SUMMER 2011

JANUARY, 1972. Resenting his unexpected fame and suffering from severe writer's block, America's premiere "gonzo" journalist decides to reinvent himself. He creates a new persona—Uncle Lono—and hatches a scheme to return to his roots, reinvigorating his patriotism and his writing in the process. Traveling by bus across the country, discovering strange new cults, heavy metal bands, and odd fellow travelers that might not even be human, Lono gets a good look at the spooky happenings going on in America.

The Damned Highway combines two great flavors of weird: the cracked but perceptive aspect of Hunter S. Thompson and the uncanny terrors of H.P. Lovecraft! Horror legend Brian Keene and cult storytelling master Nick Matamas dredge up a tale of drug-fueled eldritch madness from the blackest depths of the American Nightmare. On a freaked-out journey to Arkham, Massachusetts and the 1972 Presidential primary, evidence mounts that sinister forces are on the rise, led by the Cult of Cthulhu and its most prominent member— Richard M. Nixon! Will the truth set Lono free, or simply drive him insane?