Love Is Hell

Each of the five supernatural stories in this anthology looks at love as something painful that is still worth the cost. The contributors are Melissa Marr, who wrote Wicked Lovely; Scott Westerfeld, author of Specials; Justine Larbalestier, who wrote Magic or Madness; Gabrielle Zevin, known for Elsewhere; and Laurie Faria Stolarz, author of Blue Is for Nightmares.

In one story, two students are pulled together by attraction and decide to defy the strict rules that govern their world. In another, a girl becomes attached to a striking ghost who has a grudge he intends to settle.

The characters in these tales are unconventional, and their romances take unexpected turns. Across the collection, love is shown as a force that bends and reshapes everything around it.