The Carnival Society

Series · 4 books · 2018-2019

By N.R. Hairston, Dale Ivan Smith, Kat Cotton, and more

Books in series

Smoke, Mirrors and Demons

2018

Welcome to the circus – the most demonic show on earth! Ten years ago, I ran away from my home in the circus, leaving behind things my teenage self couldn’t handle. I kept my life on the straight and narrow, even building a career in law enforcement to make amends. Now my boss wants me back there, undercover. The cool, hipster carnival troupe I infiltrate is miles moved from the rough and tumble circus I grew up in but it has its own dangers: murder, mayhem and demonic forces. Grisly murders trail this troupe and make them prime suspects. I need to get hard evidence to build a case but, as emotions become entangled and old fears resurface, it’s time for a tough decision: embrace the powers I’ve rejected for the last ten years or let innocent people die.

Street Spells

Seven Urban Fantasy Shorts

2018

Magic stalks modern streets. Werewolves and witches. Demons and elves. Street Spells compiles seven new and exclusive short stories featuring mythical beings hidden in plain sight. Aimee "Scapegoat" Tori "Dead Goblins and Overdue Rent" Rachel "Magically Hidden" Dale Ivan "Siloed" Becca "Alchemy and Destiny" N. R. "Dirty Magic" Kat "Run Away" Break out of jail, hunt down magical art thieves, and dabble in alchemy as you discover a new author (or seven) in this page-turning collection of paranormal shorts.

Demonic Wheel of Death

2018

Welcome to the circus – the most demonic show on earth! Just as the Sequins & Daggers troupe are about to depart for an interstate tour, Duke goes missing. The show must go on and Duke is replaced by a mysterious newcomer who arouses Jayne’s suspicions. Is Earnest just annoying or does he have much darker secrets? When a child is killed, all signs point to Earnest as the murderer. Jayne needs to get hard evidence against him but, when other troupe members become implicated in the murder, she isn’t sure who she can trust. Nothing is what it seems and even Duke’s Wheel of Death becomes more than a simple circus prop. Before the truth can be revealed, she must learn the secrets of the troupe, journey to uncharted territory and come face-to-face with the enigmatic Carnival Society.

Demons, Hell & Damnation

2019

Never trust a contract with purgatory… I ran away from that damn circus for a good reason, now it seems everyone wants me back there. By everyone, I include the queen of purgatory and my evil mother. And I’m finding out the hard way that caring about others just gives your enemies leverage against you. Why do they even want me back at Mystique Circus? I have no idea. All signs point to a final showdown but I’m not sure I’m ready. I’m not sure I’ll ever be ready. Join Jayne and the Sequin & Daggers troupe in the enthralling conclusion to the Carnival Society series.

Authors

I love writing fantasy novels, as well as reading, watching and gaming fantasy and science fiction of all kinds. I'm also a librarian for Oregon's largest public library system.

Kat Cotton

Author · 22 books

Fun and enthralling urban fantasy I’m a digital nomad (well I was until 2020 happened), although I hate that term because it makes me sound like a wanky hipster. Which I’m not. Okay, I am a bit snobby about coffee and I sometimes wear twee vintage dresses but that doesn’t make me a hipster. On my travels, I love visiting weird and macabre places. Mummified hands that remove curses, museums of infectious diseases, collections of taxidermized frogs riding Penny Farthings - hell yeah! Oh, and that profile photo isn't me, it's my rapscallion Bishon Frise called Hamish. Both of us highly motivated by treats. Other places to find me: * Facebook * Bookbub * On the couch eating snacks

Aimee Easterling

Author · 59 books

Aimee Easterling is a USA Today Bestselling author writing on the boundary between urban fantasy and paranormal romance. She specializes in spunky shifters and invites you to dive into her werewolf world in the Wolf Rampant trilogy, the spinoff Bloodling serial, and her new Alpha Underground series. Studying biology and working as a naturalist have both informed Aimee's writing, but she's quite willing to let reality slide in favor of a good story. When not writing, she loves to read and always keeps books by Robin McKinley, Patricia Briggs, and Elizabeth Peters on her shelf. You can learn more at www.aimeeeasterling.com.

Tori Centanni

Author · 16 books

Tori Centanni is a nerd girl and a recovering goth. She likes dark, quirky stories with elements of humor. When not reading or writing, she can be found baking, watching too much television, and wrangling cats. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Becca Andre

Author · 22 books

Becca Andre lives in southern Ohio with her husband, two children, and an elderly Jack Russell Terrier. A love of science and math (yes, she’s weird like that), led to a career as a chemist where she blows things up far more infrequently than you’d expect. Other interests include: chocolate, hard rock, and slaying things on the Xbox. She also finds writing about herself in third person a bit strange.

Rachel Medhurst

Author · 46 books

Rachel Medhurst grew up in a small village in Surrey, England. She writes to inspire and heal. She lives in the British countryside with her dog. If she’s not writing, she can be found walking in nature and reading. For more information about current projects, including her short story dystopian series, Avoidables, please check out her website.