Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury's extraordinary tale of childhood dreams and supernatural agency in small-town America.

It's the week before Hallowe'en, and Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope entices all with promises of youth regained and dreams fulfilled . . .

And as two boys trembling on the brink of manhood set out to explore the mysteries of the dark carnival's smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will also discover the true price of innermost wishes . . .

Review

A darkly poetic tale . . . probably Bradbury's best work -- Stephen King

Ray Bradbury's most poignant evocation of the hopes and frustrations of smalltown life ― The Encylopedia of Fantasy

A timeless rite-of-passage book ― Washington Post

The novel is drenched in darkness, every character a slice of night ― Guardian

A brilliant story brilliant executed. A must-read for fans of dark fantasy or horror, especially horror ― SF Site

One of our eminent dreamers . . . the Hans Christian Andersen of the jet age ― Brian W. Aldiss

About the Author

Ray Bradbury wrote more than 500 short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts and poems. Lauded as one of America's most elegant and poetic writers, acclaimed by many to be the inventer of dark fantasy, he won many major awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and being named a Nebula Grandmaster.