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