Hector wished suddenly that leaving the circus was as easy as joining. He didn’t fancy the ghost of Harvey Burfoot hunting him down and passing judgement on him. Troupe mythology varied on the details –...

Maybe they were born of karma, their own or their parents’, Zack thought; maybe the universe had a purpose for them, and they were what they were because the world needed them to be that...

Those are for dissecting dwarves and children,” The Saw Man said, gravely.