Hello, my spooky friends, I'm Blair Bathory, and this is the Something Scary podcast.

Thank you for joining us, whether it's your first time delving into the darkness, or if you are

brave enough to make a return visit. Welcome. The carnival coming to town brings so much joy to so many, but others see through the facade

of the music, games, and clown makeup to see the darkness people are trying to hide. People can

try to ignore their issues, but once their anger comes to the surface, there's no telling the deadly

damage they can cause.

First, a deadly game, followed by Cemetery Celebration.

Then, don't go into the park.

Finally, in our featured story, clowning around kills.

I receive hundreds of creepy story submissions every single week, and of those, the scariest ones make it into our podcast, along with the story that we've chosen to animate and post

over at YouTube.com slash snarled. If you have a tale you're dying to share, send me an email at something scary at snarl.com.

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featured in one of our podcast or weekly video stories. Visit patreon.com slash snarled.

So, want to hear something scary?

Carnival Carnage April Yates is one of our featured writers

joining us to help celebrate Pride Month.

She is the author of the Sapphic historical romance

Ashthorn and other strange dark fictions,

like the one you're about to hear.

Zara tried to tune out the noise of the fair as she examined the beanbags on the counter in

front of her, save for the color, they were all identical in size and weight.

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