The Obsidian Carnival

By: Demaine, Dillon

Seventeen years ago, something took Evelyn Reed's sister.
Now it has come back.

A carnival appears overnight on Oakhaven's abandoned fairgrounds-brilliant lights, joyous music, and a beauty that feels profoundly wrong. While the town is lulled into awe, Evelyn hears what others can't: a grinding hum layered with distant screams. This isn't a fair. It's a living organism, vast and intelligent, feeding on flesh and memory alike.

As people vanish, Evelyn follows the truth into the carnival's twisting rides and pulsing corridors, armed with forbidden research and occult science. Every attraction is part of the creature's anatomy. Every step draws her deeper into something that digests the living and reshapes them into itself.

But the deeper she goes, the clearer one truth becomes-

The carnival remembers her.
And it didn't come to Oakhaven by accident.

This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy:

The cosmic dread and small-town horror of Stephen King

The unsettling, reality-warping terror of H.P. Lovecraft

Living, biological nightmares in the vein of Clive Barker

Dark, immersive horror with strong psychological and body-horror elements

Stories where the monster is vast, intelligent, and unknowable

- By the author of Stairway to Darkness and many others -

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTTCKTVK
• ISBN13: 9798268118933
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"