Anthologies

Short works by Nova Ren Suma have appeared in the following anthologies:

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The House Where Death Lives

Edited by Alex Brown

Now available in hardcover & ebook from Page Street YA

A dance to the death. A girl who’s just as monstrous as H.H. Holmes. A hallway that’s constantly changing–and hungry. All of these stories exist in the same place–within the frame of a particular house that isn’t bound by the laws of time and space.

Following in the footsteps of dark/horror-filled YA anthologies like His Hideous Heart and Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, and Netflix’s ground-breaking adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, this YA speculative fiction anthology explores how the permanence of a home can become a space of transition and change for both the inhabitants and the creatures who haunt them.

Each story in the anthology will focus on a different room in the house and feature unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a demonic Trickster, a water-loving Rusalka, or a horrifying, baby-imitating Tiyanak, there’s bound to be something sinister lurking in the shadows.

Featuring: “The Grey Library,” a short story by Nova Ren Suma

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It’s a Whole Spiel:

Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories

Foreword by Mayim Bialik
Edited by Katherine Locke & Laura Silverman

Now available in hardcover, paperback, & ebook from Knopf

Get ready to fall in love, experience heartbreak, and discover the true meaning of identity in this poignant collection of short stories about Jewish teens, including entries by David Levithan, Nova Ren Suma, and more. From stories of confronting their relationships with Judaism to rom-coms with a side of bagels and lox, It’s a Whole Spiel features one story after another that says yes, we are Jewish, but we are also queer, and disabled, and creative, and political, and adventurous, and anything we want to be. You will fall in love with this insightful, funny, and romantic Jewish anthology from a collection of diverse Jewish authors.

Featuring: “Twelve Frames” by Nova Ren Suma

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Toil & Trouble:

15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

Edited by Jessica Spotswood & Tess Sharpe

Now available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook from Inkyard Press
Audio available from Tantor Audio

History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure—and to kill. This collection reveals a universal truth: there’s nothing more powerful than a teenage girl who believes in herself. This anthology also features stories by Brandy Colbert, Zoraida Córdova, Kate Hart, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Shveta Thakrar, Brenna Yovanoff, and more.

Featuring: “The One Who Stayed” by Nova Ren Suma

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Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

Stories selected by April Genevieve Tucholke

Now available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook from Penguin
Audio available from Listening Library

A host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of terrifying tales and psychological thrillers. From blood horror, to the supernatural, to unsettling, all-too-possible realism, this collection has something for anyone looking for an absolute thrill. This anthology also features stories by Stefan Bachmann, Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, A. G. Howard, Jay Kristoff, Marie Lu, Jonathan Maberry, Danielle Paige, Carrie Ryan, Megan Shepherd, McCormick Templeman, April Genevieve Tucholke, and Cat Winters.

Featuring: “The Birds of Azalea Street” by Nova Ren Suma

“The Birds of Azalea Street” was also reprinted in Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015, published by Kaleidoscope/Twelfth Planet Press, 2016.

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Here We Are:

Feminism for the Real World

Edited by Kelly Jensen

Now available in paperback and ebook from Algonquin YR

Have you ever wanted to be a superheroine? Join a fandom? Create the perfect empowering playlist? Understand exactly what it means to be a feminist in the twenty-first century? You’ve come to the right place. Forty-four writers, dancers, actors, and artists contribute essays, lists, poems, comics, and illustrations about everything from body positivity to romance to gender identity to intersectionality to the greatest girl friendships in fiction. Together, they share diverse perspectives on and insights into what feminism means and what it looks like. This anthology also features work by Laurie Halse Anderson, Roxane Gay, Mindy Kaling, Kody Keplinger, Malinda Lo, Ashley Hope Pérez, Courtney Summers, and more.

Featuring: “Reading Worthy Women” by Nova Ren Suma

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Nova Ren Suma’s short stories have also been published in the literary magazines Gulf Coast, LIT, New York Stories, Orchid, The Portland Review, and Small Spiral Notebook.