Monstrous Affections

Predatory kraken that sing with and for – their kin; band members and betrayed friends who happen to be demonic; harpies as likely to attract as repel. Welcome to a world where humans live side by side with monsters, from vampires both nostalgic and bumbling to an eight-legged alien who makes tea. Here you’ll find mercurial forms that burrow into warm fat, spectral boy toys, a Maori force of nature, a landform that claims lives, and an architect of hell on earth. Through these – and monsters that defy categorization – some of today’s top young-adult authors explore ambition and sacrifice, loneliness and rage, love requited and avenged ... and the boundless potential for connection, even across extreme borders.


Some of the best voices in speculative fiction come together to explore the intersection of fear and love in a haunting, at time hilarious and darkly imaginative anthology. Some of the contributing authors include: Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Joshua Lewis, Patrick Ness, Kathleen Jennings, Dylan Horrocks and more.