History Literature / GeektasticStoriesFromTheNerdHerd

* HollywoodNerd: Averted a surprising amount of the time, but all the nerds from "One of Us" are Type Ones, and the boy Alec has a crush on in "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist" is a Type Two.

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Deconstructed in "The Stars at the Finish Line", averted in "One of Us", played straight in "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist", and discussed in "Freak the Geek".

** "The Quiz Bown Antichrist" has references to tons of novels and short stories, such as ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' and ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.

* ShrinkingViolet: The protagonist of "This is My Audition Monologue" plays it straight, and Alec of "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist" is a rare, male example. Subverted in "The Truth About Dino Girl" the protagonist appears to be a Shrinking Violet, until [[spoiler: [[DisproportionateRetribution she posts naked pictures of a bully throughout the school painting the bully up as a prostitute.]]]]
* SlapSlapKiss: Averted in "The Stars at the Finish Line"; the protagonists have a very competitive relationship, but without physical violence. Also averted in "Definitional Chaos" - Lexia and the protagonist have some sexual tension, and their relationship is ''definitely'' abusive, but they're not really romantically involved.

* {{Adorkable}}: '''THE ENTIRE GODDAMNED ANTHOLOGY.''' Special shout-outs go to the protagonist of "This is My Audition Monologue", Alec from "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist", and Felicity of "Everyone But You".

* ChaoticGood: [[invoked]] Lexia from "Definitional Chaos" considers herself this, although the protagonist disputes this, claiming she's actually ChaoticNeutral.

* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Alec of "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist" and Felicity of "Everyone But You". The protagonist of "This is My Audition Monologue" wants to be one, but she can't quite make it.

** The protagonist of "The King of Pelinesse" is a fanboy of a particular cartoonist, who he met after he seemed to have an affair with his mother.
* FanConvention: "Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All the Way" takes place at one. And both main characters of "Definitional Chaos" are on their way to one.

* IncompatibleOrientation: "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist" is about this - Alec has a crush on a straight boy.

* JerkJock: The main bully in "One of Us".

* MeaningfulName: The protagonist of "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist" [[Literature/TheMortalInstruments isn't the only character named Alec to have a crush on a straight boy.]]
* NerdsAreSexy: The girl from "The Stars at the Finish Line", and Alec's crush from "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist".

* NoNameGiven: The protagonist of "This is My Audition Monologue".

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: The two main characters of "The Stars at the Finish Line" get one, as well as the central relationship in "I Never".]]

* ShoutOut: Hoo, boy. Virtually every story has many.

** "The Wrath of Dawn" is basically one big shout-out to ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

* SlapSlapKiss: Averted in "The Stars at the Finish Line"; the protagonists have a very competitive relationship, but without physical violence.

* WrongGuyFirst: Subverted in "I Never"; [[spoiler: It looks at first like the guy the protagonist met online was a {{Jerkass}} in person, and that she'd have to move on from him. Turned out, she had the wrong guy - the actual person she met online was very nice.]]

* NotableReferenceToTVTropes: Lexia, from "Definitional Chaos", at one point refers to ''Literature/RobinHood'' and its {{Disneyfication}} - she actually said the word outright.

* "[[WordSaladTitle The Stars at the Finish Line]]" by Wendy Mass

* HornyScientist: Both main characters of "The Stars at the Finish Line".

* LovableAlphaBitch: The protagonist of "One of Us". (At first, anyway.)
* LovableNerd: The entire anthology seems to be built entirely on this trope.
* MaleGaze: "The Stars at the Finish Line" has one - the main character mentions seeing the outline of a girl's bra through her shirt.

* OneOfUs: Montgomery from "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin One of Us]]" slowly becomes one. All of the authors seem to apply as well.

* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: One of the nerds from "One of Us" seems to worship the franchise. Also, the Star Wars cosplayers from "Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All the Way".

