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Many Historians Claim The sideshow began with P. T. Barnum, yet the concept has existed for as long as there has been human curiosity. When something different or unusual appears before you-living or inanimate-you're intrigued, amazed, or maybe even disgusted. But you want to see it. If you're walking down a street and you see a little person, you look. You don't blatantly stare or gawk-no, you follow the societal rules of proper conduct and sneak...

"1, 2, 3 and more circus performers give an amazing show. Watch them in the ring, on the high wire, on their bikes, and on the flying trapeze. Step right up and count with us!"--Back cover.

Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.

When a family tragedy leaves young Joy and Travis Winslow at the mercy of greedy relative, they flee a life of certain servitude. Separated from her brother, Joy is rescued from dangerous vagrants by a handsome young circus performer. Chase takes her under his wing and helps her find work in a traveling circus.

The cheer of the holidays has passed, but the Noah's Ark traveling circus has been making the rounds, bringing fun and joy to children of all ages. However, as the ringmaster's cries fade away, a disturbing trend begins to surface in the wake of the colourful entourage. Children seem to disappear whenever the circus packs up for its next destination, and there are no clues---or corpses---to be found. But when the situation calls for Ciel and Sebastian...

Written with deftness and high energy, "Serpent Girl" is a voyage into the darkest depths of carny life--and, remarkably, a funny and tender love story as well.

On the eve of the 1898 Omaha World's Fair, Ferret Skerritt, ventriloquist by trade, con man by birth, isn't quite sure how it will change him or his city. Omaha still has the marks of a filthy Wild West town, even as it attempts to achieve the grandeur and respectability of nearby Chicago. But when he crosses paths with the beautiful and enigmatic Cecily, his whole purpose shifts and the fair becomes the backdrop to their love affair.

Elsa Mars is the proprietor of a troupe of human "curiosities" on a desperate journey of survival in the sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida, in 1952. Her menagerie of performers includes a two-headed, telepathic twin, a take-charge bearded lady, a vulnerable strongman, and his three-breasted wife. But strange emergence of an entity will savagely threaten the lives of the townsfolk and freaks alike.

Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.