{"product_id":"nowhere-ebook-1","title":"Nowhere (eBOOK)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted, Amazon Canada First Novel Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“What if the most terrifying thing has already happened?” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn by a mysterious force, 12-year-old Joel and his terrible parents have just arrived in yet another nondescript small town. There’s a diner, a movie theatre, a motel, and a bar. But this time, things seem different, especially when suddenly, out of nowhere, a giant cube appears on the edge of town. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd . . . just as Joel starts to make friends and navigate a new school, which is hard enough, Beauséjour is beset by nightly appearances of zombies, demon landlords, therapy-seeking vampires, and depressed clowns. One by one, the citizens of Beauséjour begin to disappear. When his parents vanish, Joel and his friend Charlie seek to shelter themselves from the strangeness all around them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hilarious and sinister reflection on growing up in a world where monsters are real, \u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is a dreamlike meditation on adolescence and the absurdity of small-town life. Illustrated with Claytor’s expressive, richly textured visuals, wildly echoing the offbeat world of Beauséjour, \u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e signals the arrival of a profound and vital voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Claytor is a graphic novelist, painter, and writer. Born in San Francisco, he lived and worked in several Canadian cities, including Halifax, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto, before settling in Sackville, New Brunswick. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaytor’s work ranges from oil painting and watercolour to comics. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles, and throughout the Maritimes. He has also written and illustrated stories for CBC Radio, the Frye Festival, and the website \u003ci\u003eruralharmreduction.com\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaytor co-founded SappyFest independent music and arts festival in 2006 and opened Thunder \u0026amp; Lightning Ideas Ltd. in 2013. He holds an MFA from York University and a BFA from Mount Allison University. He was nominated for a Juno Award for the cover of Gord Downie’s \u003ci\u003eBattle of the Nudes\u003c\/i\u003e in 2004. His graphic memoir, \u003ci\u003eTake the Long Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Conundrum in 2022. \u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, a fictional graphic novel about growing up among monsters in a small maritime town is his first graphic novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAwards\u003c\/h3\u003eShortlisted: Amazon Canada First Novel Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003eLike a tender horror movie of small-town childhood and its everyday apocalypse — \u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is part Greta Gerwig’s \u003ci\u003eLady Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, part Gary Larson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Far Side\u003c\/i\u003e. Claytor tells a story that’s gruesome and tender, shining with heart, humour, and the hard glint of memory. — Sean Michaels, author of \u003ci\u003eDo You Remember Being Born?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply profound, poetic, and unforgettable work, which captures the existential dread of growing up in an unstable environment, with a vocabulary that is utterly original. Claytor’s world, while populated with zombies, glow in the dark deer, and pencil-pushing aliens, touches on what it is to be human and our need for stability and connection. — Heather O’Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Capital of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat’s scarier than monsters, aliens, and clowns? Moving to a small town. \u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e reads like renting a stack of classic horror and watching it with your BFF all night. — Cole Pauls, author of \u003ci\u003eWe see stars only at night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story that is at once surreal and entirely relatable. Poignant, haunting — in a fun way! — and delightfully unhinged, this is a book for anyone who wonders how much more of this strange life we’re supposed to take. — Teresa Wong, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Our Ordinary Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoroughly nostalgic and occasionally poetic homage to the strangeness of childhood. — \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is] a story of becoming and unbecoming, of loneliness and desperation, probing the eerie edges of reality, adolescence, and inexplicability. Weird and twisted, it’s quietly absorbing in the very best way. — Kerry Clare, \u003ci\u003ePickle Me This\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an easygoing and accessible work, full of all your favorite horror tropes and plenty of food for thought. — \u003ci\u003eComics Grinder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e448 pages\u003cbr\u003ePub date: June 2, 2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jon Claytor","offers":[{"title":"ePub\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;9781773105208\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;$24.95","offer_id":49565628072175,"sku":"9781773105208","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1403\/7679\/files\/9781773104584_FC_ecdb8640-ecd6-474d-9444-0f408c13ee6e.jpg?v=1779350813","url":"https:\/\/gooselane.com\/products\/nowhere-ebook-1","provider":"Goose Lane Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}