Sadism, nihilism, poverty, wealth, screams, whimpers, sanity and madness collide in Nowhere, IndianaFor Thomas Krieg, Nowhere is a miles-long, pitch-black underground maze in which he's imprisoned dozens of boys for the past ten years—all in the name of art.For two brothers, Nowhere is the only place they clearly remember living. A world unto itself, in which they must stay alert to stay alive. A world from which the only escape is death.But for an English occultist known only as Mr. No One, Nowhere is much more...and much less: the perfect place in which to perform a ritual to unleash the grandest of eldritch deities, the God of Nothingness, the Great Dark Mouth.---P R A I S E ---"It has been years since I've read a novella as mesmerizing, disturbing, and unique as this.  The supernatural, psychological, and emotional elements are so tightly intertwined that you never really know where reality begins and the dark elements begin."—Bram Stoker Award-winner Gary A. Braunbeck, author of In Silent Graves, To Each Their Darkness, and A Cracked and Broken Path"Nicole Cushing has a bright future as a writer, because she has a story teller's command of incident and language.  CHILDREN OF NO ONE is an imaginative tour de force, utterly strange and compelling, beautifully told.  Brilliant!" —W. H. Pugmire"Performance art mutates into live torture porn into ceremonial magick of nihilism. An incredibly imaginative and excellently penned tale." —Mallory Heart Reviews"Cushing’s prose is brisk and a pleasure to read…This is a dark, brilliantly imagined story, and it’s one hell of a debut novella."—Dan Reilly, Horror World“The confidence and expertise so blatantly evident in Nicole Cushing’s writing is astonishing. To make the reader wonder just how a particular work could have been conceived is the height of artistry. And Children of No One instills this wonder indeed. At the same time, it presents art as a vehicle for the grossest inhumanity, something that both hypnotizes and appalls. Ultimately, however, the source of the story’s dread is life itself, as the author explicitly announces late in the narrative, too late for those who by force or fancy must play its awful game.”—Thomas Ligotti"Children of No One is a wonderfully dark blend of psychological and cosmic horror. Inventive, surreal, and bleak as hell. With this novella, Nicole Cushing joins the ranks of must-read horror authors, and I can't wait to see what twisted turns her imagination takes next." —Tim Waggoner, author Like Death and The Harmony Society."Nicole Cushing has given us a debut novella that is far beyond what a debut should be…If you read one debut this year, this should be the one you read."—Peter Schwotzer, Literary Mayhem"This is an excellent mix of psychological and cosmic horror…a fantastic new take on the genre."—Jim McLeod, Ginger Nuts of Horror