Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

A wild, often horrifying, novel about freaks, geeks and other aberrancies of the human condition who travel together (a whole family of them) as a circus. It's a solipsistic funhouse world that makes "normal" people seem bland and pitiful. Arturo the Aqua-Boy, who has flippers and an enormous need to be loved. A museum of sacred monsters that didn't make it. An endearing "little beetle" of a heroine. Sort of like Tod Browning's Freaks crossed with...

Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

Darren Shan leaves Vampire Mountain as part of an elite force on a life-and-death mission to find the newly-risen Vampaneze Lord, who is set to lead the vampaneze into war against the vampires.

After traveling with Mr. Crepsley, the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Darren returns to the freak show known as the Cirque du Freak and continues to fight his need to drink human blood.

Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

Mr. Crepsley leads Darren Shan on a dangerous trek to Vampire Mountain, the very heart of the vampire world, to be presented to the Council, but an encounter with the Vampaneze along the way means trouble

In the bucolic village int he middle of a sweltering summer, it suddenly begins to snow, a hot snow that falls for seven days - seven long days that not only transform summer into winter but that forever disrupt the balance of life. This mystifying that melds fable, history, and satire in an enthralling tragicomedy set in modern day China. Nestled deep within the Balou mountains, by a large spared fromt he government's watchful eye, the people of...

A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus freaks.

Living nightmare: Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices. Vampire's assistant: After traveling with Mr. Crepsley, the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Darren returns to the freak show known as the Cirque du Freak and continues to fight his need to drink human blood. Tunnels of blood: Darren, Evra, and Mr. Crepsley leave the...

Best friends Darren and Steve visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a deadly spider and a vampire named Mr. Crepsley forces them to make life-changing choices.