When Ben tries to hide from bullies at a carnival, he is drawn into a sideshow that promises to make his dreams of popularity and good grades come true, if only he signs a contract agreeing to give up a few minutes of his time.

Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! Late one night you and your friends visit the old fairgrounds. They're putting up rides and booths for the annual carnival. But this year things look really different. Really odd. Really scary. The place is lit up by a hundred fiery torches. And spooky music is coming from the main tent. Then you meeting Big Al, the creepy carnival manager. He's invited you in to test some of the rides. Will you brave the terrifying Supersonic Space Coaster? Risk the horrors of the Reptile Petting Zoo? Slice through the oily waters of Booger Bog? Or confront the evil Snake Lady? The choice is yours in this scary GOOSEBUMPS adventure that's packed with over 20 super-spooky endings!

Roll up, roll up! 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 - LifebloodLex H. Jones - For One Night OnlyAndrew Lennon - House of IllusionJason M. Light - AbandonlandDavid J. Fielding - Wobbly BobIke Hamill - The PinchChristina Bergling - ZoltaraGary A. Braunbeck - In a Hand or FaceJohn Dover - Frimby's Big DayDavid Owain Hughes - The Last Freakshow on Earth H.R. Boldwood - Mister Weasels and the Cosmic CarnivalJoe X. Young - The Frog Prince Guy N. Smith - Blood Show at the CarnivalSteven Stacy - The Voodoo ManJ.C. Michael - What a Price to Pay for a Fucking Teddy Bear Selene MacLeod - SweetheartKevin J. Kennedy - VampiroEdited by Brandy Yassa & Lisa Lee Tone

In order to get out of the Carnival before midnight, and avoid being trapped there forever, it is necessary to win three sideshow games. The prize would be a chance to fight for freedom, and you really don't want to lose.

The show crept into town late one dark October night to the eerie whine of a calliope. In the terrifying days that followed, everything changed... Two boys stumbled onto the first of the secrets - the nightmare merry-go-round that produced the grisly turnabout of human beings. But not until they actually became part of the dance of death did they discover the final mystery of all...

Extreme Drabbles of Dread is a collection of bite-sized extreme horror stories. This is an EXTREME horror collection and will push you to the edge of your limits. This is not for the faint of heart. You have been warned. With stories from: Eleanor Merry, Cassandra Angler, Tara Losacano, Marina Schnierer, Stephen Cords, Natasha Sinclair, Leon Sluyter, John Cady, Lance Dale, Nicole Henning, Ruthann Jagge, M. Betterelli, B. F Vega, M. Ennenbach, Chris Miller, Alanna Roberson-Webb, Radar Deboard, P. J Blakey-Novis, David Green, Patrick C. Harrison III, Meera Dandekar, Gary McDonough, Eric Butler, Chisto Healy, Wendy Cheairs, Kim Plasket, Jacek Wilkos, Aishwariya Laxmi, Nerisha Kemraj, Jason Myers, Larry Hinkle, Shannon Grant, Nic Brady, Todd Love, N.M Brown, Dawn DeBraal, David Watson, Benjamin Chadwick, Warren Benedetto, Gab, riella Balcom, David Owain Hughes, Hannah Carlan, J. Edwin Buja, Doug Hawley, L. Zedda- Sampson, John Kujawski, Kevin J. Kennedy, Destiny Pifer, Jen Mierisch, Shawn Bailey, Marie Sterling, T. L Emery, Chris Bannor, Serena Jayne, J.M Faulkner, Maggie D Brace, Charles Welch, Chrissie Molitor, Surina Venkat

This critical survey examines the historical and thematic relationships between two of the cinema's most popular genres: horror and film noir. The influence of 1930s- and 1940s-era horror films on the development of noir is detailed, with analyses of more than 100 motion pictures in which noir criminality and mystery meld with supernatural and psychological horror. Included are the films based on popular horror/mystery radio shows (The Whistler, Inner Sanctum), the works of RKO producer Val Lewton (Cat People, The Seventh Victim), and Alfred Hitchcock's psychological ghost stories. Also discussed are gothic and costume horror noirs set in the 19th century (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Hangover Square); the noir elements of more recent films; and the film noir aspects of the Hannibal Lecter movies and other serial-killer thrillers.

"Flash Frights" is a chilling collection of 50 concise and spine-tingling horror stories that will send shivers down your spine. Dive into a world of terror and suspense as each tale unfolds, offering quick but potent doses of fear and excitement. From ghostly apparitions to sinister creatures, this anthology promises to keep readers on the edge of their seats, delivering a relentless onslaught of scares and thrills in bite-sized portions. Perfect for those seeking a quick adrenaline rush and a taste of the macabre, "Flash Frights" guarantees a hair-raising reading experience that will haunt your nightmares.

Filmed images dominate our time, from the movies and TV that entertain us to the news and documentary that inform us and shape our cultural vocabulary. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, Fields of Vision is a path-breaking collection that inquires into the power (and limits) of film and photography to make sense of ourselves and others. As critics, social scientists, filmmakers, and literary scholars, the contributors converge on the issues of representation and the construction of visual meaning across cultures. From the dismembered bodies of horror film to the exotic bodies of ethnographic film and the gorgeous bodies of romantic cinema, Fields of Vision moves through eras, genres, and societies. Always asking how images work to produce meaning, the essays address the way the "real" on film creates fantasy, news, as well as "science," and considers this problematic process as cultural boundaries are crossed. One essay discusses the effects of Hollywood's high-capital, world-wide commercial hegemony on local and non-Western cinemas, while another explores the response of indigenous people in central Australia to the forces of mass media and video. Other essays uncover the work of the unconscious in cinema, the shaping of "female spectatorship" by the "women's film" genre of the 1920s, and the effects of the personal and subjective in documentary films and the photographs of war reportage. In illuminating dark, elided, or wilfully neglected areas of representation, these essays uncover new fields of vision. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995. Filmed images dominate our time, from the movies and TV that entertain us to the news and documentary that inform us and shape our cultural vocabulary. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, Fields of Vision is a path-breaking collection that inquires i

The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial power The American empire emerged from the shadows of World War II. As the nation’s influence swept the globe with near impunity, a host of evil forces followed—from racism, exploitation, and military invasion to killer clowns, flying saucers, and monsters borne of a fear of the other. By viewing American imperial history through the prism of the horror genre, Dark Carnivals lays bare how the genre shaped us, distracted us, and gave form to a violence as American as apple pie. A carnival ride that connects the mushroom clouds of 1945 to the beaches of Amity Island, Charles Manson to the massacre at My Lai, and John Wayne to John Wayne Gacy, the new book by acclaimed historian W. Scott Poole reveals how horror films and fictions have followed the course of America’s military and cultural empire and explores how the shadow of our national sins can take on the form of mass entertainment.