The Midnight Circus — Jane Yolen

2021 Locus Award Finalist



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.



“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 Wicked



Jane Yolen is the Hans Christian Andersen of America” -- The New York Times


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.


Other Jane Yolen short story collections in this series

The Emerald Circus: 2018 World Fantasy Award winner

How to Fracture a Fairy Tale: 2019 Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award