don’t go to the circus especially at night when the sun’s not out to guard you and wrap you in its light stay at home and read a book ride your bike or learn to cook but don’t go to the circus especially at night everything you see there isn’t what it seems and it’s … Continue reading Nights at the Circus – Georgiann Carlson
there wasn’t a single thing about going to a circus that she liked and she really hated going to the circus at night night was creepy enough without adding clowns to the mix she hated the way the animals were forced to work prance dance and do things animals weren’t meant to do all for … Continue reading Nights at the Circus II – Georgiann Carlson
I am revisiting a favorite set of daily writing prompts inspired by the fabulous- and informative- book Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction this month. Revisiting these prompts gives me the opportunity to reshare the diverse and ingenuous responses I received the first time I ran the challenge in 2019, and will … Continue reading Daily Writing Prompt: Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter
About 2a, amid the eerie quiet that falls on the land, sometime between midnight and dawn, a shadow creeps down the silent, dark midway. Nights at the circus in this small country town is a big deal. Like, shut the post office down big deal. The kids unable to sit still for their final lessons … Continue reading Nights at the Circus – Donna Matthews
At night at the circus Is the big top empty Clowns, acrobats, freaks Tucked cozy in bed Crowds so too at home Children dreaming of Wonder, thrills, and joy All the animals fed and Down for the night Silence reigns the Deserted tent? Oh, think again It is not so The show must go on … Continue reading Nights at the Circus – Robert G. Wertzler
don’t go to the circus especially at night when the sun’s not out to guard you and wrap you in its light stay at home and read a book ride your bike or learn to cook but don’t go to the circus especially at night everything you see there isn’t what it seems and it’s … Continue reading Nights at the Circus – Georgiann Carlson
Brave & Reckless 