A Harmony Ink Press Young Adult Title Celebrate with Harmony Ink Press as we recognize the talented winners of our first annual Young Author Challenge. This anthology showcases the LGBTQ genre's best up-and-coming-authors between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one. The transition from childhood to adulthood is never easy, and growing up presents unique challenges for LGBTQ youth. Confusion, bigotry, and struggle transcend time and place, but fortunately, so does love. Travel with these exceptional young authors from country cottages to big cities, into the past and the future, from fantastic lands of magic to the recognizable landscapes of our world. Regardless of the setting, the characters in these stories, along with families, friends, lovers, and allies, fight to claim their places in life. Their identities and situations are different, but the young people in this collection share the strength and courage to succeed, sometimes against great odds, and they invite you to join them on their journeys. Cigar, Parasol, Star by Laura Beaird Counting Stars by L.A. Buchanan The King of Dorkdom by Avery Burrow Happy Endings Take Work by Morgan Cair Tess by Becca Ehlers Our First Anniversary by Trisha Harrington The Dragon Princess by Eleanor Hawtin An IRL Love Life by Rebecca Long On Their Own Terms by D. William Pfifer Glitterhead by Benjamin Shepherd Quiñones City Lights Will Carry You Home by Amanda Reed The Gift of Flame by Scotia Roth Waiting by Annie Schoonover Quiet Love by Gil Segev Paranormal Honor Society by Leigh Taylor