Cursed Carnival — Scott E. Douglas

A Supernatural Carnival Thriller.

“Elysium. It's a name from the other side. A place where some of them believed heroes and gods went when they died. It's where they hoped they'd go when they died. If they knew what vicious bastards their gods and heroes are, they'd hope to go somewhere else. Anywhere else.”

Pinecone Grove is a sleepy little timber town halfway between nowhere and nowhere else. Called Pinecone by the locals, it has three pubs and a dark history.

Cassandra Porterfield is a blow-in, somebody who stopped at Pinecone on her way through a couple of years ago and hasn't moved since. She doesn't know why, perhaps it's her friends, perhaps it's familiar. It isn't the town. She hates it.

Bernard Monroe is the owner of Circus Elysium. He has a history with Pinecone, which is why he avoids it when he can. He's there because he can't avoid it. He planned to bring some magic to the tired little lives of the residents there.

Then the killings started.