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Carnies Kindle Edition

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The carnival is coming...

The small town of Tillbrook has a secret. One that has been kept for over a hundred years.

Journalist David Hampden needs a good story to resurrect his flagging career.

His damaged brother, unemployed photographer Paul, just needs to find some meaning in his life.

When David is alerted to a century-old carnival, the idea of a feature story is too good to pass up, so he drags Paul along to Tillbrook.

What they find is darker than they could ever imagine.

Paul becomes part of the exotic world of the Dervish Carnival, est. 1899, and David must risk everything to save his brother.

Even though Paul might not want to be saved.

Come in and enjoy the show.

No photos allowed.

First published by Hachette Livre in 2006, Carnies is the debut novel of award-winning Australian horror writer Martin Livings, and won the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation award for best novel of that year.

"Livings is a master of his genre and manages to draw us into his world, kicking and screaming though we might be. And his world is dark, and there are things in the darkness that howl and hunger."

Stephanie Gunn, Australian Horrorscope

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06VWP4NV3
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Martin Livings; 3rd edition (February 16, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 16, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 678 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 223 pages

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Martin Livings (born 1970) is an Australian author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He has been writing short stories since 1990 and has been nominated for both the Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award. Livings resides in Perth, Western Australia.

Livings’ short fiction has appeared in the award-winning anthology Daikaiju! (Agog! Press), as well as in Borderlands, Agog! Terrific Tales (Agog! Press) and Eidolon, among many others. His work has been listed in the Year’s Best Horror and Fantasy Recommended Reading, and reprinted in Year’s Best Australian SF and Fantasy Volume 2 (MirrorDanse Books, 2006), Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2006 Edition (Brimstone Press, 2006), and The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015 (Ticonderoga Publications).

His first novel, Carnies, was published by Lothian Books in Australia in June 2006. Carnies was nominated for an Aurealis Award and won the 2007 Tin Duck Award for Best Novel by a Western Australian. His collection of short stories, Living With the Dead, was released in 2012 by Dark Prints Press, and an original story from the collection, “Birthday Suit”, won the Australian Shadows award for Best Short Fiction that year.

Both Carnies and Living With the Dead are available now available through Amazon, along with his techno-thriller novel Skinsongs, zombie spy thriller Sleeper Awake, and the novellas Rope and The Final Twist. His latest novel, An Ill Wind, has just been released on Amazon as well.

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pvlimbaugh

Gruesome!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2015

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Aah, carnival. The word evokes happy times, fun, laughter. But, then you hear the word carnie,
and you think of seedy characters, nameless faces, there to entertain you. The latter is what this
book is about. No joy here, only horror!

Evil lurks behind the facade of a good time. Two brothers find themselves at odds when they
visit the Dervish Carnival in hopes of writing a magazine article. We see a good vs. evil theme
develop that is full of twists and turns.

Martin Livings, delves deep into his characters souls and gives us people we care about, even
those deemed evil can have redeeming factors. This was a totally surprising read, not at all a
run-of-the-mill horror story. This one has meat and will engage you from the get-go.

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mzbeastle

Stands out in the crowd for this genre!

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2018

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This book was quite a nice surprise. First, as it started, I was really excited, because the way the story built was open to SO MANY possibilities that I couldn't stop reading it. Once I figured out what direction it DID take, well, I was a bit disappointed. However, the author did a fine job of taking what COULD have been a mediocre story line and making it something special (and in my somewhat limited exposure to the genre, unique). Nice, crisp writing. Interesting characters. Not a lot of emphasis on the locale, which also surprised me in a good way. Well done!

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2018

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This was a fun, gruesome story once it got going. There were some technical things that kept me at a distance from the story and slowed things down as much the detailed looks at mundane actives. Under that is a wonderful horror story that I'm glad I read and would recommend after some tightening and polishing.

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014

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An excellent novel involving a story-hungry journalist, who with his brother the photographer, travels to a small Australian town in search of The Dervish Carnival, established in 1899. They find that the carnival harbors a hunger of its own as they undergo a life changing experience. Great storyline and interesting characters. I definitely would like to read a sequel. Very highly recommended.

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Shannon M.

WEREWOLF PACK IN A RURAL CARNIVAL

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2018

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If you're into werewolf stories, you'll love it. It's got plenty of suspense and violence, lots of action, and pretty good characters, although they could have been fleshed out a little more.
The main plot, of a man trying to save his brother from the pack, is dramatic and exciting.
It reads like it should be made into a horror movie.

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2015

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Carnies was a great read. The premise was unusual and although I foresaw one of the ways how it would resolve, there were plenty of twisters I never anticipated. I recommend this book!

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E. Todd

Creepy Carnival Story

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2019

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This was such a different story from most horror books I've read. I really liked it. It was disturbing at times which is a key factor in a horror novel. I got drawn in immediately. Definitely worth a read

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Wendy Vitols

Carnies, by Martin Livings

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2014

Carnies

Oh my.

I'm still recovering from the veritable horror trip I just took!

As I read I felt I needed to keep checking the cover. I felt I was reading King at his finest. I was enthralled, captivated, engrossed...and, yes, grossed out.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, I thought the primary characters engaged my empathy right from the beginning and as I was sped towards the ultimate showdown between good and evil I found my loyalties divided between the two feuding brothers. Set against a small town, a carnival, and a supporting cast of carnivorous carnival folk (I appreciate this pun, too) the novel took me on a wild ride. The conflict between the brothers that underpins this novel is one that will be related to by many, as will - sadly- the loveless, functional marriage one of the primary characters experiences. One hopes that those that relate to the central conflicts do not succumb to the same solutions!

Martin Livings hails from Perth and is a well known horror writer - he will not disappoint with this book! From what I understand this is a re-release of a novel from Cohesion Press. The cover art is spectacular, the writing engaging and well paced. I am very pleased to have this on my shelf - I anticipate reading it again. I only have one question - when is the sequel?

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Karina

Wonderful horror novel

Reviewed in Australia on March 29, 2015

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I had never heard of Martin Livings till Carnies. Wonderful horror novel, easy to read great read.
Martin Livings, please write some more novels!!

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