Place · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

The Stage Performance Guild

A hidden guild behind the Lollipop's karaoke — sing a marked song with the needle in the green and the door opens for the singers — that is a dusty five-hundred-seat theatre with one spotlight, a dirty mattress and Porky, its guildmaster, on his back with a stuck zipper. Carl gains permanent access with 'Take on Me'; Donut FAILED.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 26 — Rend's sixth death; two ghouls
• Chapter 39 — The Lollipop: a needle over the singer
• Chapter 57 — The brawl; Sing for your supper
• Chapter 58 — Jurgen at the door; Porky's zipper

Arc

Splash Zone's rumour of a hidden singing guild (ch. 24); Rosetta and Tipid find it in the bar they visited (ch. 26); the gauge and the rule (ch. 39); the door glows for Carl (ch. 57); the theatre and its guildmaster (ch. 58).