Will Elliott

"Delivered by a trio of psychotic clowns, this ultimatum [to pass his audition for the circus] plunges Jamie into the horrific alternate universe of the Pilo Family Circus, a borderline world between Hell and Earth from which humankind's greatest tragedies have been perpetuated. Yet, in this place--peopled by the gruesome, grotesque, and monstrous, where violence and savagery are the norm--Jamie finds that his worst enemy is himself. When he applies the white face paint, he is transformed into JJ, the most vicious clown of all. And JJ wants Jamie dead..."--Page [4] of cover.

The Pilo Family Circus

«Tienes dos días para pasar la audición. Será mejor que la pases, colega. Vas a unirte al circo. ¿A que es la mejor noticia que te han dado nunca?» Este ultimátum, en boca de un trío de payasos psicóticos, arroja a Jamie al terrorífico universo alternativo del circo de la familia Pilo, un mundo limítrofe entre el infierno y la tierra desde el que se han perpetuado las mayores tragedias de la humanidad. Sin embargo, en este lugar poblado por seres espantosos, grotescos y monstruosos en el que la violencia y el salvajismo son la norma, Jamie descubre que su peor enemigo es él mismo. Cuando se aplica el maquillaje blanco en la cara se transforma en J. J., el payaso más despiadado de todos. Y J. J. quiere a Jamie muerto...

El circo de la familia Pilo / The Pilo Family Circus

La città dei clown

Jamie's tyres squealed to a halt. Standing in the glare of the headlights was an apparition dressed in a puffy shirt with a garish flower pattern It wore oversized red shoes, striped pants and white face paint. It stared at him with ungodly boggling eyes, then turned away...this seemingly random incident triggers a nightmarish chain of events as Jamie finds he is being stalked by a trio of gleefully sadistic clowns who deliver a terrifying ultimatum: you have two days to pass your audition. You better pass it, feller. You're joining the circus. Ain't that the best news you ever got? Jamie is plunged into the horrific alternate universe that is the centuries-old Pilo Family Circus, a borderline world between hell and earth from which humankind's greatest tragedies have been perpetrated. Yet in this place peopled by the gruesome, grotesque and monstrous, where violence and savagery are the norm, Jamie finds that his worst enemy is himself - for when he applies the white face paint, he is transformed into JJ, the most vicious clown of all. And JJ wants Jamie dead.

A fantastic short digital original from award-winning Will Elliott A brand-new surreal short story from multiple award winner Will Elliott.

Hungry Man - A Happy Endings Story

"In 2006 Will Elliott had his first novel The Pilo Family Circus published. It won five literary awards and great acclaim nationally and internationally. What nobody knew was that the young author of that work of terrifying fantasy had just recovered from a psychotic episode and been diagnosed as a schizophrenic. This is his memoir of that harrowing--and enlightening--time."--Publisher description.

A Memoir of Mental Illness

Strange Places

Jamie is rebuilding his life after his previous escape from the Pilo Family Circus, with no memories of the circus besides the clown outfit in his cupboard. Far below, as the circus stirs back to life, Jamie finds himself filled with urges to be a clown again (making inappropriate jokes at work, an urge to put on his clown outfit, etc.) He also finds that his friends and family do not trust him, because of that night he was found by police in a clown suit with blood on his shoes, and no memory of what happened. But there are those who do remember what happened. As the circus rebuilds itself, seeking out past performers and enslaving new cast members, Jamie finds himself drawn back into the dark world of the diabolic big top. But this time, the clown paint has no effect on him. His evil twin — JJ — is dead and buried. Jamie believes there is no way to bring back that twisted side of himself. That is, until the body is found and reanimated . . .

A Novel

The Pilo Traveling Show

Axed - A Happy Endings Story

El circo de la familia Pilo

Aden awakens naked in a bath tub, knowing only that he is dead. His new world is Nightfall, a place filled with characters bizarre, grotesque and magical: Julius the duke, the monstrous Gorr family, the goddess Muse, Slythe the deadly assassin. On the night Aden awakens, the Forgetting closes in, erasing everything it touches. Aden has little time to discover why this world and its characters seem so familiar to him, and why they call his grandfather the Worldmaker...and he must work out if he is here to save this world, or to help destroy it. An intensely written story in a wonderfully strange fantasy world, it leads us into thinking about the nature of storytelling and structure, reality and imagination, and gives us a wildly entertaining story with some unusual and endearing characters.

Nightfall

The Wall at World's End has been destroyed and Levaal stands naked before its twin world. The Arch Mage seeks to unseat Vous before he joins the gods, but loyalties are fractured, within the Castle and among the Free Cities, as war and chaos loom. A dragon may have escaped its sky prison, while a new alien force is rising by the name of Shadow.

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