Fiction River: Editor’s Choice

Editor Mark Leslie hand-picked the stories for this volume, ranging from YA fantasy to cozy crime to horror, featuring Diana Benedict's "Trees": Ever since The Day that took her family, Deirdre has seen glowing colors around everything — people, animals and, most beautiful of all, trees. Sent to live with her grandfather in a tiny town on Colorado's eastern plains, she finds a friend in Lila, a fierce young artist carrying a grief of her own. Together, both girls discover much more than friendship in a dying maple tree and a palmful of magic.

"Trees" received a two-star recommendation on Tangent Online's 2017 Recommended Reading List.