Scott A. McGillivray

After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.

A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.

When small town drifter Sammy Barlach drives into Venus Holler in search for his next cold beer and the bunch that'll have him, he gets a lot more than he bargained for, namely food, lodging and the possibility of a better future, thanks to crimson-haired Jamalee and her brother Jason, who dream of hitting the big time. Breaks aren't easy to come by, though, if you live in Venus Holler. Powerless against the forces of corruption and prejudice, the hardest things Sammy has to battle are the demons inside his own head.

A girl meets up with a guy for a weekend of talk and action, with complex revelations of character occurring in the rather strange situations in which they find themselves.

A behind the scenes look at the seedy underbelly of puppeteering and what it really takes to make it in children's television.