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From the incomparable mind of award winner Neal Shusterman,New YorkTimesbestselling author of the Arc of a Scythe, comes a collection ofuncanny and unforgettable short stories.

This collection of unforgettable and uncanny stories could only come from themind of award winner Neal Shusterman. Compiled for the first time in one epicvolume, these stories both classic and brand-new will stretch your imaginationfrom terror to the sublime and back again. Explore a world where bats block outthe sun, where soup is a trap for your soul, or where the life-force of aglacier can bring back the dead. Journey to a place where the wind can becaptured, time can be crafted into infinite attic space, or a hot tub can housean ancient monster. And revisit the Arc of the Scythe universe for two all-newtales of gleaning.

In this collection, the only thing that is truly certain is nothing is certain.

About the Author

Neal Shusterman is theNew York Timesbestsellingauthor of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults,including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy,Downsiders,andChallenger Deep, which won the National Book Award.

Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scytheis a Michael L. Printz Honor Book.

He also writes screenplays for motion pictures andtelevision shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writersand artists themselves.