In Bradbury’s modern Gothic masterpiece, two young boys confront a dark and sinister presence lurking in their world…and in themselves.

On the crest of the wind one autumn night, something evil arrives in the small Midwestern town where Jim Nightshade and Will Holloway have grown up side by side. As the stroke of midnight marks the boys’ thirteenth birthday, a dark carnival creaks into place, waiting. Frightening, yet seductive, the carnival’s supernatural attractions contain an awful mystery. Led by the mysterious ringmaster Mr. Dark, the Pandemonium Shadow Show promises to grant your deepest wish—for a price. Can Will and Jim save the souls of the town…and their own?

With haunting, resonant language and imagery, Bradbury creates an inimitable atmosphere of dread and wonder.

Ray Bradbury, one of the most popular science fiction writers in the world, is the author of more than five hundred short stories, novels, plays, and poems. He has won many awards, including the National Book Award and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.