Goodreads asked Stephen Paul Sayers:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Stephen Paul Sayers My most recent book is The Carousel Man, due out in 2024 from Hellbender Books. It's the story of man who is haunted by dreams and visions of a childhood carousel ride in a desolate Missouri cornfield. He is convinced the carousel is a gateway to somewhere evil. I got the idea for the book while visiting The Flying Horses Carousel, the country's oldest carousel, on Martha's Vineyard. Things like clowns and carnivals have always freaked me out a little bit. As an author, if you can make the things that are supposed to be fun and entertaining to a child a bit dark and haunting, it makes for good horror.

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