. . . ladies and gentlemen, step right up — but no crowding please . . . there’s room for all in Greenbaugh’s Majestic Circus, the Miracle Colussus! See Bap and his Congress Of Carnival Clowns, the Flying Kelly Twins, beautiful as fairytale princesses, the fearless Carl Ellenbeck and his ferocious lions, Jumbo the elephant — all appearing for your delight in three rings under the giant bog top!

In the sideshow tent more wonders await — dashing knife-thrower Roy Renaldo, The Incredible . . . savage and exotic peoples from all corners of the globe . . . freaks unlike any you have ever seen or read about!

On the far side of the midway you’ll find the cooch tent, where ladies perform startling dances in costumes that can barely be seen — gentlemen only, of course, positively no exceptions!

And it’s all yours in the romantic novella Circus, for the incredible price of only $1.49! For the Kindle or for free Kindle Reading Apps that work on almost all computers and portable devices, available here!

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Circus

A romantic tale of the big top — in the time of the great circus trains that delivered a wild magic to the American heartland.

The year is 1935 and Jasper Grady, twelve years-old, in Wichita, Kansas flees an abusive home and casts his lot with The Greenbaugh Majestic Circus, The Miracle Colossus, where he will meet . . .

Bap, the genius clown and keeper of dark secrets . . .

Beth and Anne Kelly, twin trapeze artists who look like fairytale princesses and seem to share a single, troubled soul . . .

Roy Renaldo, the matinee-idol knife-thrower and lethal lover . . .

Carl Ellenbeck, the lion tamer, who is terrified his big cats will discover how terrified he is of them . . .

Colonel Adam S. Greenbaugh, owner of the circus, who watches as his way of life slips slowly into the realm of forgotten dreams . . .

But in this novella the dream lives on, in all its sordid, beautiful, breathtaking, heartbreaking glory.

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