About this ebook
Jack Morris is a hard-bitten carnival pitchman who likes his life simple: a traveling wax museum, a small-town Illinois midway, and the steady routine of selling thrills to passing crowds. But on a warm evening beneath a strange green-tailed shooting star, the ordinary world begins to tilt. When a frightened boy insists that one of the wax figures is alive, Morris dismisses him as fanciful—only to find, after the carnival closes, that the warning was no child's lie. Alone in the darkened tent, Morris confronts a smoky, green-lit presence slipping into the wax form of Napoleon Bonaparte. What speaks to him is not a ghost but an alien intelligence from Mars, calmly revealing that it has chosen this grotesque disguise to observe humanity unnoticed. Blending sideshow atmosphere with eerie first contact, the story turns a carnival curiosity into a chilling encounter with the unknown, probing fear, prejudice, and the limits of human certainty. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
Jack Morris is a hard-bitten carnival pitchman who likes his life simple: a traveling wax museum, a small-town Illinois midway, and the steady routine of selling thrills to passing crowds. But on a warm evening beneath a strange green-tailed shooting star, the ordinary world begins to tilt. When ...
Discover more
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
