Jaw-Bone Jamboree
The International Geek-On-Geek Expo comes to an end. The Carnival Bar & Lounge buzzes with excitement. It’s full of the Expo’s winning geeks. The winners are…
THE RINGERS! Or um.. Wait.. What?
Come one come all! Welcome fellow ficleters to "Joe Bangzies's carnival of cannibals!" What? Why have you turned pale? They've been trained NOT to eat you! Ok, now down to business. I want you to make a story about the weirdest, most disturbing carnival you can think of. Make it full of spiders! Make it full of Bears! I don't care! JUST GET OUT THERE AND WORK YOUR MAGIC! * GO FORTH MY MINIONS!!!!!*
Challengers
8 entriesTrip to the Fair
I was the last of us to go through the turnstile. From the other side, the fairground had been bright and noisy, but from this side... grey, silent. Of my…
The Amazing Accountival
“Roll up! Roll up!” cried the man in a dull grey suit. “Roll up and see the Amazing Accountival!” The crowd shuffled through the ticket booth in quiet…
Cirque de la Lune
A trickle of moonlight crawled inside the tent, casting a shadow onto the ringleader’s face. He grinned widely, twirling his cane in a gloved hand. Music…
Ringling and Pavlov's Cirque De Freaks
The ticket man smiled as he stamped my hand. His mouth said ‘have a nice time’. I smiled back and turned to the red and yellow striped tent flap opened by a…
The King of The Jungle
“Come on in baby. We’re jus waitin for some love,” said the man in the ticket booth. Except, he wasn’t a man. Or a woman. It was more of a reptile - dark…
The Last Acrobats
The tattered tent stands on the hill, silhouetted by the full moon. The breeze twists the torn and shredded remnants of a pennant, which once read CIRCUS…
Come One! Come All!
Oscar H. Ringling, the forgotten brother, was always on the outer with his family. Maligned by his father when he decided at an early age to not follow in…