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Carnival of Horror: A Carnival Themed Horror Anthology Kindle Edition
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Welcome to the carnival!
Enjoy the sweet smells of the cotton candy and candy apples. Listen to the calliope music as you wander among the many stalls, to the screams of children enjoying the various rides. It’s all been designed to take your money, but you already know that. What you are not aware of, however, are the strange goings-on of the carnival world after dark. Do the carnies want more than your money? Does the fortune teller know more than she tells you? Are some of the games more dangerous than others?
Explore your worst fears, and perhaps gain some new ones, in these twisted tales of what really goes on at the carnival after dark!
Table of Contents:
Mark Fleming - Lifeblood
Lex H. Jones - For One Night Only
Andrew Lennon - House of Illusion
Jason M. Light - Abandonland
David J. Fielding - Wobbly Bob
Ike Hamill - The Pinch
Christina Bergling - Zoltara
Gary A. Braunbeck - In a Hand or Face
John Dover - Frimby's Big Day
David Owain Hughes - The Last Freakshow on Earth
H.R. Boldwood - Mister Weasels and the Cosmic Carnival
Joe X. Young - The Frog Prince
Guy N. Smith - Blood Show at the Carnival
Steven Stacy - The Voodoo Man
J.C. Michael - What a Price to Pay for a Fucking Teddy Bear
Selene MacLeod - Sweetheart
Kevin J. Kennedy - Vampiro
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 22, 2018
- File size4371 KB
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Product details
- ASIN : B07HML2MP1
- Publisher : KJK Publishing; 1st edition (October 22, 2018)
- Publication date : October 22, 2018
- Language : English
- File size : 4371 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 714 pages
- Lending : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #865,002 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #903 in Horror Anthologies (Kindle Store)
- #1,879 in Horror Short Stories
- #1,936 in Horror Anthologies (Books)
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About the authors
Christina Bergling has been writing since childhood. She has written a variety of styles. A blog from Iraq, software user guides, articles for a numismatist magazine. More than anything, she is a horror author.
Crystal Lake released her latest novel, Followers. Limitless Publishing published her novel The Rest Will Come. HellBound Books published her two novellas, Savages and The Waning. She co-wrote Screechers with Kevin J. Kennedy. She is also featured in numerous anthologies, including Collected Christmas Horror Shorts, Demonic Wildlife, Colorado’s Emerging Authors, and Graveyard Girls.
Bergling lives with her family in Colorado and spends her non-writing time working in IT, hiking mountains, dancing, and sucking all the marrow out of life.
Kevin J. Kennedy is a horror author, editor, anthologist and poet. He is also the owner of KJK Publishing.
He lives in the heart of Scotland with his wife and his thee cats, Carlito, Ariel and Luna. He can be found on Facebook most days if you want to chat with him.
Lex Jones was born and raised in Sheffield, north England, in 1985. A keen writer from a young age, he was always fascinated with the supernatural and is obsessed with stories. He loves films, books, theatre, videogames, graphic novels, anything with a good story that captures the imagination. His books tend to have a supernatural (or at least 'unusual') undercurrent, as this moves them away from the more boring aspects of real life.
David Owain Hughes is a word-slinger of horror and crime fiction, who grew up on trashy b-movies from the age of five which helped rapidly instil in him a vivid imagination. He’s had multiple short stories published in various online magazines and anthologies, along with articles, reviews and interviews. He’s written for This Is Horror, Blood Magazine, and Horror Geeks Magazine.
Hughes is the author of six horror novels, four short story collections and a plethora of novellas. Although he predominately writes within the bracket of horror and its multiple sub-genres, he’s recently branched out into crime fiction and is slowly carving out a superb series of crime/noir thrillers under the umbrella title of South Wales.
As the creator and writer of “Johnny Scotch”, John Dover has built his Jazz Noir world from the music he is immersed in on a daily basis and from his travels across the US as a professional musician. John continues to build the “Johnny Scotch” library through short stories, and his comic book collaboration with Illustrator and story board artist Dan Schaefer. John’s musical world and his writing world also collide with the “Johnny Scotch Vignettes”, a series of musical pieces written by Thomas Barber, that incorporate high energy fusion with the spoken word.
John continues to perform and teach as a clinician for Bach trumpets. He has created the comprehensive method to trumpet practice titled, "The Intentional Trumpeter", released in the Nov., 2019. Visit http://johndmusic.com for information on that book as well as for further information about his musical career.
