THE IMAGINARY CORPSE - Tyler Hayes
Where do ideas go when we're done with them? If we believe in an idea enough, it becomes real. But if we abandon an idea that we once really loved, it falls into the Stillreal - a seedy segment of the Imagination. It is here we find Tippy the Triceratops. Tippy was once the imaginary friend of a little girl who created him in order for her to make sense of the grown-up world. But when the girl's father dies, she's forced to face the real world and her imaginary friend Tippy heads to Stillreal. There, Tippy passes the time by taking on odd detective jobs for other unwanted ideas. It's convenient and unremarkable ... until Tippy makes the acquaintance of The Man in the Coat - a nightmare who can do the impossible ... turn an imaginary friend into an imaginary corpse. This book is ... wow ... I don't know how to define this. Imagine reading a book the way a child reads a book, believing and accepting the fantastic as possible. Now imagine reading some specific chil...