Human Flea Circus

The Human Flea Circus is a travelling entertainment company and pest management firm.

Description

Creation of a Human Flea Circus proceeds according to time-honored rituals:

• Acquisition
• Taming
• Training
• Performance
• Retirement

Quotes

According to one survivor of a Midnight Performance show, the Ringmaster opened the performance -- and the Acquisition phase -- by announcing:

Ladies and gentleman! For this next act, I am going to need several thousand volunteers from the audience!

Crimes against mathematical constants

According to postminimalist detective Richard Tuttle, Human Flea Circus is a front for business ventures based on crimes against mathematical constants.

Fiction cross-reference

• Carnevale Tenebre
• Crimes against mathematical constants
• Richard Tuttle

Nonfiction cross reference

• Flea circus (nonfiction)