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A Tale of Bargains and Beasts

Dark Circus, Volume 9

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A Tale of Bargains and Beasts

By: Velma Loftin-Stoneburner
Narrated by: KW Helm Productions
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A girl who walks with beasts. A circus that feeds on fire. A road that remembers every bargain. When Eveline Marr moves north under cover of spectacle, survival becomes a matter of timing rather than strength. Rooted in Appalachian folklore and dark Americana, this story explores restraint as power, shelter as danger, and the cost of saying yes when the road asks. Beasts follow her not by chain, but by recognition. As hunters, fire, and spectacle converge, she must choose when to be seen and when to vanish. Told in haunting, folkloric prose, this is a dark Americana tale of bargains, survival, and what the roads remember.

©2025 Velma Loftin-Stoneburner (P)2026 Velma Loftin-Stoneburner
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