Monstrous affections : fifteen beastly tales / edited by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant.

"Featuring bestselling authors Cassandra Clare, Patrick Ness, Holly Black" -- cover.

Moriabe's Children, Paolo Bacigalupi -- Old souls, Cassandra Clare -- Ten rules for being an intergalactic smuggler (the successful kind), hooly Black -- Quick hill, M T Anderson -- The diabolist, Nathan Ballingrud -- This whole demoning thing, Patrick Ness -- Wing sin the morning, Sarah Rees Brennan -- Left foot, right, Nalo Hopkinson -- Teh mercurials, G Carl Purcell -- Kitty Capulet and the invention of underwater photography, Dylan Horrocks -- Son ob Abyss, Nik Houser -- A small wild magic, Kathleen Jennings -- The new boyfriend, Kelly Link -- The woods hide in plain sight, Joshua Lewis -- Mothers, lock up your daughters because they are terrifying, Alice Sola Kim.

An anthology of stories explores the intersection of fear and romance, ambition and sacrifice, loneliness and rage, love requited and avenged, and the boundless potential for connection, even across extreme borders.