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.

Fans of Kaleidoscope will find more tales of wonder, adventure, diversity, and variety in this collection devoted to stories with teen protagonists.

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