PARNELL, Edward (ed.)
All the Fear of the Fair. Uncanny Tales of Circus and Sideshow

A circus escapee is haunted by remnants of their hypnotic act… An enchanted Ferris wheel pushes its magical gifts too far…

Circuses, fairgrounds and their supernatural sideshows have become a staple of horror cinema and television. But stories of the fair are no safer, rife as they are with the ghoulish and outré, from the sinister figures of clowns and puppets to the crowds baying for a death-defying feat to veer into violence. Here to corral the most spine-tingling – and sometimes queasy – tales from this sub-genre, Ghostland author Edward Parnell enters the ring. Roll up! Roll up!

With stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Margery Lawrence, Charles Birkin, Ray Bradbury, Richard Middleton…

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Published by British Library, 2025
Literature