I've looked through lists and lists of YA suggestions and very seldom do I find short story collections for YA. I've read some really good ones recently, and I plan on booktalking them - two I've read and LOVED were Geektastic and Up all Night. There are some pretty heavy-hitting YA writers on them, and their individual voices stand up to their novels.
(photo I took of my fortune today!)
So, here's my random thought I had today. After church, we went out to eat at a local Chinese restaurant. And after we got our ticket, my family, of course, always read out our fortunes we got. And then it hit me - wouldn't it be SO COOL if some writes got together, broke open a fortune cookie, and wrote a story around their fortune? I think that would be awesome because you never know what you'll get and the stories you could come up with! When I read mine this afternoon, I was thinking about what it would be about. I should just write it down.... : )
Anyway....
Here's a compiled list of YA short story collections I've read and enjoyed:
Up All Night: Six Sunsets, Six Stories
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
666: The Number of the Beast
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Stories about Falling Out of Love by Four Incredible Authors
Every Man for Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy
Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales
Twice Told: Original Stories
Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body
Who Am I Without Him: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in their Lives
Magic in the Mirrorstone: Tales of Fantasy
5 comments:
You have some great story compilations there, but you've left off one of my favorites! If you haven't read it yet, you should check out Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link. I read it for a YA Lit class in grad school and loved it.
Hi Naomi,
You're SO right. The anthologies do seem to get neglected. Thanks for your post. I have Up All Night sitting in my TBR pile, and now I've decided to move it to the top.
I think one of the reasons for the oversights, is that often there are a couple great stories, some that are okay, and then a few that are really bad, and that always stops me from recommending the entire book, which really isn't fair, but that's what seems to happen.
love your list. i also love Love and Sex, edited by Michael Cart. I'm a contributor, though my story is the weakest in the collection! Love the fortune cookie idea. Looking forward to wending my way through your other posts. I too love to read YA! check out my blog (it's fiction shorts) @ www.outsidergirlswrite.blogspot.com
Peace!
Two companion anthologies to Gothic!, also edited by Deborah Noyes, have been published: The Restless Dead and Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical (all Candlewick).
I've read Restless Dead, How They Met and Other Stories, and Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances.
I need to get the third of Noyes' short story collections and read Love is Hell...had that one on my desk but didn't get to it : (
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