Pages Torn from a Travel Journal by Edward Lee

Pages Torn from a Travel Journal by Edward Lee

It's a hot day in Virginia during the Great Depression, when a bus breaks down on a lonely backwoods road. The passengers are told the repairs will take till tomorrow, so. What will they do tonight? Good fortune strikes Just down the road, there's a carnival The last man off is a writer and sightseer from Rhode Island, a man named Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

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A genuine mermaid A living cadaver A man with three eyes There's even a girl with hands for feet Howard knows that such spectacles are all too often frauds, but what Howard doesn't realize is this: the carnival's frolicky fun will quickly degrade into a waking nightmare of unspeakable carnal depravity and sick-in-the-head violence beyond anything he could ever conceive. And when he finally flees the wretched scene. Something awaits him a thousand times worse.

Edward Lee is the author of Smoke & Pickles, as well as the chef/owner of 610 Magnolia, MilkWood, and Whiskey Dry in Louisville, Kentucky, and the culinary director of Succotash in National Harbor, Maryland, and Washington, DC's Penn Quarter. He is frequently featured in print and on television, and his role in the Emmy Award-winning series The Mind of a Chef earned him an Emmy nomination. He wrote and hosted the feature documentary Fermented most recently. He splits his time between Louisville and Washington, DC, and can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @chefedwardlee.