained to bad or difficult relationships, find each other and escape into their passion for a time that they hope will last forever. The scenes play out in Paris, Madrid, and in cafes of Tangier and Marrakech, Morocco, locations that the author knows well. In the short story Dust, set in a small town in northwest Montana, a young man discovers that he can both love his uncle but hate him for what he does. Mother's Helper was one of the most surprising mystery-horror stories of the year it was published and was mentioned in The Best Mystery Stories on 1999 as one of thirty-six most distinguished stories. In An Interview with my Imaginary Friend, the real John Herrmann is interviewed by his last novel's central character in a playful exchange that ultimately reveals the complex nature of fiction writing.

About the Author

John Herrmann has been publishing fiction for over forty years. He was the first director of the MFA writing program at the University of Montana, Missoula and has taught at universities in New York, Pennsylvania, in Europe and the Middle East. He now lives in northwest Montana with his dog.