Beyond Ballyhoo: Carnival Themed Speculative Fiction

by Edmund Schluessel (Contributor), Corry L. Lee (Contributor), Ed Heiland (Contributor)

Eight speculative fiction authors share their tales of Carnivals. These stories explore the real world phenomena of the 1920s with horror, supernatural, and fantasy twists. What did the Miami Hurricane '26 really blow in? What if it wasn't really an elephant that rampaged through Portland in May of '22? Find out these and many more alternative explanations to the strange goings on America between recovering from the 1918 influenza pandemic and just before the stock market crash of 1929.

Authors include Corry L. Lee, Ed Heiland, Aigner Loren Wilson, R. Z. Held, Shawna Hansen, Aaron C. Smith, Amanda Dier, Emily Sorensen, and Edmund Schluessel

181 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 26, 2021

About the author

Edmund Schluessel is a sci-fi writer who holds a PhD in astrophysics and teaches mathematics. Originally from the US, he is currently living in Helsinki. His written work has received an ESFS (European Science Fiction Society) 2020 Chrysalis award for emerging authors. An avid social justice activist, in 2018 he organized the biggest demonstration against Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in his adopted home of Helsinki.

In January 2020 he released "Infinite Metropolis", a book written in collaboration with Mikko Rauhala, which includes 12 intricate and connected stories about a Manhattan that goes on forever in every direction. The book has inspired the sci-fi audio drama of the same name and makes for a captivating read as it tackles heavy subjects that draw the reader in!

Edmund's publication history & writing CV can be found here