Reddit mentions: The best teen & young adult short stories

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

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.

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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.

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1. Champagne Flutes/toasting glasses - the most magic of bubblies.
   
2. Broom - a most magical scarecrow
   
3. Hat - 3 threes, hoping to match them with aces
   
4. Book - did somebody say Magic?
   
5. Trunk - a most delightful trunk and it comes with a monkey!
   Bonus: Cape - a tiny secret superhero lair for my birds

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.

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, :)

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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Have you looked into Grim? I heard it's good!


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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.

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.

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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).

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)

This anthology has 16 YA authors and ran a contest for a short story from a previously unpublished author to be the 17th contributor. One is included in the anthology--which is out today. Two runners-up are posted on the book's website and available for free--they're really good and totally worth a read!

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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.

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.

Would you do it for a scooby snack?

I would LOVE this book to read <3

maybe this one? "no such thing" sounds like the story about the sisters

https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Collection-Original-Jane-Yolen/dp/0060502223

Blacksad is a graphic novel by a Spanish author & illustrator

could it possibly have been Walker of Time? Here is the link to amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Walker-Time-Helen-Hughes-Vick/dp/0943173809 ...it is a bittersweet book about two boys that travel time. If this isn't what you were thinking of, I would suggest it!

"Ear" by Jane Yolen, in the anthology 2041: 12 Stories About the Future.

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).

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!

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!

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.

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.