Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depressionûthat is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents. Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction.
Charles G. Finney (1905?) was a newspaperman and writer based in Arizona. John Marco is the author of the Tyrants and Kings series, whose books include The Jackal of Nar, The Grand Design, and The Saints of the Sword. Michael Martone is a professor of English at the University of Alabama and the author or editor of numerous books, including Double-Wide: Collected Fiction of Michael Martone. Boris Artzybasheff (1899?65) was a surrealist illustrator who was best known for his magazine art, which has been featured in Life, Fortune, and Time.
