Books with title Nightside

When my mother upends us to Moon's Peak, a small coastal town, during my senior year, it feels like the end of the world. My phone doesn't work here. I'm cut off. Oh, and this town's full of hungry-looking creeps who come out at night. And it's all thanks to Dad ditching us.But Riley, a total hottie from the Beaumont family, is drawn to me right away. He scares off the stalkers, but something's off about him. And the more I'm around him, the more I realize I'm changing. A strange craving grows, and then Riley drops the bomb. He's a vampire, a Trueblood, and his contact with me awakened a mutation that's turned me into a Nightside, a type of forbidden vampire at war with his kind.If his family finds out, they'll kill me. And when people in town turn up murdered by vampires, I become a suspect. Now Riley and I must team up to find the real killer before war breaks out and destroys us all.Nightside is a teen vampire romance which will appeal to fans of young adult vampire novels, urban fantasy, and paranormal thrillers.

A teenage girl stolen from her family as a child; a troupe of street actors creating a new culture infused with memories of the old; a boy born into the wrong body; and a teacher who is pushed into the role of guide tell the story of The Nightside.In a future world of extreme climate change where most people were evacuated to the East, and organised infrastructure and services have gone, a few thousand obstinate and independent souls cling to the city of Perth and to the southern towns. Living mostly by night to endure the fierce temperatures, they are creating a new culture in defiance of official expectations. Drawing on local knowledge of Perth, Isle reimagines the Western Australian landscape in a confronting and plausible future. Appealing to both YA and adult readers, Nightsiders is a collection of four interlinked short stories exploring issues of climate change, gender identity, multiculturalism and community. Featuring complex and diverse characters, this collection is aimed at a YA audience looking for fresh and empowering science fiction.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Marianne de PierresThe Painted GirlNation of the NightPaper DragonsThe Schoolteacher’s TaleAWARDSNation of the Night - Winner, Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short StoryPaper Dragons - Shortlisted Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short StoryLonglisted for the Tiptree AwardHonourable Mention, Norma Hemming AwardREVIEWSReviews"In this wonderful body of work I hear echoes of two exceptional writers, Doris Lessing and Margo Lanagan.Sue Isle has created a daunting, yet not hopeless day after tomorrow Western Australia; linked stories all set in the same moment, the moment, for various characters, when you realise that climate change has won, and civilisation is not coming back. So you stop mourning, and you move on… Made me wish there was a novel." –– Gwyneth Jones"Nation of the Night, and this is the story that is for me the lynch pin of the collection… As well as looking at the identity issues for Ash, there is also discussion of the fate of refugees in the city and the difficulties that they face like being able to provide and educate their families, as well as dangers facing those who don’t belong. To me, this felt like a political statement given the emotional reactions that people have to the refugee issue, not only in Australia, but also in other places around the world." –– The Adventures of an Intrepid ReaderABOUT THE TWELVE PLANETS SERIESTwelfth Planet Press is an independent publishing house challenging the status quo with books that interrogate, commentate, inspire.The Twelve Planets are twelve boutique collections by some of Australia’s finest short story writers. Varied across genre and style, each collection offers four short stories and a unique glimpse into worlds fashioned by some of our favourite storytellers. Each author has taken the brief of 4 stories and up to 40 000 words in their own direction. Some are quartet suites of linked stories. Others are tasters of the range and style of the writer. Each release is a standalone and brings something unexpected.The Twelve PlanetsBook 1: Nightsiders by Sue IsleBook 2: Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner RobertsBook 3: Thief of Lives by Lucy SussexBook 4: Bad Power by Deborah BiancottiBook 5: Showtime by Narrelle M HarrisBook 6: Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron WarrenBook 7: Cracklescape by Margo LanaganBook 8: Asymmetry by Thoraiya DyerBook 9: Caution Contains Small Parts by Kirstyn McDermottBook 10: Secret Lives of Books by Rosaleen LoveBook 11: Female Factory by Angela Slatter and Lisa HannetBook 12: Cherry Crow Children by Deborah Kalin