Coming Halloween 2025

“Though they may have traveled the world and he with it, seldom did he leave its grounds; thusly the entire world might as well have been the circus, and the circus his world.”

“The dead are in our dreams. Our memories. The ones we cherish or regret the most. That is where ghosts reside.”

The year is 1886 in New Sarum, England, and Atherton Graves only knows a life surrounded by corpses. Amidst a rash of child deaths, he alone suspects they are the product of murder. At least, that’s what the ghosts in his mortuary seem to be telling him. But there’s hardly time to hunt the killer, not with a gang known as the Disciples threatening his family business.

There’s one more problem. The notorious Black Carnival just arrived in his city, and Atherton sold off a cadaver to a spiritualist working there. The Disciples won’t take that lightly.

Caught between a serial killer, a circus bursting with foul characters, and his own spiraling madness amongst the restless dead, Atherton will undoubtedly become the villain of his own story. The question remains: who, if any, will be unscathed by the rampant destruction he’s invited

Acquired by Quill & Crow Publishing House, THE BLACK CARNIVAL will release Halloween of 2025. Get on our mailing list to be first in line for pre-orders and exciting updates.