Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales

by Kathleen Jennings, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, et al.

Book Overview

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 Kim Kathleen Jennings Joshua Lewis Kelly Link Patrick Ness G. Carl Purcell

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763664731
• ISBN13: 9780763664732
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite books!

I saw this book at a shelf in my school library and I fell in love with it, so I had to buy a copy for myself! I love this anthology! The tales are really interesting and it has a great variety. Similar to the show Love Death and Robots on Netflix, definitely worth a read!!!