The stories you will find in this book do not contain utopias or cast a light back on a better or happier time. They don't tell stories of a world where nothing bad happens. As you'll read, it is the small acts of resiliency that give humans the courage to face their fears, and ultimately, to change.

Heather Bonin MacIntosh • Moni Brar • Alycia Pirmohamed • Sam Le Butt • Zachary Keesey • Sindhu Rajasekaran • Tal Bressette • Sonali Misra • Pamela Medland • Marina Stepanova • Lexie Angelo • Chelsea Welsh • Ky Mason • Alan Hill • Katherine Koller • Willow Loveday Little • Finnian Burnett • Shannon Taylor-Jones • Brandie J. Wright • Ania Telfer • Nicole Haywood • Taliha Quadri • Kristin Bjornerud • Amanda Lederle • K. R. Byggdin • Eimear Laffan • Allison Thompson • Holly Schofield • Alejandra Jimenez de Luis • Alex Benarzi • Suzanne Whitney Ghadimi • Christa Marie Burgin • Vina Nguyen • Kailash Srinivasan • Robin van Eck • Rayanne Haines • Nadeen Almubarak • Heidi Klaassen • Tristan Hay Lee • Christine de León • Jessica Waite • Ellen Adams • Maryann Martin

Cover art by Pranisha Sharma.