TY - BOOK AU - Sedia,E. TI - Circus: fantasy under the big top SN - 160701355X (pbk.) PY - 2012/// CY - [Gaithersburg, Md.] PB - Prime Books KW - Circus KW - Fiction KW - Short stories KW - Fantasy fiction KW - gsafd N1 - 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 N2 - 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! ER -