It"s the week before Hallowe"en, and Cooger and Dark"s Pandemonium Shadow Show has cometo Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope intices all with promises of youth regained and dreams fulfilled... as two boys trembling on the brink of manhood set out to explore the mysteries of the dark carnival"s smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will also discover the true price of innermost wishes...