The Dark and Hollow Places 3rd book in the series March 2011 Annah's world stopped the day Elias left and she's been waiting for him to come home ever since. Without him, her life doesn't feel much different from that of the dead that roam the wasted city around her. Then she meets Catcher and everything feels alive again. Except, Catcher has his own secrets... Read more...

The Dead-Tossed Waves 2nd book in the series March 2010 Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She's content to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. Home is all she's ever known, and all she needs for happiness. But life after the Return is never safe, and there are threats even the Barrier can't hold back. Read more...

The Forest of Hands and Teeth 1st book in the series March 2009 In Mary's world, there are simple truths. Now she must choose between her village and her future, between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death? Read more...

HARE MOON
Prequel to the Forest of Hands and Teeth
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Tabitha can't shake the feeling that something exists beyond the fences of her village. And when she sneaks out, past the gates and down the path into the Forest of Hands and Teeth, she meets a boy who teaches her heart things she never knew. But love in a world surrounded by so much death doesn't come without its sacrifices, and Tabitha gradually realizes just how much she'll have to give up to live among the Unconsecrated.

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Praise for Hare Moon

"Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth) offers a story about devastating decisions in villages threatened by the Unconsecrated."
   —Publishers Weekly

"Carrie Ryan shows readers the heart-wrenching choices made during a supernatural epidemic."
   —VOYA

"Fans who can't get enough of their favorite authors will also be thrilled to find a back story to Carrie Ryan's The Forest of Hands and Teeth."
   —Kirkus

Notes:
Hare Moon was originally published in the Kiss Me Deadly anthology but has gone through some minor revisions before being put for sale individually.

You do not need to own an ereader to download and read Hare Moon. Both Barnes & Noble and Amazon have software you can dowload on to your computer or other device to read their books (Kindle apps can be found here; Barnes & Noble apps are here).

BRAVE NEW LOVE: 13 DYSTOPIAN TALES OF DESIRE
Available March 6, 2012
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Running Press Kids (March 2012), ISBN-13: 978-0762442201

The First Time
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A Game of Firsts

A collection of stories by the 2009 Debutantes, YA authors whose debut books came out in 2009. In "A Game of Firsts", a brother and sister take refuge in the attic over their garage while the zombie apocalypse rages around them. Can they survive?

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Jessica Verday (October 2011)

ENTHRALLED: PARANORMAL DIVERSIONS
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Scenic Route

Set in the The Forest of Hands and Teeth world, two sisters try to survive the recent zombie apocalypse by hiding out on top of a mountain where they think they're safe and plan for the day they can take the ultimate road trip.

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Harper Teen (September 2011), ISBN-13: 978-0062015785

DEAR BULLY: SEVENTY AUTHORS TELL THEIR STORIES
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Caroline from Canada

My essay, Caroline from Canada, is about a month-long summer road trip on a bus full of teens, a rumor, and the one girl who chose to be my friend when everyone else refused.

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Harper Teen (September 2011), ISBN-13: 978-0062060983

THE GIRL WHO WAS ON FIRE
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Panem et Circenses: the Myth of the Real in Reality TV

You can read an excerpt from my essay, Panem et Circenses: the Myth of the Real in Reality TV, here.

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Smart Pop (April 2011), ISBN-13: 978-1935618041

ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS
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Margaret K. McElderry (September 2010), ISBN-13: 978-1416989530

THE LIVING DEAD 2
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Edited by John Joseph Adams

Flotsam & Jetsam

Right around the time of the Return, when no one really knows what's going on, a group of seniors go on their senior cruise and infection breaks out on the ship. Two boys escape in a life raft—one of them's infected.

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Night Shade Books (September 2010), ISBN-13: 9781597801904

KISS ME DEADLY
Available now
Edited by Trisha Telep

Hare Moon

My story is about Sister Tabitha from The Forest of Hands and Teeth when she was Mary's age. It answers a few more questions about the village, the Sisterhood and Tabitha's motivation. As it turns out, she was quite the passionate teen :)

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Running Press Kids (July 2010), ISBN-13: 978-0762439492