Sixteen acclaimed authors?including a National Book Award nominee, a New York Times best-selling novelist, and a beloved actress?join forces for a cross-genre YA anthology of linked short stories about the first days of college.

The students in Corbin College's elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all -- free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she doesn't hesitate, except once she's settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory, her life turns very strange. She's finally writing, but her stories are dark and twisted; her dreams feel as if they could bury her alive; an unseen presence seems to stalk her through the halls. And a chilling secret awaits Tara at the heart of Magni Viri -- one that just might turn her nightmares into reality; one that might destroy her before she has a chance to escape.

Sensitive, wry, and unabashedly authentic, The Opposite of Falling Apart isn't about finding perfection in another person or fixing the things we think are broken. Instead, Micah Good has penned an enchantingly honest novel about accepting the very pieces of ourselves that make us unique, whole, and undeniably human.

Daffodil Franklin has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she?s found the job that can give her just that: housesitting a mansion for a wealthy couple. But as the summer progresses and shadows lengthen, Daffodil comes to realize the house is more than it appears. The spacious home seems to close in on her, and as she takes the long road into town, she feels eyes on her the entire way, and something tugging her back. What Daffodil doesn?t yet realize is that her job comes with a steep price. The house has a long-ago grudge it needs to settle. . . and Daffodil is the key to settling it.

"To appease her Taiwanese parents, college student Chloe Wang hires Drew Chan to be her fake boyfriend, from a professional service that specializes in such situations. Chloe just never expected to fall in love with Drew in the process"--

"Offers a kaleidoscopic view of a sexual assault on a college campus that will leave readers thinking about how memory and identity, what's at stake, and who sits in judgment shape what we all decide to believe about the truth"--

Paisley is really looking forward to college. She is ready to take charge of her destiny and embrace some new experiences! Finding a hot guy to make out with at her first ever college party seems like a great start...until her best friend informs her that mystery guy is actually Carter Schmitt, Paisley's sworn enemy who basically ruined their lives in middle school. So much for new people and exciting new experiences. Oh well. Paisley will just pretend he doesn't exist. Of course that would be easier if Carter, AKA her super-hot-sworn-enemy, hadn't ended up in three of her classes AND the same work study. Is it too late to rethink this college thing?

Headstrong heroine Faith Reynolds returns in this thrilling sequel to the paranormal romance Blood on the Moon! After surviving being kidnapped by a vampire, Faith would just love to focus on some alone time with her hot (though occasionally furry) boyfriend, Lucas. Unfortunately, with a vampire uprising on the horizon and her best friend, Derek, about to wake up and find himself transformed into a half-werewolf, half-vampire being without a beating heart, Faith has a few other things to take care of first. Faith is not without help, in the form of her newfound powers of sensing people's emotions and being able to influence werewolves actions, not to mention her begrudging but rather helpful boyfriend. Even so, convincing a werewolf packmaster to prepare for an epic battle may be difficult to do without solid evidence.

Faith Reynolds, a freshman in college, tries to navigate her life and relationships, but after her best friend Derek confesses deeper feelings for her and the bodies of blood-drained co-eds begin appearing in rapid succession, Faith finds herself in a precarious position while the long-standing feud between vampires and werewolves continues to escalate

Receiving bad news about her mom at the same time she is put on academic probation for her poor grades, Alyx requests tutoring from handsome grad student Cody Foxx, who convinces her to mend her party-girl ways and audition for the school play.