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Monstrous Affections
Title:
Monstrous Affections

An Anthology of Beastly Tales
Author:
Grant, Gavin J.

Horrocks, Dylan

Bacigalupi, Paolo

Ballingrud, Nathan

Hopkinson, Nalo

Houser, Nik

Kim, Alice

Lewis, Joshua

Purcell, G. Carl

Link, Kelly

Clare, Cassandra

Black, Holly

Anderson, M. T.

Brennan, Sarah Rees

Ness, Patrick

Jennings, Kathleen
Subject:
Fantasy
Short Stories
Young Adult Fiction
Description:
Fifteen top voices in speculative fiction explore the intersection of fear and love in a haunting, at times hilarious, darkly imaginative volume.Predatory kraken that sing with — and for — their kin; band members and betrayed friends who happen to be demonic; harpies as likely to attract as repel. Welcome to a world where humans live side by side with monsters, from vampires both nostalgic and bumbling to an eight-legged alien who makes tea. Here you'll find mercurial forms that burrow into warm fat, spectral boy toys, a Maori force of nature, a landform that claims lives, and an architect of hell on earth. Through these and a few monsters that defy categorization, some of today's top young-adult authors explore ambition and sacrifice, loneliness and rage, love requited and avenged, and the boundless potential for connection, even across extreme borders.With monstrous stories by M. T. Anderson Paolo Bacigalupi Nathan Ballingrud Holly Black Sarah Rees Brennan Cassandra Clare Nalo Hopkinson Dylan Horrocks Nik Houser Alice Sola KimKathleen Jennings Joshua Lewis Kelly Link Patrick Ness G. Carl Purcell
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Date:
2014/09/09
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Language:
English