Freakslaw
Freakslaw by Jane Flett is a debut novel published by Zando in April 2025, featuring 368 pages in English. Set in the summer of ’97, the story unfolds in the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw, where a traveling carnival known as the Freakslaw arrives, bringing with it a vibrant array of characters and a promise of change. This carnival, filled with deviant queers and architects of mayhem, captivates the town’s teenagers with its neon charms, offering an escape from their mundane lives.
As the carnival’s allure grows, it becomes clear that the newcomers harbor a darker intention: revenge against a society that has marginalized them. The tension escalates between the locals and the carnival performers, leading to a confrontation that reveals deep-seated resentments. Readers will encounter themes of horror and coming-of-age as the narrative explores the clash between the vibrant carnival and the stoic town, set against a backdrop of literary and genre fiction elements.
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In this “glittery” and “crackling” horror debut (Chelsea G. Summers), a traveling carnival of troublemakers arrive in a small Scottish town and perform their favorite pastime: revenge.
It is the summer of ’97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change.
Enter the Freakslaw–a travelling carnival of deviant queers and architects of mayhem. There’s Gloria, fortune teller and worm charmer; her daughter Nancy, a contortionist witch; big-hearted tightrope walker, Werewolf Louie; not to mention illusionists and conjoined twins, Cass and Henry, and tattooed human pincushion, Pin Gal. Against Pitlaw’s miserably grey landscape, the carnival shines electric and bright, and it doesn’t take long for the town’s teenagers to be seduced by its neon charms and the possibility of escape.
But beneath it all, these newcomers are harboring a darker desire: revenge. Revenge for being cast out, never allowed to settle, punished for purely existing. And as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic, unwelcoming locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence that has been bubbling for centuries is about to be unleashed . . .
Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love meets Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus in this sizzling debut by a writer as captivating as she is incisive, as wild as she is precise. Read this and try not to run away with the Freakslaw. Go on. We dare you.
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