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A Twisted Tale Anthology: A Twisted Tale
by Livia Blackburne
Edited by New York Times best-selling author, Elizabeth Lim, this Twisted Tale anthology features sixteen twisted short stories with new takes on fan-favorite Disney films. Swoon as Ariel and Eric meet right after the Little Mermaid saves her prince; join Tiana and Naveen on a race to get back to Maldonia; take a ride on a pirate space ship with Jim Hawkins; and uncover just what power Tinker Bell's pixie dust holds. Written by veteran Twisted Tale authors, Elizabeth Lim, Liz Braswell, Jen Calonita, and Farrah Rochon, and featuring captivating contributions from best-selling authors, Livia Blackburne, M.K. England, Micol Ostow, and Kristina Perez, this collection filled with magic, intrigue, and charm is a must-have for Disney and fairy tale fans alike.--
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This Is How We Roll
by Rosiee Thor
2026 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers title Your friends gather around the table, character sheets at the ready. You dive into the fantasy: a dark dungeon crawling with enemies, the journey promising wealth or ruin, victory or defeat. Your party forges onward: roll Perception. . . . roll Stealth. . . . But not every question can be answered by the dice. Decisions like when to trust, how to love, and who we are can't be outsourced to a D20. We don't get skill modifiers in real life--and we definitely don't get fireball--but that doesn't mean we can't still find ways to access magic in our day-to-day. From exploring gender identity with an oath-bound paladin to playing out an in-game romance with your best friend, tabletop gaming paves the way for new relationships and shows us the richness of the worlds we inhabit, both fictional and real. Within these pages, adventure awaits--but first, it's time to roll for Initiative.
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All these sunken souls : a black horror anthology
by Circe Moskowitz
"From haunted, hungry Victorian mansions, temporal monster--infested asylums, and ravaging zombie apocalypses, to southern gothic hoodoo practitioners and cursed patriarchs in search of Black Excellence, All These Sunken Souls features the chilling creations of acclaimed bestsellers and hot new talents"
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My Big, Fat Desi Wedding
by Prerna Pickett
These genre-bending stories focus on the magic (and tension) of the biggest family gathering. Both award-winning and debut authors share stories of broken hearts, rekindled flames, unlikely romances, and one particular auntie who loves to meddle. From jewel-toned kurtas, music and dancing, to the aromas of cardamom and sugar, one thing is for certain: it's going to be an incredible season--
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We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures
by Book Author
An empowering cross-genre YA anthology that explores what it means to be a monster, exclusively highlighting trans and queer authors who offer new tales and perspectives on classic monster stories and tropes. Be not afraid These monsters, creatures, and beasties are not what they appear. We Mostly Come Out at Night is a YA anthology that reclaims the monstrous for the LGBTQA+ community while exploring how there is freedom and power in embracing the things that make you stand out. Each story centers on both original and familiar monsters and creatures--including Mothman, Carabosse, a girl with thirteen shadows, a living house, werebeasts, gorgons, sirens, angels, and many others--and their stories of love, self-acceptance, resilience, and empowerment. This collection is a bold, transformative celebration of queerness and the creatures that (mostly) go bump in the night. Contributors include editor Rob Costello, Kalynn Bayron, David Bowles, Shae Carys, H.E. Edgmon, Michael Thomas Ford, Val Howlett, Brittany Johnson, Naomi Kanakia, Claire Kann, Jonathan Lenore Kastin, Sarah Maxfield, Sam J. Miller, Alexandra Villasante, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor. Winner of the 2025 CNY Book Award for Children's Books Lambda Literary Award Finalist Locus Award Finalist Yalsa Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers: Fiction Bram Stoker Award Finalist Cybils Award Finalist New York Public Library Best Book for Teens Notable Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Book by Reactor Magazine Recommended Reading List by Locus Magazine A Best of 2024 Young Adult Horror and Dark Fiction by Ginger Nuts of Horror
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Magic Has No Borders
by Samira Ahmed
From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience. This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all, magic has no borders.--Publisher marketing.
