Nightmare Elf's e-Newsletter reads "NIGHTMARES BE GONE CONTEST." According to the rules, if you write about your worst nightmare (one thousand words or less), you just might win a chance to meet a famous movie director and get a sneak peek at his latest horror film. That's the contest eighteen year old Ivy Jensen entered. She wants to win the awesome prize, not to meet the famous director, but because of the promise associated with the contest - the promise that your terrible nightmare would disappear. Ivy hasn't even seen a Justin Blake movie, but she has a nightmare that plagues her sleep and even haunts her every waking moment. When she learns about the contest, she enters hoping that winning will free her from the horror she experienced back when she was twelve.
Seven teens have entered the contest each hoping for something different. A few are like Ivy, hoping to be rid of their nightmares, while others have different dreams for the weekend at the Dark House. Most are true movie fans and meeting Justin Blake and some of his famous characters are worth whatever it takes. At least that's what they think as the weekend begins.
When they discover the weekend entertainment includes an amusement park and real life reenactments of their horrible nightmares, winning doesn't seem to matter anymore. A graveyard, vicious black eels, and the disappearance of one of the contestants are just the beginning for Ivy and the others. Can she survive and will it be worth the peace she hopes to find?
Author Laurie Faria Stolarz is well-known for her BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARE series, BLEED, and PROJECT 17. Her latest, WELCOME TO THE DARK HOUSE, is sure to please her loyal fans and win her many new ones. Told through the alternating voices of the teen contest winners, Stolarz takes readers into the frightened minds of characters whose nightmares will remind us of some of our very own fears. Get your hands on a copy today, but be sure to sleep with the light on when you finish reading.
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