![]() ![]() Something Wicked has an interesting history to its creation. Dark), realize the boys are on to them that things start to become more intense. It is after the carnival workers (under their leader the illustrated man, Mr. Two boys, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway, are the only souls in the town that are able to see the carnival for what it is, a place of evil magic and sinister characters. Something Wicked This Way Comes is the story of an evil carnival that invades the town of Green Town, Illinois (A town that will not sound unfamiliar to readers of Mr. Yet, when people talk about his classics, especially after his death, Something Wicked is always discussed so to honor the great man I decided to reread the book again. ![]() I can clearly remember spending most of my time reading it comparing it in my mind to the movie version by Disney I had seen a few years earlier. It didn’t emotionally touch me as Dandelion Wine or inspire me like The Martian Chronicles or R is for Rocket. ![]() Something Wicked found its way in between some of his other works in the monthly large pile I got from my local library, and I must admit at the time it didn’t make a dent on me. I was going through a massive Ray Bradbury kick, and I was devouring his books like many do pizza. I first read Something Wicked This Way Comes while as a teenager. ![]()
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