Midnight Circus: New England Fear, Volume 1

by Liz Kay, Katie Begley, Jacob Gowans

Midnight Circus is a seasonal literary magazine featuring short stories, poetry, and illustrations. "New England Fear" brings you stories that will scare, entertain, and haunt you long after you finish it.

74 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 2013

About the author

Liz's poems have appeared in such journals as Willow Springs, Beloit Poetry Journal, Nimrod, RHINO, and Sugar House Review. She is the author of the poetry chapbook Something to Help Me Sleep and the illustrated collection The Witch Tells The Story And Makes It True. Her debut novel Monsters: A Love Story is disguised as a romance, but it's really about rape culture and the ways we hold women (like Stacey) to account for everything from what they eat and drink to whether they use profanity, while simultaneously letting powerful men (like Tommy) off the hook for egregious behavior, like how he never actually clocks the word "no."

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Midnight Circus" kicks off with an impressive first issue. I know and love a number of the poets and fiction writers showcased in this issue and would have been interested if for no other reason than to see more of their work, but it was just as worth my time to see the work by the writers I didn't know as well. Regardless, there's definitely some good stuff in here and the mag is nicely put together visually as well. I enjoyed it very much.