The Imaginary Corpse

The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes introduces us to a dinosaur detective navigating the land of unwanted ideas, tackling trauma, anxiety, and confronting the chilling presence of the first serial killer of imaginary friends.

Most ideas fade away when we're done with them. Some, we cherish enough to become Real. But what about the ones we love and then abandon?

Tippy the triceratops once thrived as a little girl's imaginary friend, a dinosaur detective helping her understand the world. However, when her father died, Tippy was cast into the Stillreal, the shadowy realm of the Imagination, where forsaken ideas reside—too Real to vanish.

In the Stillreal, Tippy spends his days solving cases for fellow discarded ideas. His routine is shattered when he encounters The Man in the Coat, a nightmarish entity capable of the inconceivable—eradicating an idea forever. Now, Tippy must confront his own past traumas and crack the case before everything succumbs to a sea of imaginary corpses.