Outside of the Johnny Scotch world, John has a number of short stories in the horror genre published. You can find his works in "Tales from the Braided Pony", "Monsters 'N' Things", "100 Word Horrors", and "Carnival Tales", and the upcoming "Tenebrous Tales". John has also been a regular contributor to thewhiskeywash.com as a whiskey and spirits reviewer as well as Mythmachine.com as an entertainment writer.
Jason M. Light is the author of the acclaimed short story "The Bear Who Swallowed the Sky" in the anthology MIDNIGHT WALK, edited by Lisa Morton. He also writes novels. He currently has short stories in print in the anthologies 100 WORD HORRORS Volumes 1 and 3 and CARNIVAL OF HORROR, edited by Kevin J. Kennedy and 2012 FINAL PRAYER, edited by Robert Heske. He has two new short stories coming out in 2020, and is currently at work on a new novel. He lives in Oklahoma City.
J. C. Michael is an English horror author.
His début novel, Discoredia, was published in September 2013 and re-released in 2018 under the new title - Pandemonium. He has featured in the Double Barrel Horror series from Pint Bottle Press and co-authored the novella, You Only Get One Shot, with Scottish writer Kevin J Kennedy.
A number of his short stories have been published in various anthologies from a variety of publishers, as well as within his collection, Everything’s Annoying.
Citing Stephen King, James Herbert, and Clive Barker, as his greatest influences, Michael's work sits firmly within the horror genre.
Mark Fleming is from Edinburgh, Scotland. He writes contemporary and horror fiction.
... His latest publication is BIG BANG OVER THE WESTERN GENERAL, is a short-story anthology set in Edinburgh.
... His semi-biographical debut novel, BRAINBOMB, deals with mental health issues against a backdrop of Edinburgh's post-punk music scene. It is being revamped for re-release in 2018.
... His horror novels WOLF WARRIORS and WOLF SLAVES are werewolf fantasies set in Dark Ages England. Excerpts can be read on Inkitt.com
... He has contributed to COLLECTED EASTER HORROR SHORTS, COLLECTED CHRISTMAS HORROR SHORTS II and CARNIVAL OF HORROR: A CARNIVAL THEMED HORROR ANTHOLOGY - all compiled by Kevin J Kennedy.
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Joe X. Young is a freelance writer, artist, illustrator, and reviewer.
He lives in Frankfurt, Germany with a very forgiving fiancée whose flexibility enables him to concentrate on writing and illustrating full-time. She is happy that he still does chores but prefers that it's never at the expense of his creativity.
He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and his short fiction can be seen in an ever-expanding array of publications such as Phantasmagoria 9. Gruesome Grotesques 4 & 5. James Ward Kirk's: Sorrow anthology. Wolfgang Anthologies: Night of the Living Cure. Wolfgang Anthologies: Abandoned. Wordland 2. Non-Binary Review: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Haunted Waters Press. Kevin J.Kennedy's: Carnival of Horror. Something Remains: Joel Lane and friends. Dark Places, Evil Faces 2. & The Journal of the British Fantasy Society amongst other publications some of which are not available via Amazon.
He has also written three articles for Angel Leigh McCoy's Serling Award-winning Another Dimension anthology and has had reviews published in the Journal of the British Fantasy Society. As well over 100 reviews, articles and interviews across various media to his credit.
He is currently working on several solo projects and has many more short stories accepted to be published soon.
He loves his fiancée and his job to ridiculous degrees and he is always up for new challenges.
Andrew Lennon is the bestselling author of Every Twisted Thought and several other horror/thriller books. He has featured in various bestselling anthologies, and is successfully becoming a recognised name in horror and thriller writing.
His work has appeared alongside horror royalty such as Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Richard Chizmar, Clive Barker, and many more.
Andrew is a happily married man living in the North West of England with his wife Hazel & their children.
For more information please go to www.andrewlennon.co.uk
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David J. Fielding is a writer and an actor.
His published works have appeared in Nevermet Press, Rebel ePublishers LLC, Alter Egos I & Alter Egos II from Source Point Press, the recently published Capes and Clockwork: Superheroes in the Age of Steam anthology from Dark Oak Press and the soon-to-be published Something Strange is Going On anthology from Flinch! Books. And most recently, his short novella "Buddy Holly and the Cold, Cold Ground" was published by Cool Beans, P&E.
