Up All Night

A brush with the supernatural?

The volume gathers six stories about the quiet hours when an entire life shifts. A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? Can Peter Abrahams show who answers an eerie summons in the dark?

The need to know what's up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? Libba Bray strands four high schoolers at a diner after a Dallas rock concert. Tompkins Square Park surrounds two teenagers demanding the truth from nocturnal strangers.

Patricia McCormick places an anxious girl behind the wheel for illicit midnight driving lessons. A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? Sarah Weeks watches two brothers bury a frozen pet mouse in a park at daybreak.

Does the collection uncover what changes between sunset and dawn? What keeps you up all night?
Sibling Dynamics: Brian stays up all night with a sick fancy mouse named Superman, trying green Tums and ice cream before helping five-year-old Joe face the inevitable.Coming of Age: Sarah Wilkins walks away from a loud high school party to wander the East Village, finding an unexpected connection in the vulnerable hours before dawn.Family Life: Maggie confronts the new reality of her parents’ divorce during a late-night detour to her father’s Dallas apartment, discovering how much remains unsaid.Unlikely Hero: Gene Luen Yang chronicles the legendary Monkey King on a nocturnal obsession to discover the truth of his origins and why he was born.Also by This Author: Bullet Point and Reality Check.