Fans of Kaleidoscope will find more tales of wonder, adventure, diversity, and variety in this collection devoted to stories with teen protagonists.
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.
Table of Contents
Songs in the Key of You - Sarah Pinsker
Blood, Ash, Braids - Genevieve Valentine
Mosquito Boy - Felix Gilman
The Rainbow Flame - Shveta Thakrar
The Sixth Day - Sylvia Anna Hivén
For Sale: Fantasy Coffin (Ababuo Need Not Apply) - Chesya Burke
Kia and Gio - Daniel José Older
Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of ll Mankind - Erica L. Satifka
Function A.save (target.Dawn) - Rivqa Rafael
Noah No-one and the Infinity Machine - Sean Williams
Forgiveness - Leah Cypess
Probably Definitely - Heather Morris
I'm Only Going Over - Cat Hellisen
The Ways of Walls and Words - Sabrina Vourvoulias
Reflections - Tamlyn Dreaver
Entangled Web - E C Myers
Blue Ribbon - Marissa Lingen
Bodies are the Strongest Conductors - James Robert Herndon
Pineapple Head - Joel Enos
Grass Girl - Caroline M. Yoachim
The Birds of Azalea Street - Nova Ren Suma
