Showing results for "Carousel" in Horror

In the heart of Blackwood Forest, a legend waits in the fog. It's an antique carousel of breath taking beauty, a masterpiece of gold leaf and bone-white porcelain. But for Elias and Odette, the wonder lasts only until the first turn of the crank. The Collector doesn't want your ticket. He wants your skin. As the platform accelerates, the nightmare reveals its true face. This isn't a ride; it's a living, breathing slaughterhouse. The horses are upholstered in human hide. The hydraulics run on pressurized blood. And the "grease" keeping the gears turning? It used to be people just like you.

When horror-obsessed Riley Lawrence and his group of college friends arrive in the small town of Carousel for their Centennial Celebration, the few decrepit cars parked in the street don’t scare them. But when they enter a locked building, an animatronic usher hands them each a ticket, and the lights dim, Riley realizes they’ve entered the inescapable patchwork of a horror movie set. And they’ve each been assigned an archetype—Scholar, Athlete, Eye Candy, Final Girl—to play out as the curtains rise.

Since they were lured to the festival at Carousel, Riley (the Film Buff), Antoine (the Athlete), Camden (the Scholar), Anna (the Final Girl), and Kimberly (the Eye Candy) have lived through entire horror movie plots. So far, Riley's survival strategy is working. He's high on his Moxie, Hustle, and Savvy stats. But his Mettle and Grit have dropped dangerously low, leaving him vulnerable. If he gets caught by a killer, he's done for.

The carnival is back in town, and for Jack Heldon, that's not a good sign. Since the last time it had come to the small and quiet town in Lensfield, Connecticut, he’s been plagued with nightmares of burning walls, raspy chuckles, and fiery red eyes in the dark. Ted Barton’s killing spree is still fresh in his mind, and Jack knows the carnival was behind it all. Now, it’s back for more.

In this intoxicating Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, a woman falls prey to the seductive allure of the past—and a vampire warrior’s intoxicating embrace... The moment Charlotte Vintage walks into his club, Tariq Asenguard’s blood is set on fire...

Since the day they unwittingly found themselves in the horror show of Carousel, Riley (the Film Buff), Antoine (the Athlete), Kimberly (the Eye Candy), Camden (the Scholar), and Anna (the Final Girl) have learned the rules of their horror-movie world. They've fought through story after story and come out alive—or at least preserved the storyline enough to come back to life. But their biggest challenge yet lies ahead.

Welcome to Archers Beach in the Changing Land, the last and least of the Six Worlds, where magic works, sometimes, and the Guardian husbands the vitality of the land and everyone on it - earth spirit and plain human alike. Kate Archer, Guardian and carousel-keeper, has been busy making some changes of her own, notably beginning a romantic relationship with Borgan, the Guardian of the Gulf of Maine, Kate's opposite number, and, some would say, her natural mate.

This is the story of Makin Riley, a curious boy whose obsession with faeries and monsters leads him to a cemetery that holds the doorway to the world of the dead. After being spotted by one of the reapers that travels between the worlds, the creature takes Makin’s little brother’s spirit, leaving him for dead. Now, Makin and his friends Frankie and Marcus must journey into the darkness of the dead world in order to save his brother’s spirit while there’s still a chance of bringing him back to life.

Writer Timothy Upshaw thought the case of the Haney House murders was closed when Donald Haney confessed to killing his family and Upshaw's sister. However, when his sister, Sara, is reportedly spotted in the Haney House of horrors 10 years later, Upshaw swiftly returns to the hometown he fled from. In the process, he learns that what happened in the Haney House was just the beginning–there's a much greater evil out there.