Dark Carnival (book)

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Dark Carnival

Author	Ray Bradbury
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction, Fantasy
Publisher	Gauntlet Press; Limited edition (2001)
Released	1947
Media Type	Print
Pages	276 (Hardcover)
ISBN	ISBN 1887368507

Dark Carnival is a collection of the following Ray Bradbury short stories, published in October 1947:

• "The Homecoming"
• "Skeleton"
• "The Jar"
• "The Lake"
• "The Maiden"
• "The Tombstone"
• "The Smiling People"
• "The Emissary"
• "The Traveler"
• "The Small Assassin"
• "The Crowd"
• "Reunion"
• "The Handler"
• "The Coffin"
• "Interim"
• "Jack-In-The-Box"
• "The Scythe"
• "Let's Play "Poison""
• "Uncle Einar"
• "The Wind"
• "The Night"
• "There Was An Old Woman"
• "The Dead Man"
• "The Man Upstairs"
• "The Night Sets"
• "Cistern"
• "The Next In Line"

Dark Carnival was Bradbury's first published book, and first hardcover. About 3,100 copies were printed by Arkham House, under the editorial direction of August Derleth. All but six of the stories had been first published elsewhere, although Bradbury revised some of the texts.

For many years, Bradbury did not permit Dark Carnival to be reprinted, since updated versions of many of the stories were collected as The October Country. However, a limited edition of Dark Carnival, with five extra stories and a new introduction by Bradbury, was printed by Gauntlet Press in 2001.

On August 22, 2006, "The Homecoming" was published as a standalone short story with illustrations by Dave McKean.