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When I was a child, my father took me to his circus way down the levels of Arcadia – where the lights flicker and the sky barely exists. We didn’t have credits. We didn’t seem to have a future. But … Read More

There are many ways to lead. You can be the kind of leader who rules with an iron fist, never taking no for an answer, like our very own Zeus, bless his bedridden soul, who does what he feels is … Read More

When I was younger, I remember my mother had this mirror. We didn’t have much but we had her mirror. It was this ornate thing, the glass carved into beautiful shapes, inlaid with what looked like gold leaf but it … Read More

My father, beast of a man though he was, was never short of credits as I got a little older. I remember the day he came home with our first television set. It was a marvellous thing. Second hand, from … Read More

Eat up. That’s what you tell them, Savor. Those men in Zeus’ camp who are fighting the good fight every day. You tell them to eat up. It will nourish them, it will feed their bodies and their souls, it … Read More

When I started at the circus, I knew I wanted to create it in my own image. I knew I wanted to understand every facet of the big top. So I set myself a goal: I wanted to learn how … Read More

I have spent many a year setting up things just how I like them. The monsters I’ve spoken to, the innocents I’ve betrayed, all to get access to the freaks of Arcadia before anyone else. I imagine all of these … Read More

When people come to my circus, they come to see us put on a show. And boy do I give them one. I have all kinds of freaks behind my curtains. Human freaks, animal freaks, things that fall somewhere in … Read More

When I was a young boy, my mother thought I was lonely, and she tried to get me to make friends with a bunch of loud, brash and annoying children best left in a padded cell if you ask me. … Read More

When you run a circus, and you see the freaks come through the big top entrance on a conveyer belt like I do, you meet many damaged people. I love damaged people, personally, they make great acts. My crowds love … Read More