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A retelling of the Prince Lindwurm fairy tale, Brother Prince Snake is a story of love, sibling rivalry, and how a monster became King.

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

A startling, wonderful novel about the true meaning of being an alien in an equally alien world. "We are specks. Pieces of dust in this universe. Big nothings. "I know what I am." Mal lives on the fringes of high school. Angry. Misunderstood. Yet loving the world -- or, at least, an idea of the world. Then he meets Hooper. Who says he's from another planet. And may be going home very soon.

Acclaimed authors Holly Black (Ironside) and Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof) have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, John Green, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr.

With illustrated interstitials from comic book artists Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley, Geektastic covers all things geeky, from Klingons and Jedi Knights to fan fiction, theater geeks, and cosplayers. Whether you're a former, current, or future geek, or if you just want to get in touch with your inner geek, Geektastic will help you get your geek on!

Table of Contents:

• Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All the Way - shortfiction by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
• Comic: Top Five Words or Phrases You Need to Know in Klingon
• One of Us - shortfiction by Liz Braswell [as by Tracy Lynn]
• Comic: How to Tell If Your Dice Are Lucky or Unlucky
• Definitional Chaos - shortfiction by Scott Westerfeld
• Comic: I Totally Shouldn't Post This, But...
• I Never - shortfiction by Cassandra Clare
• Comic: How to Look Cool and Not Drool in Front of Your Favorite Author
• The King of Pelinesse - shortfiction by M. T. Anderson
• Comic: How to Identify... The Living Dead
• The Wrath of Dawn - shortfiction by Cynthia Smith and Greg Leitich Smith
• Comic: How to Cheat Like a Nerd
• Quiz Bowl Antichrist - shortfiction by David Levithan
• Comic: How to Cosplay with Common Household Objects
• The Quiet Knight - shortstory by Garth Nix
• Comic: What Your Instrument Says About You
• Everyone But You - shortfiction by Lisa Yee
• Comic: What to Remember When Going to a Convention
• Secret Identity - novelette by Kelly Link
• Comic: What Your Lunch Table Status Means
• Freak the Geek - shortfiction by John Green
• Comic: How to Hook Up at the Science Fair
• Truth About Dino Girl - shortfiction by Barry Lyga
• Comic: Theater Types
• This Is My Audition Monologue - shortfiction by Sara Zarr
• Comic: The Best Ways to Stay Awake for Gaming
• The Stars at the Finish Line - shortfiction by Wendy Mass
• Comic: What Kind of Geek Are You?
• It's Just a Jump to the Left - shortfiction by Libba Bray

In this prequel to Tin Star, we meet Heckleck, the Hort alien who befriends Tula Bane on the space station Yertina Feray in her fight for survival. In his modest beginnings, Heckleck is raised to understand that breeding and propagating his own kind is the sole reason for living. When he is called upon to settle on a new planet, he meets the daughter of a politician, Goglu, with whom he falls helplessly in love, and is determined to win over. But nothing is easy in love and space exploration, and when his plans become thwarted, he must find a new way of life.

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

Nina, one of the few descendants of human colony on Mars that was abandoned by Earth, is surprised to discover that she can breathe the toxic atmosphere of the Martian surface. The crew, thinking that their attempts at terraforming and breeding for Martian adaptability have finally payed off, rejoice at the prospect of a brighter future. But Nina's about to unlock the mystery of the disaster that stranded them on Mars... and nothing will ever be the same.

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

Princess Leia returns for an all-new adventure.

Set between Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi, Princess Leia must lead a ragtag group of rebels on a treacherous decoy mission against the evil Galactic Empire.

On their way to start a new life, Tula and her family travel on the Prairie Rose, a colony ship headed to a planet in the outer reaches of the galaxy. All is going well until the ship makes a stop at a remote space station, the Yertina Feray, and the colonist's leader, Brother Blue, beats Tula within an inch of her life. An alien, Heckleck, saves her and teaches her the ways of life on the space station.

When three humans crash land onto the station, Tula's desire for escape becomes irresistible, and her desire for companionship becomes unavoidable. But just as Tula begins to concoct a plan to get off the space station and kill Brother Blue, everything goes awry, and suddenly romance is the farthest thing from her mind.

Brother Blue. His name, even the color, filled me with a furious fire of pure hatred.

Years ago, Tula Bane was beaten and left for dead on a remote space station far from Earth, her home planet. She started with nothing and had no one, but over time, she found a home, a family, and even love. When it's discovered that the abandoned planet beneath the station is abundant with a rare and valuable resource, aliens from across the galaxy race over to strike it rich. With them comes trouble, like the man who nearly killed Tula years ago--the man she has dreamed of destroying ever since.

In this sequel to Tin Star, Cecil Castellucci takes readers on an extraordinary adventure through space in a thrilling and thoughtful exploration of what it means to love, to hate, and to be human.