Nightmare Carnival

NIGHTMARE CARNIVAL © 2014 ELLEN DATLOW

Introduction © 2014 by Katherine Dunn. Preface © 2014 by Ellen Datlow. “Scapegoats” © 2014 by

N. Lee Wood. “The Firebrand” © 2014 by Priya Sharma. “Work, Hook, Shoot, Rip” © 2014 by Nick Mamatas. “And the Carnival Leaves Town” © 2014 by A. C. Wise. “Corpse Rose” © 2014 by Terry Dowling. “Last of the Fair” © 2014 by Joel Lane. “A Small Part in the Pantomime” © 2014 by Glen Hirshberg. “Hibbler’s Minions” © 2014 by Jeffrey Ford. “Swan Song and Then Some” © 2014 by Dennis Danvers. “The Lion Cage” © 2014 by Genevieve Valentine. “The Darkest Part” © 2014 by Stephen Graham Jones. “The Popping Fields” © 2014 by Robert Shearman. “Skullpocket” © 2014 by Nathan Ballingrud. “The Mysteries” © 2014 by Livia Llewellyn. “Screaming Elk, MT” © 2014 by Laird Barron. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of the copyright holders. Names, characters, places, and incidents featured in this publication either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events, institutions, or locales, without satiric intent, is coincidental. Dark Horse Books® and the Dark Horse logo are registered trademarks of Dark Horse Comics, Inc. All rights reserved.