Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013

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