A millionaire haunted by a demon consults a fortuneteller, a sideshow performer is captured in a horrible spell, a Hollywood producer cheats the wrong man, a cuckolded husband is invited to an odd dance and then there is that strange clown by the side of the road in Kansas... To many people, the experience of theatre is akin to the mystical experience of religion-the transformation of the human being into a deity-all occur as much with the smell of greasepaint in one's nostrils as with incense. This collection of stories runs the range from love stories to horror tales, from trickster demons to wizards who warp human form for their own purpose. And in each tale, the smell of greasepaint and the sulphurous odor of the other side combine to make a heady mix of fable, fantasy and fright....
- ISBN10 1603138110
- ISBN13 9781603138116
- Publish Date 1 August 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Whiskey Creek Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 325
- Language English