He is also the actor who originated the role and provided the voice for Zordon of Eltar, the mentor to a group of teenagers with attitude on the hit television series, The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
He is busy polishing a superhero novel, a series of paranormal stories and attending various Comic and Entertainment Conventions.
H.R. Boldwood, author of "The Corpse Whisperer" series, is a writer of horror and speculative fiction. In another incarnation, Boldwood is a Pushcart Prize nominee and was awarded the 2009 Bilbo Award for creative writing by Thomas More College. Publication credits include, “Killing it Softly,” “Short Story America,” “Bete Noir,” “Everyday Fiction,” “Toys in the Attic,” “Floppy Shoes Apocalypse II,” “Pilcrow and Dagger,” and “Sirens Call.”
Boldwood’s characters are often disreputable and not to be trusted. They are kicked to the curb at every conceivable opportunity when some poor, unsuspecting publisher welcomes them with open arms. No responsibility is taken by this author for the dastardly and sometimes criminal acts committed by this ragtag group of miscreants.
Ike Hamill writes fast-paced horror novels with strong, relatable characters. His books have gained a steady following amongst readers who enjoy his blend of sci-fi, paranormal, occult, and suspense. Whether focused on a small family trying to survive the move to a haunted house, or following a band of angry rebels determined to withstand an apocalypse, his stories draw the reader into the lives of real people in crisis. Readers are always sad to leave the characters behind when the book is finished.
Reviewers compare Ike to Dean Koontz and Stephen King—two of his favorite authors. His narrative often jumps between interwoven stories, presenting readers with a fresh perspective and keeping them guessing until the last chapter. Most of Ike’s readers are repeat customers. Pick up one of his books to learn why.
You can find Ike's web site at:
http://www.ikehamill.com
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Some of the stories are basically creepy and fun. David J. Fielding’s “Wobbly Bob”, set in 1886, starts things off nicely and serves as a sort of prelude. I enjoyed Joe X. Young’s “The Frog Prince,” which has some fascinating character interplay and a bizarre ending. Gary A. Braunbeck’s “In a Hand or Face” was powerful and made me tear up just a little bit. Andrew Lennon’s “House of Illusion” is wonderfully creepy (the ending is where most of the stories that disappointed me tended to fall down, so I appreciated the delightful ending on this one). Selene MacLeod’s “Sweetheart” isn’t my usual kind of tale, but it’s mournful, dark, and sad. John Dover’s “Frimby’s Big Day” is an odd tale of a horror that comes TO the carnival rather than from it, and while it’s a bit over-the-top in its gore, well, it’s a book of carnival horror stories so you can expect some of that! Megan Franzen’s “The Scare Machine” gives us a nice bit of ancient Greek terror bound up in a little carnie machine, and we see what happens as several teens face their worst fears.
H.R. Boldwood’s “Mister Weasels and the Cosmic Carnival” didn’t entirely appeal to me. It’s an utterly weird tale that starts off well and then takes a left turn into a bizarre alien clown death match. Jason M. Light’s “Abandonland” (set in 1986) feels pretty random, and characters get into weird trains of thought out of nowhere. David Owain Hughes’s “The Last Freakshow on Earth” (set in 2081’s Chinatown but really reliving the 1980s) was… confusing and weird. The pacing of Kevin J. Kennedy’s “Vampiro” was a bit hurried in places and thus lacked atmosphere. Steven Stacy’s “The Voodoo Man” had some original ideas, but the style was oddly glib, and the characters felt… flimsy, fake.
There are a few nicely original tales in here that hooked me. Christina Bergling’s “Zoltara” was my favorite tale from this book. Where most of the stories seem to dwell in the land of my childhood, this one jumps headfirst into the 21st century with a slick VR- and robot-based carnival with a chilling fortune-telling app. Ike Hamill’s “The Pinch” ends abruptly, but has a fantastic sense of place and character.
Overall I really enjoyed this collection of horror stories.
A few others are good and worth a quick read - ie. Blood Show at the Carnival by Guy N. Smith.
Some are poor and not worth reading.
Worth a look but expect quite a bit of filler.
Some people are just naturally good authors I think and some miss the point entirely of horror. The difference is very significant between these authors and is clearly demonstrated in anthologies such as this one.
The tales range from mediocre to boring to silly. No standout stories in this collection for me. Not recommended.
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