Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical, edited by Deborah Noyes (Candlewick, 2009) is now available!

The collection includes my short story, “Cat Calls,” which is set in the Tantalize/Eternal universe and features new characters!

Here’s the whole list of contributors:

• David Almond
• Aimee Bender
• Cecil Castellucci
• Shawn Cheng
• Annette Curtis Klause
• Margo Lanagan
• Danica Novgorodoff
• Matt Phelan
• Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Vivian Vande Velde

Sideshow Giveaway

Enter to win one of three copies from Cynsations! One copy will be reserved for a teacher, librarian and/or university professor of children’s-YA literature, and the other two will go to any Cynsations readers! To enter, email me (scroll and click envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address and type “Sideshow” in the subject line. Deadline: July 31! Reminder: teachers, librarians, and professors should indicate themselves as such in their entries!

Read a Cynsations interview with Deborah.