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Midnight Under the Big Top: Tales of Madness, Murder, and Magic
Midnight Under the Big Top Tales of Madness Murder and Magic Author:Brian James Freeman (Editor) Venture inside Midnight Under the Big Top, where your wide eyes and pounding heart will discover: — - the world's grandest tales of murder, madness, and magic set in and around the circus by renowned storytellers such as Stephen King, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, Robert McCammon, Tananarive Du... more »e, Lisa Morton, Heather Graham, Richard Chizmar, Billy Chizmar, Amanda C. Davis, Nayad Monroe, Jeff Strand, Amanda Downum, Robert Brouhard, and Dominick Cancilla!
- the World's First-Ever Poetry Intermission featuring Norman Prentiss, G.O. Clark, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Robert Payne Cabeen, David E. Cowen, Alessandro Manzetti, Christina Sng, Stephanie M. Wytovich, K.A. Opperman, Ashley Dioses, and Terri Adamczyk!
- and for the grand finale, Josh Malerman, author of the New York Times bestseller Bird Box, will introduce you to Dandelion Andrews, a very unusual man who hasn't seen daylight in three months because he's digging a hole destined to become a most unusual carnival house of horrors!
These death-defying tales aren't for the faint of heart, but they are perfect for the long lost child deep inside of you who instinctively understands you should never trust a circus clown.
Table of Contents:
ACT ONE:
"The Night of the Tiger" by Stephen King
"Twittering from the Circus of the Dead" by Joe Hill
"The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch" by Neil Gaiman
"The Girl in the Carnival Gown" by Kelley Armstrong
"Herd Immunity" by Tananarive Due
"Pickled Punks and the Summer of Love" by Lisa Morton
"Courting the Queen of Sheba" by Amanda C. Davis
"The Circus Reborn" by Nayad Monroe
"The Black Ferris" by Ray Bradbury
INTERMISSION: POETRY:
"Apology to the Ape-Girl" by Norman Prentiss
"Hitchhiker" by G. O. Clark
"The Old Clown Reflects" by G. O. Clark
"Carnival of Ghosts" by Marge Simon
"The Daily Freak Show" by Bruce Boston
"Clowns" by Robert Payne Cabeen
"The Murder of Great Pieter" by David E. Cowen
"The Cage" by Alessandro Manzetti
"The Carnie's Confession" by Terri Adamczyk
"Magic Show" by Christina Sng
"The Clown" by Christina Sng
"Lucifer at the Carnival" by Christina Sng
"Cages" by Christina Sng
"The Admission Price to CarnEvil" by Stephanie M. Wytovich
"Tickets, Games, Freaks!" by Stephanie M. Wytovich
"What is a Body?" by Stephanie M. Wytovich
"The Circus in the Corn" by K. A. Opperman
"The Clown Witch" by K. A. Opperman
"Beneath the Fullest Moon" by Ashley Diones
ACT TWO:
"The Great White Way" by Robert McCammon
"Buried Talents" by Richard Matheson
"The Carnival" by Richard Chizmar
"Mr. Bones' Wild Ride" by Billy Chizmar
"Fair Treats" by Jeff Strand
"Smoke & Mirrors" by Amanda Downum
"Circus Maximus" by Robert Brouhard
"Laughable" by Dominick Cancilla
"Count Zardov's Circus and Museum of Terrifying Grotesques" by Heather Graham