Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction Series by Julia Rios, Alisa Krasnostein, Malinda Lo, Neil Gaiman, Beth Cato, Eliza Victoria, Alena McNamara, Shane Halbach, Joanne Anderton, Leah Cypess, Ken Liu, Joyce Chng, Sofia Samatar, Steve Berman, Angela Slatter, Cecil Castellucci, Juliet Marillier, Lavie Tidhar, Nnedi Okorafor, Sarah Rees Brennan, Sam J. Miller, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Miri Kim, Deborah Biancotti, Laurie Tom, Suzanne Church, S.G. Larner, Usman T. Malik, Payal Dhar, Jamey Hatley, Will McIntosh, Sandra McDonald, Christopher Barzak, Nalo Hopkinson, Marissa Lingen, Jeri Smith-Ready, Marcelina Vizcarra, Kelly Link, Margo Lanagan, Sarah Pinsker, Damien Lincoln Ober, Rivqa Rafael, Sean Williams, Heather Morris, Cat Hellisen, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Tamlyn Dreaver, E.C. Myers, James Robert Herndon, Joel Enos, Caroline M. Yoachim, Nova Ren Suma, Genevieve Valentine, Felix Gilman, Shveta Thakrar, Sylvia Anna Hiven, Chesya Burke, Daniel José Older, Erica L. Satifka

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... moreDiscover 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 CONTENTSSelkie Stories Are For Losers - Sofia SamatarBy Bone-Light - Juliet MarillierThe Myriad Dangers - Lavie TidharCarpet - Nnedi OkoraforI Gave You My Love by the Light of the Moon - Sarah Rees Brennan57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides - Sam J. MillerThe Minotaur Girls - Tansy Rayner RobertsNot With You, But With You - Miri KimGhost Town - Malinda LoDecember - Neil GaimanAn Echo in the Shell - Beth CatoDan's Dreams - Eliza VictoriaAs Large As Alone - Alena McNamaraRandom Play All and the League of Awesome - Shane HalbachMah Song - Joanne AndertonWhat We Ourselves Are Not - Leah CypessThe City of Chrysanthemum - Ken LiuMegumi's Quest - Joyce ChngPersimmon, Teeth, and Boys - Steve BermanFlight - Angela SlatterWe Have Always Lived on Mars - Cecil Castellucci less

Fans of Kaleidoscope will find more tales of wonder, adventure, diversity, and variety in this collection devoted to stories with teen protagonists... moreFans of Kaleidoscope will find more tales of wonder, adventure, diversity, and variety in this collection devoted to stories with teen protagonists.Table of ContentsLeft Foot, Right - Nalo HopkinsonSelfies - Lavie TidharThe Vitruvian Farmer - Marcelina VizcarraThe Lady and the Fox - Kelly LinkCat Calls - Margo LanaganWalkdog - Sofia SamatarNo Lonely Seafarer - Sarah PinskerThe Endless Sink - Damien OberNo Mercy for the Executioner - Deborah BiancottiThe Ancestors - Laurie TomJelly and the D-Machine - Suzanne ChurchKneaded - S. G. LarnerResurrection Points - Usman T. MalikMemory Lace - Payal DharCollected Likenesses - Jamey HatleyScout - Will McIntoshSelfie - Sandra McDonaldThe Boy Who Grew Up - Christopher BarzakCookie Cutter Superhero - Tansy Rayner RobertsThe Stuff We Don't Do - Marissa LingenFigment - Jeri Smith-Ready less

Our goal is to uncover the best young adult short fiction of the year 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 bring them together in one accessible collection. Teaching Notes are available for this title... moreOur goal is to uncover the best young adult short fiction of the year 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 bring them together in one accessible collection. Teaching Notes are available for this title.Songs in the Key of You - Sarah PinskerBlood, Ash, Braids - Genevieve ValentineMosquito Boy - Felix GilmanThe Rainbow Flame - Shveta ThakrarThe Sixth Day - Sylvia Anna HivénFor Sale: Fantasy Coffin (Ababuo Need Not Apply) - Chesya BurkeKia and Gio - Daniel José OlderBucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of ll Mankind - Erica L. SatifkaFunction A.save (target.Dawn) - Rivqa RafaelNoah No-one and the Infinity Machine - Sean WilliamsForgiveness - Leah CypessProbably Definitely - Heather MorrisI'm Only Going Over - Cat HellisenThe Ways of Walls and Words - Sabrina VourvouliasReflections - Tamlyn DreaverEntangled Web - E C MyersBlue Ribbon - Marissa LingenBodies are the Strongest Conductors - James Robert HerndonPineapple Head - Joel EnosGrass Girl - Caroline M. YoachimThe Birds of Azalea Street - Nova Ren Suma less