Midnight Under the Big Top by Brian James Freeman

Midnight Under the Big Top by Brian James Freeman

Featuring Stephen King, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, Robert McCammon, Tananarive Due, Lisa Morton, Heather Graham, Richard Chizmar, Billy Chizmar, and many others... Plus a BRAND NEW novella by Josh Malerman

About the Book:

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

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

Terri Adamczyk

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