Midnight Under the Big Top

Venture inside *Midnight Under the Big Top* , where your wide eyes and pounding heart will discover:
• the world’s grandest tales of murder, madness, and magic set in and around the circus by renowned storytellers such as Stephen King, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, Robert McCammon, Tananarive Due, Lisa Morton, Heather Graham, Richard Chizmar, Billy Chizmar, Amanda C. Davis, Nayad Monroe, Jeff Strand, Amanda Downum, Robert Brouhard, and Dominick Cancilla!
• the World’s First-Ever Poetry Intermission featuring Norman Prentiss, G.O. Clark, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Robert Payne Cabeen, David E. Cowen, Alessandro Manzetti, Christina Sng, Stephanie M. Wytovich, K.A. Opperman, Ashley Dioses, and Terri Adamczyk!
• and for the grand finale, Josh Malerman, author of the *New York Times* bestseller *Bird Box* , will introduce you to Dandelion Andrews, a very unusual man who hasn’t seen daylight in three months because he’s digging a hole destined to become a most unusual carnival house of horrors!
These death-defying tales aren’t for the faint of heart, but they are perfect for the long lost child deep inside of you who instinctively understands you should never trust a circus clown.
**Table of Contents:**
**ACT ONE:**
The Night of the Tiger by Stephen King
Twittering from the Circus of the Dead by Joe Hill
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman
The Girl in the Carnival Gown by Kelley Armstrong
Herd Immunity by Tananarive Due
Pickled Punks and the Summer of Love by Lisa Morton
Courting the Queen of Sheba by Amanda C. Davis
The Circus Reborn by Nayad Monroe
The Black Ferris by Ray Bradbury
**INTERMISSION: POETRY:**
Apology to the Ape-Girl by Norman Prentiss
Hitchhiker by G. O. Clark
The Old Clown Reflects by G. O. Clark
Carnival of Ghosts by Marge Simon
The Daily Freak Show by Bruce Boston
Clowns by Robert Payne Cabeen
The Murder of Great Pieter by David E. Cowen
The Cage by Alessandro Manzetti
The Carnie’s Confession by Terri Adamczyk
Magic Show by Christina Sng
The Clown by Christina Sng
Lucifer at the Carnival by Christina Sng
Cages by Christina Sng
The Admission Price to CarnEvil by Stephanie M. Wytovich
Tickets, Games, Freaks! by Stephanie M. Wytovich
What is a Body? by Stephanie M. Wytovich
The Circus in the Corn by K. A. Opperman
The Clown Witch by K. A. Opperman
Beneath the Fullest Moon by Ashley Diones
**ACT TWO:**
The Great White Way by Robert McCammon
Buried Talents by Richard Matheson
The Carnival by Richard Chizmar
Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride by Billy Chizmar
Fair Treats by Jeff Strand
Smoke & Mirrors by Amanda Downum
Circus Maximus by Robert Brouhard
Laughable by Dominick Cancilla
Count Zardov’s Circus and Museum of Terrifying Grotesques by Heather Graham
**THE GRAND FINALE:**
*Dandy* , a short novel by Josh Malerman