Circus : fantasy under the big top / [edited by] Ekaterina Sedia.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Gaithersburg, Md.] : Prime Books, c2012.Description: 310 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 160701355X (pbk.)
- 9781607013556 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | Sedia Ekaterin | Available | 33111007044320 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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!
Something about a death, something about a fire Peter Straub ; Smoke & mirrors Amanda Downum ; Calliope: a steam romance Andrew J. McKiernan ; Welcome to the greatest show in the universe Deborah Walker ; Vanishing act Catherine Tobler ; Quin's Shanghai circus Jeff VanderMeer ; Scream angel Douglas Smith ; The Vostrasovitch clockwork animal and traveling forest show at the end of the world Jessica Reisman ; Study, for solo piano Genevieve Valentine ; Making my entrance again with my usual flair Ken Scholes ; The quest Barry B. Longyear ; 26 monkeys, also the abyss Kij Johnson ; Courting the queen of Sheba Amanda C. Davis ; Circus circus Eric Witchey ; Phantasy Moste Grotesk Felicity Dowker ; Learning to leave Christopher Barzak ; Ginny Sweethips' flying circus Neal Barrerr, Jr. ; The Aarne-Thompson classification revue Holly Black ; Manipulating paper birds Cate Gardner ; Winter Quarters Howard Waldrop.
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!