Book cover for Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top by Ken Scholes, Peter Straub, Genevieve Valentine, Jeff VanderMeer and Howard Waldrop

Circus

Fantasy Under the Big Top

Ken Scholes
Peter Straub
Genevieve Valentine
Jeff VanderMeer
Howard Waldrop
2012 Released
384 Pages
6-9 Hours
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Prime BooksISBN 9781607013556

  • Introducing stories of circuses traditional and bizarre, futuristic and steeped in tradition, joyful and heart-breaking! And among the actors you will find old friends, be they sad clowns or free-spirited gymnasts, as well as new ones -- mammoths, mechanical piano men, and things best not described at all. Come in, come all, and enjoy the literary show unfolding!

Ken Scholes

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Peter Straub authored numerous bestselling novels, including Ghost Story, Floating Dragon, Shadowland, and Julia-as well as The Talisman and Black House, which he co-authored with Stephen King. He also published short fiction, poetry, and a graphic novel. A prolific Grand Master of Horror, he won the British Fantasy Award; ten Bram Stoker Awards; three International Horror Guild Awards; ten World Fantasy Awards; and was the recipient of several Lifetime Achievement Awards. He passed away in 2022.

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Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts); and the Southern Reach series (Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance, and Absolution), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. VanderMeer has spoken at MIT, Columbia, Yale, and Vanderbilt, and he gave the 2024 John Hersey Memorial Address at the Key West Literary Seminar. His environmental nonfiction has appeared in Time, The Nation, and Esquire, among other publications. VanderMeer founded the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group nonprofit in 2023.

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