Author: Jane YolenTitle: Midnight CircusBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 256Release Date: 2020-10-01Details: 2021 Locus Award FinalistIn 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."Look this way, look that; blazing her consummate imagination against the shadows of human sorrow, Jane Yolen has done it again."-Gregory Maguire, author of WickedJane Yolen is the Hans Christian Andersen of America" -The New York TimesWelcome 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.Other Jane Yolen short story collections in this seriesThe Emerald Circus: 2018 World Fantasy Award winnerHow to Fracture a Fairy Tale: 2019 Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice AwardEAN: 9781616963408Package Dimensions: Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 0.6 Pounds, Width: 0.65 Inches
