The man behind the makeup of Bozo the Clown offers a memoir full of unexpected stories, such as choreographing a dance routine with Fred Astaire, training for space flights at NASA, and surviving two assassination attempts.

"For many children, the summer of 1988 was filled with sunshine and laughter. But for ten-year-old Kris Barlow, it was her chance to say goodbye to her dying mother. Three decades later, loss returns--her husband killed in a car accident. And so, Kris goes home to the place where she first knew pain--to that summer house overlooking the crystal waters of Lost Lake. It's there that Kris and her eight-year-old daughter will make a stand against grief....

A little girl who says she is not tired lets out a big yawn that spreads to others around the world before coming back to her house.

"An excited little boy dashes out of bed one Christmas morning to discover a meowing box with his name on it."

Unholy terror is unleashed in the skies when a deadly, genetically engineered virus is released onboard a transatlantic flight to Paris. When a scientist on the run from the CIA manages to smuggle a contaminated body onto a commercial overseas flight, the plane becomes an incubator for a quickly growing army of the undead. With a zombie invasion spreading through the cabin, only a handful of passengers remain to fight off their fellow infected travelers...