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• 7 • Introduction (Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top) • essay by Ekaterina Sedia
• 9 • Something About a Death, Something About a Fire • (1990) • short story by Peter Straub
• 13 • Smoke & Mirrors • (2006) • short story by Amanda Downum
• 29 • Calliope: A Steam Romance • (2007) • short story by Andrew J. McKiernan
• 51 • Welcome to the Greatest Show in the Universe • (2009) • short story by Deborah Walker
• 61 • Vanishing Act • [Jackson's Circus] • (2005) • short fiction by E. Catherine Tobler
• 80 • Quin's Shanghai Circus • [Veniss] • (1997) • short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• 91 • Scream Angel • (2003) • novelette by Douglas Smith
• 117 • The Vostrasovitch Clockwork Animal and Traveling Forest Show at the End of the World • (2010) • short story by Jessica Reisman
• 129 • Study, for Solo Piano • (2011) • short story by Genevieve Valentine
• 141 • Making My Entrance Again with My Usual Flair • (2011) • short story by Ken Scholes
• 152 • The Quest • [Circus World] • (1979) • novelette by Barry B. Longyear
• 180 • 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss • (2008) • short story by Kij Johnson
• 191 • Courting the Queen of Sheba • (2011) • short story by Amanda C. Davis
• 204 • Circus Circus • (2007) • short story by Eric M. Witchey (variant of Circus, Circus) [as by Eric Witchey]
• 216 • Phantasy Moste Grotesk • (2009) • novelette by Felicity Dowker
• 242 • Learning to Leave • (2006) • short fiction by Christopher Barzak
• 251 • Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus • (1988) • novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• 271 • The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue • (2010) • short story by Holly Black
• 280 • Manipulating Paper Birds • (2010) • short story by Cate Gardner
• 288 • Winter Quarters • (2000) • short story by Howard Waldrop
• 305 • About the Authors (Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top) • essay by uncredited
• 311 • About the Editor (Ekaterina Sedia: Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top) • essay by uncredited