Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales

Gavin J. Grant (Editor), Kelly Link, Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, M. T. Anderson, Sarah Rees Brennan, Patrick Ness, Kathleen Jennings, Dylan Horrocks, Paolo Bacigalupi, Nathan Ballingrud, Nalo Hopkinson, Nik Houser, Alice Kim, Joshua Lewis, and G. Carl Purcell

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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 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.

  • ISBN10 1406359807
  • ISBN13 9781406359800
  • Publish Date 16 October 2014 (first published 1 September 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Walker Books Ltd
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Language English