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Everything Under the Moon: Fairy Tales in a Queerer Light
by Book Author
Some damsels don't want to be rescued. Some curses don't need to be broken. And some of the best happy ever afters won't be found in storybooks. Think you know fairy tales? Think again. These twelve fairy tales have been spun through a queered lens to reflect our world in stories as old as time. From the furthest reaches of space and the darkest depths of the forest to the street just around the corner, this anthology will excite, challenge and move you. Featuring stories from some of the biggest names in young adult fiction, Everything Under The Moon is an illuminating celebration of queer love and identity. Includes stories by Abdi Nazemian, Alexandra Villasante, Alison Evans, Amber McBride, Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner, Gary Lonesborough, Helena Fox, Jes Layton, Lili Wilkinson, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Michael Earp and Will Kostakis
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Why on Earth: An Alien Invasion Anthology
by Vania Stoyanova
What starts as a simple rescue mission for a crew of teen aliens to recover one of their own soon becomes an interstellar encounter no one will forget. Captain Iona is organizing an impromptu retrieval for her brother, an undercover alien posing as a movie star. But her efforts go awry when a technical malfunction turns her heroic rescue into an unintentional invasion. With tales of disguised extraterrestrials stuck in theme parks, starship engineers hitchhiking to get home, and myth-inspired intergalactic sibling reunions, each story in this multi-author anthology explores the universal desire to be loved and understood, no matter where you come from. After all...aliens are just like us. Edited by beloved YA author Rosiee Thor and YA talk show host Vania Stoyanova, the anthology crosses genre bounds to bring in tropes from romance and contemporary adventure with stories from Alex Brown, Beth Revis, Emily Lloyd-Jones, Eric Smith, Julian Winters, Laura Pohl, Maya Gittelman, M. K. England, Rebecca Kim Wells, and S. J. Whitby.
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Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter, love, Native pride, and the world's best frybread"
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A Thousand Nights
by Book Author
A folkloric tour de force. --School Library Journal (starred review)In the mold of Arabian Nights, this groundbreaking YA anthology--featuring seventeen Muslim women writers--links together fantastical stories that a group of refugees tell one another within a riveting frame story. On her way across the desert, fleeing the soldiers who have destroyed all she knows, one refugee meets another. And another and another. As they travel together, on a journey in search of safety, they take turns telling one another stories--stories woven in the imagination; tales with echoes of the reality they face now. Tales of young people stolen away by jinn and tales of siblings rescuing one another; tales of lands encroached on by settlers and abandoned by rain; tales of magic found in caves, deserts, mountains, lakes, and, above all, in people, community, and faith. With a frame story written by Nafiza Azad and Intisar Khanani interwoven with stories from fifteen additional authors of various backgrounds, drawing on the mythologies and legends of their cultures, this extraordinary collection will appeal to lovers of fantasy and to those looking for books that center refugees and diverse narratives. Stories contributed by: Hanna AlkafSara Sharaf BegLoretta ChefchaouniHeba HelmyZeyneb HoldridgeAusma Zehanat KhanDiana MaArdo OmerHaneen OriqatSarah Mughal RanaFarah Naz RishiLaila SabreenZeba ShahnazReam ShukairyZaynah Qutubuddin
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Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive for
by June Hur
A Vietnamese mermaid caught between two worlds.A siren who falls for Poseidon's son.A boy secretly pining for the merboy who saved him years ago.A storm that brings humans and mermaids together.Generations of family secrets and pain.Find all these and more in this gripping new collection that will reel you in from the very first page! Welcome to an ocean of hurt, fear, confusion, rage, hope, humor, discovery, and love in its many forms.Edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, Mermaids Never Drown features beloved authors Darcie Little Badger, Kalynn Bayron, Preeti Chhibber, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Julie C. Dao, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Adriana Herrera, June Hur, Katherine Locke, Kerri Maniscalco, Julie Murphy, Gretchen Schreiber, and Julian Winters.A seaworthy anthology featuring stories as original as they are enchanting by a range of beloved YA authors ... Themes of self-discovery and bonds with nature recur throughout this anthology that features effortless and extensive queer representation. Readers will find favorite tales of mermaid lore in this collection, brimming with myth and magic.--Kirkus
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