Something Wicked This Way Comes / Ray Bradbury / 307 pages

 

Something Wicked This Way Comes  by Ray Bradbury is a menacing, character driven, dreamlike, horror novel, first published in 1962.

When the carnival comes to town, best friends Jim and Will have to grow up overnight, or Will’s father will be lost, along with their teacher, the town barber and even Jim himself, to the evil Mr. Dark and his band of freaks.

Something Wicked This Way Comes will appeal to those who like freakish, dreamlike horror. Similar titles include: The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger; The Talisman by Stephen King