Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013

By Julia Rios & Alisa Krasnostein

Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013 - Julia Rios & Alisa Krasnostein
  • Release Date: 2015-09-21
  • Genre: Sci-Fi Short Stories

Description

Discover the best young adult short fiction of the year originally published in the anthologies dedicated to the form, the occasional special edition of a magazine, and individual pieces appearing in otherwise adult anthologies and magazines, and brought together here in one accessible collection.

Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein, the award winning editors of "Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Fiction and Fantasy Stories" have collected twenty-one of the best young adult speculative fiction short stories of 2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Selkie Stories Are For Losers - Sofia Samatar
By Bone-Light - Juliet Marillier
The Myriad Dangers - Lavie Tidhar
Carpet - Nnedi Okorafor
I Gave You My Love by the Light of the Moon - Sarah Rees Brennan
57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides - Sam J. Miller
The Minotaur Girls - Tansy Rayner Roberts
Not With You, But With You - Miri Kim
Ghost Town - Malinda Lo
December - Neil Gaiman
An Echo in the Shell - Beth Cato
Dan's Dreams - Eliza Victoria
As Large As Alone - Alena McNamara
Random Play All and the League of Awesome - Shane Halbach
Mah Song - Joanne Anderton
What We Ourselves Are Not - Leah Cypess
The City of Chrysanthemum - Ken Liu
Megumi's Quest - Joyce Chng
Persimmon, Teeth, and Boys - Steve Berman
Flight - Angela Slatter
We Have Always Lived on Mars - Cecil Castellucci

PRAISE FOR KALEIDOSCOPE

"This anthology is perfect for teens who are interested in science fiction and fantasy - but who don't want stories about white, straight, able-bodied rich kids and their vampire problems." - NPR

"This anthology is truly kaleidoscope and absolutely recommended." - Kirkus