This collection of unforgettable and uncanny stories could only come from the mind of award winner Neal Shusterman. Compiled for the first time in one epic volume, these stories both classic and brand-new will stretch your imagination from terror to the sublime and back again. Explore a world where bats block out the sun, where soup is a trap for your soul, or where the life-force of a glacier can bring back the dead. Journey to a place where the wind can be captured, time can be crafted into infinite attic space, or a hot tub can house an ancient monster. And revisit the Arc of the Scythe universe for two all-new tales of gleaning. In this collection, the only thing that is truly certain is nothing is certain

Ages 12 up

Grades 7-9

Introduction --

Forces of nature : A unity of [purpose] ; I, of the storm ; Smells like Kafka ; Obsidian sky ; Ralphy Sherman's bag of wind ; The in crowd ; The living place -- Angels, Demons, Monsters, and a tree : Non-player character ; Midnight Michelangelo ; Boy on a stoop ; Butterball ; The bob squad ; Special deliverance ; Ralphy Sherman's jacuzzi of wonders ; Terrible tannenbaum -- The wheel of destiny : Dawn terminator ; The [poop emoji] on our shoes ; Number two ; Fear-for-all ; Bad fortune at Richard Yee's ; Pea soup ; Majority rules ; Opabinia ; Presumed destroyed -- Attics, basements, windows, and walls : Caleb's colors ; Retaining walls ; Open house ; Mr. Vandermeer's attic of shame ; Dark alley -- The living, the dead, and the undecided : Dead letter ; Resurrection Bay ; Perpetual pest ; Yardwork ; Deadliner ; Loveless -- I'm not myself today : The body electric ; Mail merge ; The elsewhere boutique ; Ralphy Sherman's inside story ; The soul exchange ; Clothes make the man -- You reap what you sow (The world of Scythe) : None more beautiful than I ; The Scythe interviews