Defy the Dark Author:Saundra Mitchell (Editor) The seventeen original stories in Defy the Dark, an eerie, mind-bending YA anthology, could only take place in darkness. — Open the pages and discover: A creepy guy who stares too long. The secrets of the core of the earth. Dreams of other people’s lives. A girl who goes mad in the darkness. Monsters in Bavaria. A genera... more »tional spaceship where night doesn’t exist. And other mysteries and oddities.
The contributors to the enthralling collection are: Sarah Rees Brennan, Tessa Gratton, Rachel Hawkins, Christine Johnson, Valerie Kemp, Malinda Lo, Myra McEntire, Saundra Mitchell, Sarah Ockler, Jackson Pearce, Aprilynne Pike, Dia Reeves, Beth Revis, Carrie Ryan, Jon Skovron, Courtney Summers, and Kate Espy, winner of the Defy the Dark new author contest.
Introduction (Defy the Dark) • (2013) • essay by Saundra Mitchell
Sleepstalk • (2013) • short fiction by Courtney Summers
Nature • (2013) • short fiction by Aprilynne Pike
The Dark Side of the Moon • (2013) • short fiction by Dia Reeves
Ghost Town • (2013) • short fiction by Malinda Lo
Eyes in the Dark • (2013) • short fiction by Rachel Hawkins
Stillwater • (2013) • short fiction by Valerie Kemp
I Gave You My Love by the Light of the Moon • (2013) • short fiction by Sarah Rees Brennan
Night Swimming • (2013) • short fiction by Beth Revis
The Sunflower Murders • (2013) • short fiction by Kate Espey
Almost Normal • (2013) • short fiction by Carrie Ryan
There's Nowhere Else • (2013) • short fiction by Jon Skovron
Naughty or Nice • (2013) • short fiction by Myra McEntire
Shadowed • (2013) • short fiction by Christine Johnson
Now Bid Time Return • (2013) • short fiction by Saundra Mitchell
The Moth and the Spider • (2013) • short fiction by Sarah Ockler
Where the Light Is • (2013) • short fiction by Jackson Pearce
This Was Ophelia • (2013) • short fiction by Tessa Gratton