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Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate - and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands.… Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children - Joey loves monster movies, and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer.

Sometimes you need to crash a funeral to experience happiness. At least Kissimmee Singh, aerial artist for Singh Circus, the most sought-after traveling circus of all time, keeps telling herself that’s why she crashes funerals. In reality, she’s lost and confused. Sometimes it’s nice to experience other people’s grief and be reminded that life isn’t as bad as it could be.

The traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over. Carter is beside himself wanting to hunt down the man responsible for putting his mother in the hospital, but he can’t investigate when he’s related to one of the victims.

Two hard-nosed bosses scrap for control of America’s largest union. When the Devil's Elbow roller coaster goes off track, killing one teenager and maiming two others, everyone thinks it's just an accident...except Tess. She saw someone tampering with the track. Then another "accident" occurs in the Funhouse and Tess may have been the intended victim.

A mirror, when clear, reflects an exact representation of any who stand before it. Each gift, imperfection, and scar is seen clearly and in detail. A mirror that is skewed will still portray a reflection, but the reflection will not directly represent reality. This is the general theory behind the famed Funhouse Mirrors, and why they are so intriguing. In an instant, one can see their reality differently. Sometimes we see something we dislike, and other times, we see what we prefer. Louis Bianco believes our perceptions are like mirrors, reflecting what occurs in real life back into our ...

John Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection.

When Mickey and the gang dino-sit for a Triceratops named T-Top and five dino eggs, the friends must keep their young dino-charges safe from harm, especially when the eggs start to hatch.

Life is ruff for Pluto when he has no place to play. But when Funny the Funhouse sends him back in time, everything is roar-some! Pluto becomes a prehistoric pup when Funny accidentally sends him back in time! Can Mickey rescue his best furry friend from the land of the dinosaurs?

“An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King’s greatest literary achievement” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series. A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces readers to one of Stephen...

Get ready for three gory, horror-filled short stories that make one epic novella, about the carnival from Hell: HappyWorld! Would you like a balloon?

What if a reality TV show like Jersey Shore set up production in the fictional seaside resort Sea Haven? What if hitting the gym, tanning, and doing a little laundry aren't the only things the contestants get into? By-the-book officer John Ceepak and his wisecracking young partner, Danny Boyle, have to babysit the buff and boozy kids partying it up in a Jersey shore rental house for TV’s summertime hit Fun House while simultaneously trying to stop the rowdy kids from breaking the law up and down the beach. But even Ceepak and Danny can’t stop one young cast member from being murdered—and others from being threatened with the same fate.

Twenty-year-old Serenity always dreamed of being a veterinarian. She's always been the good girl. The one people could always count on, but that changes after her girlfriend makes a bet that she shouldn't have. Draven is a lone wolf, he has been on his own since his parents died when he was 16, he found his home among the freaks, the performers, the traveling carnies, and lives his nights as a funhouse horror clown.

When she gets kidnapped . . . this Jekyll gives a whole new meaning to Hyde. On the three-year anniversary of his wife’s death, Patrick Daley is dealing with more than just her loss. Elizabeth Shea has found love with Agent Finley, and she’s leaving him behind. Now he’s split between the love he lost, the one he’s losing, and the guilt that comes with either decision. At the peak of his stress, Elizabeth gets kidnapped, her abductors threatening to kill her, and Patrick starts hallucinating his dead wife. With his mind, heart, and soul torn between the two women, he’s forced to ...

“Love a good ghost story? So do I... or at least I did until my life became one. My name is Stone and this is my story. Let me take you on a trip back to when I had only one voice in my head, MY OWN!” And with just those few words the doors to the Funhouse Of Horrors opened to the world. Young Jacob, while on a family picnic, stumbles upon an old abandoned house in the woods just a week before Halloween. The wretched dwelling is being prepared to be used as a one-night only Haunted House! A strange worker, known only as Ole Scratch, sees Jacob 'Jake' Stone and gives him a book with two ...

Mouse is rarely seen without one of his beloved pet mice. He is never far from his mystery solving best friend, Rebekah, and now he has started his very own secret club. Join him, Rebekah and 3 other classmates as they set out to have a little fun creating practical jokes and magic tricks while hopefully staying out of trouble in the process. Mouse, along with the rest of the members of his secret club, is determined to win the prize for the best fundraising idea. What lengths will they go to in order for the adults to say yes to their project and which adult is deathly afraid of clowns?

A captivating storyteller, Dana Gould ricochets across the stage, taking the audience on a wild ride. He engulfs them in twisted stories about the intricacies of his peculiarly eventful life. Be it as mundane as a quest for fair auto insurance, or as bizarre as a trip to the hospital to get a live moth removed from inside his ear, Gould's act redefines the art of stand-up comedy.

Nick and Amber had always been the short couple, but it was never a problem until they were with their tall friends Brad and April. When the group decides to check out a carnival, they are drawn to the funhouse and the hall of mirrors. Inside, they see themselves as bigger or smaller. But when they leave, they discover their sizes now match their reflections!

Charlotte "Charlie" Saxon returns to Whispering Willow Horse Ranch in Jackson, Wyoming, to take over the ranch from her later father. She's met with a neighbor hell-bent on taking the ranch from her, convinced that "a woman like you is too soft to handle these boys" and can't run the ranch. Little does the neighbor know that Charlie is not one to back down from a fight. Besides, she has the best ranch foreman a woman in her position ever needed, Jake McAuley, a man fifteen years her senior who also happens to be her former lover.

In the small town of Oakridge, Texas, widowed architect Nathan Shepard returns with his young son, Ethan, seeking solace after the loss of his wife. Struggling with his own grief, Nathan is also faced with Ethan's silent pain, the boy retreating into himself as he mourns his mother. When Nathan hires kind-hearted nanny Olivia "Liv" Bennett, her warmth and patience begin to break through Ethan’s walls, bringing laughter and light back into their home. As Liv helps Ethan navigate his grief, she and Nathan find themselves drawn to each other, their connection deepening with every shared moment.

The clowns are stealing children. Lorelei, Miles, and Gregory are lost at a carnival. They'll be forced to play the Devil's Games before they can leave. If they can leave....Let Mixi run a frozen finger up your spine, with this frightening novel.