THREE SIDES OF A HEART: STORIES ABOUT LOVE TRIANGLES. Copyright © 2017 by Natalie C. Parker. “Riddles in Mathematics” copyright © 2017 by Katie Cotugno. “Dread South” copyright © 2017 by Justina Ireland. “Omega Ship” copyright © 2017 by Rae Carson. “La Revancha del Tango” copyright © 2017 by Renée Ahdieh. “Cass, An, and Dra” copyright © 2017 by Natalie C. Parker. “Lessons for Beginners” copyright © 2017 by Julie Murphy. “Triangle Solo” copyright © 2017 by Garth Nix. “Vim and Vigor” copyright © 2017 by Veronica Roth. “Work in Progress” copyright © 2017 by E. K. Johnston. “Hurdles” copyright © 2017 by Brandy Colbert. “The Historian, the Garrison, and the Cantankerous Cat Woman” copyright © 2017 by Lamar Giles. “Waiting” copyright © 2017 by Sabaa Tahir. “Vega” copyright © 2017 by Brenna Yovanoff. “A Hundred Thousand Threads” copyright © 2017 by Alaya Dawn Johnson. “Before She Was Bloody” copyright © 2017 by Tessa Gratton. “Unus, Duo, Tres” copyright © 2017 by Bethany Hagen. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Parker, Natalie C., editor.
pages cm.
Three sides of a heart : stories about love triangles / edited by Natalie C. Parker.
First edition.
ISBN 978-0-06-2424471 (hardback)
EPub Edition © December 2017 ISBN 9780062424495
[1. Romance fiction, American. 2. Short stories, American. 3. Love—Fiction. 4. Short stories.]
PZ5.T4128 2017
[Fic—dc23]
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