Circle of Freaks

<p class=ql-align-center>Ivy Sloan</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>Since I was a little girl I fell in love with the circus. It's all I ever wanted to see up close or be a part of. There was no room for things like that where I grew up. There was no room for anything except bad memories and bad expectations. </p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>Every year around Devil's Night since we moved to Stockbridge the Circle of Freaks paranormal circus comes to town. It's an eighteen-and-over horror show in which no one talks about what goes on inside because they can't.</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>But this year is different. This year my prayers have been answered by gifting me a ticket. Despite what people think of me at school. Despite the girls gone missing--- Found dead. I wasn't prepared for what I would see. </p><p class=ql-align-center>I wasn't prepared for...him.</p><p><br></p>