17/12/2024
Looking at the stories accepted for Midnight Menagerie and trying to determine the order. I'm currently thinking about opening with the stories that are set fully as part of a circus or carnival as the first part of the book and then the stories that aren't art of a circus or carnival but feature a creature from the menagerie as the next section.
Although, the last story will go back to the circus.
Most of the stories are in the 1000-3000 word range with only a handful over 4000 (two are at 5300). So some quick reads.
I am also thinking about having a short intro on some of the creature focused stories - kinda like the ringmaster telling the story of that creature - but haven't decided as it may not be something needed for all of the stories and not sure if it would be appropriate to do it for only some and not all. Will see how things go during edits.