The Freakshow: A Short Story from a member of the Horror Writers Association
CraigStevenHerndonJr
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CraigStevenHerndonJr
Ongoing, First published Nov 25, 2016
Mature
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Bobby had told his parents countless times he didn't want to go to the carnival. Being grounded, though, he really had no choice. He could at least take solace in the fact their freakshow was rumored to be decent, but even that left a lot to be desired. He takes off to walk around and kill some time before his parents are ready to leave. Little does he know, there's an attraction the carnival doesn't want him to see. And he soon finds out that a decent freakshow was the very last thing he should have wished for. 

This story was originally published in the inaugural issue of EMP Press' 'Creepy Campfire Quarterly,' and then again with '9Tales Told In The Dark under the title "Pieces Of Me."
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