The midnight circus

Author

Jane Yolen

Call Number

• FANTASY YOLE (WSQ)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : Tachyon Publications LLC, 2020.

Physical Description

242 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

In the newest volume of her World Fantasy Award-winning short story collections, beloved author Jane Yolen's dark side has fully emerged. Her vivid, startling, and thrilling tales and poems of the supernatural--from icy-hearted witches to sometimes-innocent shapeshifters--reveal a classic storyteller at the height of her powers. Welcome to the Midnight Circus--and watch your step. The dark imaginings of fantasy icon Jane Yolen are not for the faint of heart. In these sixteen brilliantly unnerving tales and poems, Central Park becomes a carnival where you can--but probably shouldn't--transform into a wild beast. The Red Sea will be deadly to cross due to a plague of voracious angels. Meanwhile, the South Pole is no place for even a good man, regardless of whether he is living or dead. Wicked, solemn, and chilling, the circus is ready for your visit--just don't arrive late.

Contents

• Introduction: "Welcome to the Midnight Circus" by Theodora Goss
• "Who Knew I Was a Writer of Dark Stores?" by Jane Yolen
• The weaver of tomorrow
• The white seal maid
• The snatchers
• Wilding
• Requiem Antarctica Night wolves
• The house of seven angels
• Great gray
• Little red Winter's king
• Inscription
• Dog Boy remembers
• The fisherman's wife
• Become a warrior
• An infestation of angels
• Names
• Story notes and poems. The weaver of tomorrow/"The wheel spins"
• The white seal maid/"Ballad of the white seal maid"
• Snatchers/"Lou leaving home"
• Wilding/"Deer, dances"
• Requiem Antarctica/"Vampyr"
• Night wolves/"Bad dreams"
• The house of seven angels/"Anticipation"
• Great gray/"Remembering the great gray"
• Little red/"Red at eighty-one"
• Winter's king/"If winter"
• Inscription/"Stone ring"
• Dog Boy remembers/"The path"
• The fisherman's wife/"Undine"
• Become a warrior/"The princess turns"
• An infestation of angels/"Work days"
• Names/"What the oven is not"
• Afterword: From the princess to the queen by Aletha Kontis
• About the author.