The Black Carousel
A collection of short stories.
Night - the carnival grounds are empty.... Or are they? Laughter and screams float faintly on the wind. Echoes of the day's fairgoers - or cries of the damned, rising from Hell?
At the carnival's core is the black carousel, whirling to a special rhythm that is almost a heartbeat. Its creatures seem alive in the flickering lights as they spin hypnotically past. And those who dare to ride are forever... changed.
Charles L. Grant
Charles Lewis Grant (1942–2006) was an American author, who specialized in what he called "dark fantasy" and "quiet horror". He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews and Deborah Lewis.