Sideshow Nights    by Chris Varga
Price: $3.89 USD. 92850 words. Published on April 1, 2010. .
When lonely Mike Kranton attended the traveling carnival in town, little did he know that his destiny would be permanently altered that night. A stunning magician's assistant named Zelda captivates him, but he soon learns there is more to her than meets the eye. Leaving his dysfunctional Connecticut life behind, he and Zelda travel across America, trying to elude men who are after her.

Carnival    by Sonia Lyris
Price: Free! 1320 words. Published on January 20, 2011. .
It's not the coin you pay to get into the sideshow that bothers you, it's being fooled by the hucksters. But if you go the carnival thinking you're prepared for hoaxes and braced against trickery, you're ready game for the master showman, because he knows you better than you think. Even so, it's not him you have to be afraid of. Is it the show? Or is what you don't know about yourself?

It's All About The Gravy    by Rita Villa
Price: Free! 47870 words. Published on March 11, 2012. .
If you think your family’s a bunch of wackos, you ain’t seen nothin’. Frank’s mother, just out of the loony bin, thinks the tabloids are true and the devil’s mummy resides in Baltimore. His Nana insists she’s on her death bed; meanwhile she drinks, smokes cigars and curses nonstop. Frank feels like he has no one to love until a mangy, stinky mutt crosses his path.

The Magic Wagon    by Joe R. Lansdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 44560 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 18, 2012. .
When the Magic Wagon comes to town, folks get a genuine medicine show that includes a wrestling ape, fancy shooting, and a peek at the petrified body of Wild Bill Hickok himself. They also get bottles of a whiskey-laced elixir to drown their aches and pains. Old Albert drives the wagon, a rawboned youngster named Buster Fogg does the odd jobs, and "champion" trick shooter Billy Bob Daniels.