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Authors: Stephanie Perkins
Francesca Lia Block
is the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Awardâwinning and bestselling author of
Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books
and more than twenty-five other works of fiction, nonfiction, and collected short stories and poetry for adults and young adults. She lives in Los Angeles. Visit her online at
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Going Bovine,
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Beauty Queens,
and the Diviners series. A horror fan who rarely dated in high school (where was the love, boys of Denton, Texas?), she now lives with her family in New York City. Visit her online at
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Cassandra Clare
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Brandy Colbert
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Pointe,
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Tim Federle
left Pittsburgh as a teenager to dance on Broadway before writing his first book for young readers,
Better Nate Than Ever,
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The Great American Whatever,
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Lev Grossman
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Nina LaCour
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Hold Still, The Disenchantments,
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Everything Leads to You,
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You Know Me Well
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Stephanie Perkins
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and international bestselling author of
Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door,
and
Isla and the Happily Ever After,
as well as the editor of
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
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Jon Skovron
is the author of
Struts & Frets, Misfit, Man Made Boy, This Broken Wondrous World,
and most recently,
Hope & Red,
the first book in the Empire of Storms series. He lives just outside Washington, DC, with his two sons and two cats. Visit him online at
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Jennifer E. Smith
is the author of six novels for young adults, including
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
and
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
. She earned a master's degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews, and her work has been translated into thirty-one languages. Visit her online at
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CONTENTS
A THOUSAND WAYS THIS COULD ALL GO WRONG
THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS
ANTHOLOGIES ALSO EDITED BY STEPHANIE PERKINS
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These short stories are works of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously.
SUMMER DAYS AND SUMMER NIGHTS
. Copyright © 2016 by Stephanie Perkins. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
“Head, Scales, Tongue, Tail.” Copyright © 2016 by Leigh Bardugo. “The End of Love.” Copyright © 2016 by Nina LaCour. “Last Stand at the Cinegore.” Copyright © 2016 by Libba Bray. “Sick Pleasure.” Copyright © 2016 by Francesca Lia Block. “In Ninety Minutes, Turn North.” Copyright © 2016 by Stephanie Perkins. “Souvenirs.” Copyright © 2016 by Tim Federle. “Inertia.” Copyright © 2016 by Veronica Roth. “Love Is the Last Resort.” Copyright © 2016 by Jon Skovron. “Good Luck and Farewell.” Copyright © 2016 by Brandy Colbert. “Brand New Attraction.” Copyright © 2016 by Cassandra Clare, LLC. “A Thousand Ways This Could All Go Wrong.” Copyright © 2016 by Jennifer E. Smith Inc. “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things.” Copyright © 2016 by Lev Grossman.
Cover art and interior illustrations by Jim Tierney
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-07912-1 (hardcover)
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First Edition: May 2016