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The Demon Barker of Wheat Street

Kevin Hearne

First published July 2013
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series The Iron Druid Chronicles #4 .6

Synopsis

"The ancient Druid Atticus O'Sullivan gets more than greasy corn dogs and flat soda when he visits a carnival in Kansas to which his apprentice, Granuaile, drags him. He runs across a barker with a strange power over the crowd: attractive women leave their men and disappear into an unmarked tent, never to be seen again, and the men wander away, forgetting that they ever had girlfriends or wives. When Granuaile falls under the barker's influence and enters the tent, Atticus isn't about to forget it and move on. He and his Irish wolfhound, Oberon, pursue her and discover the horrifying secret to the carnival's success." — quoted from this book's product page on Amazon as of 2018-06-22.

Notes

•Author's note in Besieged: "This story, narrated by Atticus, takes place six years after Tricked... and two weeks after the events of the novella Two Ravens and One Crow. It was originally published in the Carniepunk anthology and has since been slightly revised and expanded from that version."

Publications (11)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2013 Cover Carniepunk Gallery Books Anthology 57
July 2013 Cover Carniepunk Gallery Books Anthology |3
July 2013 Cover Carniepunk Simon & Schuster Audio Anthology |3
September 2014 Cover The Demon Barker of Wheat Street Pocket Star Books Chapbook
September 2014 Cover The Demon Barker of Wheat Street Simon & Schuster Audio Chapbook
July 2017 Cover Besieged Del Rey Collection 63
July 2017 Cover Besieged Del Rey Collection |3
July 2017 Besieged Orbit Collection
July 2017 Cover Besieged Orbit Collection
April 2018 Cover Besieged Del Rey Collection 72
September 2022 Cover Besieged Del Rey Collection 61|4