Scenes From The Carnival Lounge: A Collection Of Odd Tales

Step into the eerie and unsettling world of Scenes From The Carnival Lounge, a collection of fourteen tales that will take you on a journey through the many facets of fear. Experience the strange, shadowy realm between wakefulness and sleep, where angels whisper to their followers and monsters wear the skins of their prey. Witness the lethal consequences of love and betrayal, and encounter long-buried secrets that come back to haunt the living. With each turn of the page, you'll be transported to a world where terror reigns supreme and nothing is quite as it seems. Brace yourself for a hauntingly beautiful collection that will leave you trembling with fear and longing for more.Table of Contents:All of Yesterday’s YesterdaysAfter CireloAll Good DogsAgents of the SeraphimThe Esurient Hyrst Rapture in ReverseExchangesVanillaChains of DarknessThe Lost TribeValley of the FliesThe PassThe SceaduThe Baelaehagra of Llangennith DownesThe Vampyre’s Last Dawn (sonnet)D’Sai (An Excerpt From Chapter 1)The Horror Writer and the Ten Grisly Bears (essay)

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What scares you?Let's consider fear for a moment...Fear strikes in many ways. It titillates and terrifies. It can be prosaic or sublime. It's grim, gritty, seedy, and dark. Fear can be subtle -- something that bubbles just under the surface of our perception. It can linger for years, or effervesce before the page is turned. Fear transforms, mutates and evolves. It can be silent and gentle or thundering and vicious. And, in large enough doses, fear can kill. But, there are fates worse than death.Far, far worse fates, indeed...Scenes From The Carnival Lounge is a collection of tales that explore the many facets of fear. Here, you'll travel that strange shadow world between waking and sleep; where angels whisper to their acolytes; where monsters don the skins of their victims; where love and betrayal cross paths with deadly consequences; where things long-buried come lurching and hungry back to life. Dare to enter The Carnival Lounge and remember: that which does not kill you, will probably try again.facebook.com/ScenesFromTheCarnivalLoungesftcl.blogspot.com

About the Author

Michael Picco conjures his tales in his dimly-lit, cozy studio in the Colorado high country. His fiction has appeared in Not Your Average Monster, Vol. II; Unintended Consequences; The Ink Stains Anthology; The Deadman's Tome, Campfire Tales Vol. II and Freedom Of Screech, An Anthology For The Dark Of Heart.  Fraser: The Disappearance of Michael Pitts is his first novel-length publication (written in collaboration with Mark Clodi). His subsequent collection, Corpse Honey, was released in 2020.See what he's up to online: michaelpiccoauthor.blogspot.com

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