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All who know opera know Pagliacci. The tragic drama of three clowns trapped in a tale of love, infidelity, and murder.
But when the love triangle is a triad, and the clowns find more laughter in blood than singing, the tale turns out quite differently.
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Who suffers more? The family burden or their long-suffering kin? And what happens when the wrong sort of person sees the burden as an opportunity?
Forced to reside with her carnie sister after the death of their father, Peggy's grip on reality becomes looser and looser as she endures the affections of a strange clown
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Traveling with a Circus can make for strange bed fellows.
People who otherwise never would have crossed paths can meet however briefly, and perhaps even find themselves a place to belong. -
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Privilege resides in Favor.
What and who you know can save your life just as easily as end it.
Born into mystery, Wynflaed has enjoyed the shade of the sheriff's favor since their childhoods. But when childhood fantasies become adult realities, the balance of risk and reward becomes a dangerous game -
The Mad Witch of Muerto County by Atomic_Peach
Fandoms: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Movies)
22 Aug 2025
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When Nubbins first mentioned the strange woman in the cemetery, not even Bobby believed him. But even through accusations of tall tales, the hitchhiker continues to trek back to the boneyard in search of the strange girl sleeping among the graves.
When they finally track her down, the twin are determined to shelter this new stray, whether she likes it or not.
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Mania leaves no room for logic, and when it comes to witchery, none are safe; not even the wife of a Reverend. What happens when a Puritan woman is forced to question all she thinks she knows?
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Lost toys can be a blessing. He found her abandoned in the decrepit shell of her doll house; obscured in thin layers of gauzy cobwebs and dust, sitting on the swan shaped bench of a long-abandoned carousel.
This lost little clown; her painted face cracked and marble eyes dull.
He took her home, gave her a new name, and a new game to play. -
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"You'd be such a pretty girl without all that junk in your face."
But Twyla doesn't want to be a pretty girl.
She barely wants to be a human.
Cutting herself off from the world after a decade of piercing ears and tattooing eyeliner, the artist finds respite in the desolate Texas grasslands. But soon the locals start to take notice, whether she likes it or not. -
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Too different in some ways.
Too similar in others.
They had many laws on the island, all of which Azazello was happy to abide by.
But the upspoken rules. Those tricky, treacherous, unspoken agreements of mankind that he found so hard to comply with.
It was these that kept him from his happiness. And she from him.
But when the lines between men and beasts begin to blur, and unrest sits in the animal hearts of so many, restraints begin to weaken. -
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"I didn't know where else to go," She confessed, staring at the molded wood planks of the porch. "I just thought...maybe it would be good to start from the beginning. Ya know?"
"Well," Lester mustered a reassuring smile, "makes sense to me! And hell, if you can't afford the help, I'll help ya!"
"I couldn't ask you to do that."
"You ain't never asked me for anything." Lester flashes his crooked yellow teeth in a broad, dopey grin, "never stopped me from doin' it though."
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- Part 1 of The Sinclair Trilogy
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There are no children like that of House Harkonnen.
Theirs is an inheritance of violence. Of war. Of domination.
They will grow into the roles predestined for them from birth and carry on the legacy of their great house.
And yet, the best laid plans of barons and Bene Gesserit mean nothing in the face of Harkonnen willfulness and forbidden desire. -
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After Longlegs successfully inducts Ruth Harker into his schemes, The Man Downstairs sees fit to give his most faithful follower a gift. But this gift comes with strings attached, and before long the dollmaker discovers what is it like to have someone you love used against you.
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Divorces can be messy. Especially when your estranged husband decides to put up a fight and show up at your office Christmas party...
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"While your aunt and uncle are on holiday, we will be keeping your cousin Gia for the summer." The magnate cast a disapproving eye of warning over his wayward spawn, "I will expect each of you to take on your fair share of responsibility for her."
"What?" Amber looked aghast, the prospect of babysitting some snot nosed brat for the whole summer both chilling and enraging her.
"Relax," Luigi scoffed, "She's like five, how much trouble could she be"
"She's ten." Rotti corrected his eldest with an arch of his wooly brow. "And since you seem so confident, Luigi, you will take the first shift."
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Mediums and Busters and Spooks, Hot Damn! by Atomic_Peach
Fandoms: Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021)
24 Sep 2024
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"Wait." June blinked, picking up an article. "This is about me….this is about my family, why do you guys have this?"
A spiritual medium who struggles to be taken seriously decides to take a chance on three newcomers to the New York Paranormal scene. But, will she run the risk of being seen as just another science experiment?
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Marriage is built on routine. Morning, noon, and night, you spend your days with the person you love, and it can be easy to fall into monotony.
Which is why it's always important to have time for yourself, even if it's only once a year. -
A Dance of Dissections by Atomic_Peach
Fandoms: The Munsters (2022), The Munsters (TV 1964)
09 Sep 2024
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The life of a mad scientist is fraught with challenges.
Failed Experiments
Constant Scrutiny
Seemingly Unsolvable Conundrums.But from the moment he set foot in the world of Transylvania's science scene, Dr Henry Augustus Wolfgang has been faced with the worst of them all.
A Rival.
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In the Autumn of 1976, 31 was forced to acknowledge its first and only survivor.
Forced on the lamb, the former denizens of Murderworld scatter until, one day, the exiled king of carnage receives a very special invitation from an old friend, beckoning him to the neon drenched Babylon that is Las Vegas, U.S.A. -
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Jonathan is sick to the teeth of watching his husband come home dead on his feet and miserable.
So, like any good husband, he elects to take matters into his own hands.Series
- Part 1 of The Moran Syndicate Collection
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Dear Warden, I'm Off To Join The Circus. Cheers, Mia. by Atomic_Peach
Fandoms: Circus of the Dead (Movie 2014)
04 Apr 2024
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"I was always the kid that wanted to run away and join the circus." She laughed fondly at the foolishness of childhood dreams. "I wanted to be the pretty girl in the pink tutu who walked across the tightrope."
She leveled her gaze at the clown sardonically, swirling the swig of beer left in the bottle. "Is this the part where you tell me it's not all it's cracked up to be?"Papa's face twisted into a smirk and once again Mia was reminded of those frightening clown paintings that had lurked on the walls of her Aunt's parlor.
"Oh no," he chuckled darkly. "It's everything you'd dreamed it'd be. All that and more."