Dark Carousel: A Story

Joe Hill

Sep 2019 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

Joe Hill, "the best horror writer of our generation” (Michael Koryta), returns with a brand new short story.

A balmy summer night in 1994. Four teenagers out for an evening of fun on the boardwalk take a ride on the “Wild Wheel” – an antique carousel with a shadowy past – and learn too late that decisions made in an instant can have deadly consequences. What begins as a night of innocent end-of-summer revelry, young love, and (a few too many) beers among friends soon descends into chaos, as the ancient carousel’s parade of beasts comes chillingly to life to deliver the ultimate judgment for their misdeeds.

Ratings and reviews

Your summary shows this book is 496 pages but it's only 46 pages and you socked me $15!??! I mean it was a good edge of your seat story and I love Joe Hill's books but seriously?? And in reading other reviews of other books, this seems to be the norm. Don't think I'll be falling for that little trick again. Such a shame..up to this point I've been a fan but not gonna spend good money on teeny tiny stories anymore.

Story was included in another book which i didnt realize before I shelled out my $4. Nicely played 😬

It's a quick easy read, but I felt like it's just a sample. The book could've been longer.

About the author

Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award–winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), In the Tall Grass (Netflix), and The Black Phone (Blumhouse).