Best teen & young adult short stories according to redditors
We found 56 Reddit comments discussing the best teen & young adult short stories. We ranked the 27 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 56 Reddit comments discussing the best teen & young adult short stories. We ranked the 27 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
Basic premise: what if the Jungle Book took place in a graveyard? Funny and endearing results, and I don't remember it being particularly scary (despite the title).
I've read most of Gaiman's novels, and this would be a wonderful introduction, particulary since it's suggested for readers age 10 and up.
*Edit: added link. Also, saw that M Is for Magic is also another 10 and up book of his (although it's a collection of short stories).
Yeah. Gaiman basically starts each of his books and short story collections listing his own inspirations in authors and myth and what general themes he wanted to explore. He also gushes praise on authors in his collections like Unnatural creatures and how they do specific things that he really enjoys. I would be hard pressed to find an author less likely to be mad at accusations of vague plagiarism.
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No, as the link clearly says, the name of the story is "Lose Now, Pay Later". Which is the right story.
And this is the anthology I read it in as a kid.
The one about lycanthropy can be found in The Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede. I don't know if it can be found in other books - I'll take a look now and see what I can dig up! - but it's possible you mixed up stories from two or more compilations. Also, Book of Enchantments is a great collection even if it's not the one you're looking for.
The Secrets of Jin-shei is about a group of sworn sisters (alchemist, poet, etc) in a fantasy China.
Peony in Love is about a girl in 17th century China who spends half the book as a hungry ghost.
If you don't mind historical fiction, Empress Orchid is one of my favorite books and about the last empress of China. I found it very similar to The Goblin Emperor in that someone young and out of place is thrust into a position of power and spends the entire book learning to navigate a new culture and its politics.
Some kids' books on fantasy China if you want ridiculously fast reads: Clever-Lazy and The Firework Maker's Daughter, both about inventions.
"Ear" by Jane Yolen, in the anthology 2041: 12 Stories About the Future.
Darkness Creeping?
https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Creeping-Twenty-Twisted-Tales/dp/0142407216
In the one I read, they got the marks on their wrists. Also, it was that, first, free sweets shops started opening up all over town; when the people started getting unhappy about being fat, weight loss-machine places opened. The only payment you had to give was getting a mark on your wrist. Towards the end of the story, the marks began to look like bracelets. It ended on a spooky sort of not-quite-ending.
If this is your story (although it sounds kinda different from what you posted), I'll try to look up the title.
EDIT: I got interested (or nostalgic) enough to look it up anyway. The story I'm talking about is called "Lose Now, Pay Later." It's written by Carol Farley, and can be found in several anthologies (notably, this one).
You might be looking for Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories, by Jane Yolen.
It contains a story called Blood Libel by Leigh Ann Hussey, which is about a Jewish vampire who protects a synagogue from Nazis. You can find the full story here.
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Blacksad is a graphic novel by a Spanish author & illustrator
I loved scary movies as a kid but they always scared the shit out of me. If I had to go to the bathroom as a kid I would always jump a little bit out from the underneath of my bed so that things couldn't grab my leg.
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I would LOVE this book to read <3
Recently Read: Witch Rising and The Ferryman. The Ferryman was fantastic, I really encourage people interested in dark, philosophical or Halloween-ish topics to read it.
Reading Now: Grimm's Fairy Tales and Make Your Speech More Impactful, they're both really enjoyable so far - descriptive, thoughtful and still easy enough to digest.
Reading Next: Persuasive Advertising and The Scarlett Letter. I'm cheating since I've already started both of these but need to finish my current books first.
I mostly read free Kindle books and have a book review blog if anyone's interested.
You're not the boss of me.
And your sister's boyfriend sounds like a douche. I'm sorry you have to put up with him, but your niece is lucky to have you around! <3
This book is only a penny used, :)
There's a short story about a Jewish vampire! I'm sure I read it in an edition much older than this one, but I think it's called "Blood Libel," and I think it was pretty good. They do get into the halachah a little bit.
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My wife also made one of her short stories free for the next few days, so if you would like head over here or [here] (https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Death-S-J-Lomas-ebook/dp/B005P8C6RW/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8)
Machine of Death is a really interesting anthology series. The premise is based on a machine that can predict how one will die but in cryptic and often ironic ways. :)
Good Omens is also a good book if you like Neil Gaiman
Unnatural creatures is also a really lovely anthology with stories chosen by Neil Gaiman. I tend to like anthologies just because they can explore multiple worlds without getting too bogged down on the environment and just letting the plot drive it
Kindle Books are great, no shipping needed! Thanks for the contest!
The Casteel Series or maybe the Night World Series...or possibly the Nightmare Hall series...the Vampire Diaries Series...The Chain Letter Series...The Encounters Series...Scary Stories for Stormy Nights...The Whitby Series...The Other World Series By Michael Scott...The Point Thriller Series by Caroline B. Cooney...Zodiac Chillers Series...The Spooksville Series...that's all I've got :(
Try Slam by Nick Hornby, You Don't Even Know Me by Sharon Flake, and Unwind by Neal Shusterman. You may also enjoy graphic novels. I highly recommend Scott Pilgrim and Y: The Last Man.
Clever-Lazy springs to mind. The main character is an inventor/scientist, and her parents are bakers.
Could the story be "You Want It Now?" by Kara Dalkey, from 2041 by Jane Yolen? I don't have the book with me, so I'm not positive.
In Our Time by Earnest Hemingway.
Also, if you like fantasy, Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede - an excellent example of a children's author who can be enjoyed at any age.
Here are the Lyra novels.
Here is the "Magician" books, both in one.
Here is the book of short stories I referenced.
And they don't seem to have the EFC for the Kindle, which makes me very sad. :( Oh well, my paperbacks are still perfectly functional and have all the words!
Darkness Creeping by Neal Shusterman .
Mischief Managed.
Bonus: Cape - a tiny secret superhero lair for my birds
Gilderoy Lockhart signed copies of his autobiography, Magical Me at Flourish & Blotts. Another book was to be released that day and signed by it's author. But unfortunately there was too much magic.
So the store sent the author and his books away. Neil is a favorite of mine, and I fear that this setback did not allow him to flourish. I have not shopped there since.
When you are finished come over to my pub Three Broken Wands. I'll have a drink ready :) I'll be sitting at the bar DIAGONALLY!
maybe this one? "no such thing" sounds like the story about the sisters
https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Collection-Original-Jane-Yolen/dp/0060502223