Shards & Ashes
Dive into a collection of ten dystopian short stories from some of today's most acclaimed young adult authors. This anthology explores a future where society has fractured, presenting tales of struggle, resilience, and the fight for freedom. Each story offers a unique glimpse into a world on the brink, challenging characters to confront their deepest fears.
Beth Revis is an American author of fantasy and science fiction, mainly for the young adult audience. She is best known for the Across the Universe trilogy, which consists of the novels Across the Universe, A Million Suns and Shades of Earth. Revis resides in North Carolina.
Carrie Ryan is the author of the young adult horror collection Slasher Girls & Monster Boys. If you enjoy dark, thrilling stories with a monstrous twist, you'll want to check out her work.
Kami Garcia is the author of the bestselling novel Enthralled. She writes young adult fantasy and supernatural thrillers that keep readers hooked.
Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author of fantasy, horror, thriller and romance novels for adults and teens. She debuted in 2001 with Bitten, the first novel in her Women of the Otherworld series, and has gone on to write the Darkest Powers, Darkness Rising, Age of Legends, Cainsville and Rockton series, among others. Her novel No Humans Involved was a New York Times bestseller, and The Rising won the Aurora Award for Best YA Novel in 2014. Her Otherworld novels inspired the television se...
Margaret Stohl is the author of the young adult fantasy novel Enthralled. Her work often explores themes of magic and adventure.
Melissa Marr, born July 25, 1972, is an American author of young adult and adult fantasy who taught college literature for a decade before turning to folklore-inspired fiction. She holds a BA from Bennington College and an MBA from Columbia Business School and lives in Arizona. Her debut, Wicked Lovely, launched a bestselling five-book faerie series; her adult novel Graveminder won the 2011 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror. She also publishes adult romance under the pen name Ronnie Douglas...
Nancy Holder is an American fantasy novelist, best known for her media tie-in novels. She has written many novels and short stories set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Smallville universes, as well as many original novels and novel series. She is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association for her work in supernatural fiction. She lives in San Diego with her husband Wayne and daughter Belle. (Source: Fantastic Fic...
Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American author of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and thriller novels. She grew up in West Texas and El Paso, earned a degree in accounting from Texas Tech University, and worked as a professional musician and in corporate communications before becoming a full-time writer in 2010. She is best known for the young adult Morganville Vampires series, the adult urban fantasy Weather Warden series, the young adult Great Library series,...
Veronica Roth is an American novelist who was born in New York City and grew up primarily in Barrington, Illinois. She graduated from Northwestern University and now lives in Chicago. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), which was adapted into three feature films, as well as the Carve the Mark duology, and the more recent Poster Girl, Chosen Ones, Arch-Conspirator, When Among Crows, To Clutch...