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First edition. |
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242 pages ; 22 cm |
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| 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. |
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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 (with Robert J. Harris) -- Night wolves -- The house of seven angels -- Great gray -- Little red (with Adam Stemple) -- 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 Alethea Kontis -- About the author. |
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Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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Fantasy fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726607
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Fairy tales.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Goss, Theodora, writer of introduction.
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Harris, Robert J., 1955- author.
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Stemple, Adam, author.
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Kontis, Alethea, writer of additional text.
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Container of (work): Kontis, Alethea.
From the princess to the queen.
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| ISBN |
9781616963408 (paperback) : $14.95 |
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1616963409 (paperback) |
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