** The plot of "Definitional Chaos" relies entirely on the alingment system of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons.

* {{Trekkie}}: The nerds from "One of Us", and the Star Trek cosplayers from "Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All the Way".

* "Secret Identity" by [[MagicForBeginners Kelly Link]]

* ViewersAreGeniuses: The different references to nerd culture and literature are often unexplained, leaving the reader to guess exactly what they mean.

* TheDogBitesBack: In "The Truth About Dino Girl"; see DisporportionateRetribution above.

** Creator/CassandraClare can be seen wearing a Franchise/{{Batman}} shirt on the cover. Also on the cover are the characters [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superman]], [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Hamlet]], and [[Literature/CountDracula Dracula]].

** Creator/CassandraClare can be seen wearing a Franchise/{{Batman}} shirt on the cover.

* NerdsAreVirgins: Alec.

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Deconstructed in "The Stars at the Finish Line", averted in "One of Us", played straight in "The Quiz Bowl Antichrist".

This was the result: fifteen stories, including the one that Black and Castellucci conceived, about nerdiness in general. All kinds of geeks are featured here - [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] geeks, [[{{Theater}} theater]] geeks, [[{{Astronamy}} astronomy]] geeks, archaeology geeks, baton geeks, [[{{Fantasy}} fantasy]] geeks, [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] geeks, [[ComicBooks comic book]] geeks, quiz bowl geeks, and just geeks in general. In between the stories were cartoons drawn by Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley, further exploring the geekiness of the anthology.

This was the result: fifteen stories, including the one that Black and Castellucci conceived, about nerdiness in general. All kinds of geeks are featured here - sci-fi geeks, theater geeks, astronomy geeks, archaeology geeks, baton geeks, fantasy geeks, MMORPG geeks, comic book geeks, quiz bowl geeks, and just geeks in general. In between the stories were cartoons drawn by Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley, further exploring the geekiness of the anthology.

* "Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The Wrath of Dawn]]" by Cynthia Leitcich Smith and Greg Leitcich Smith

* "[[Theatre/WestSideStory Once You're a Jedi,]] [[LongTitle You're a Jedi All The Way]]" by Creator/HollyBlack and Cecil Castellucci

* "[[Theatre/WestSideStory Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All The Way]]" by Creator/HollyBlack and Cecil Castellucci

* "[[TheTheTitle The King of Pelinesse]]" by [[Literature/{{Feed}} M.T. Anderson]]
* "The Wrath of Dawn" by Cynthia Leitcich Smith and Greg Leitcich Smith
* "[[NonAppearingTitle The Quiz Bowl Antichrist]]" by Creator/DavidLevithan

* "Freak the Geek" by Creator/JohnGreen

* "This is My Audition Monologue" by [[Literature/HowToSaveALife Sara Zarr]]
* "The Stars at the Finish Line" by Wendy Mass

* {{Troperiffic}}: The anthology seems to have been written for the specific purpose of appealing to {{Tropers}}.

'''Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd''' is an anthology edited by Creator/HollyBlack and Cecil Castellucci, full of nerdy stories. According to the introduction, the anthology was conceived when Black and Castellucci thought of an idea for a story about a [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon]] cosplayer and a [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi]] cosplayer sleeping with each other. They wanted to publish it, but they realized no place was nerdy enough to accept it.

* SawStarWarsTwentyTimes: One of the nerds from "One of Us" seems to worship the franchise. Also, the Star Wars cosplayers from "Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All the Way".

* "Everyone but You" by [[Literature/Millicent Min Girl Genius Lisa Yee]]

'''Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd'' is an anthology edited by Creator/HollyBlack and Cecil Castellucci, full of nerdy stories. According to the introduction, the anthology was conceived when Black and Castellucci thought of an idea for a story about a [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon]] cosplayer and a [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi]] cosplayer sleeping with each other. They wanted to publish it, but they realized no place was nerdy enough to accept it.