MindWorks, Neal Shusterman
MindWorks, Neal Shusterman
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MindWorks
An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction

Author: Neal Shusterman

Narrator: Neal Shusterman, Greg Tremblay, Kimberly Woods, Ali Andre Ali, Michael Crouch, Megan Tusing, Brendan Shusterman

Unabridged: 18 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/18/2025

Synopsis

From the incomparable mind of award winner Neal Shusterman, New York Times bestselling author of the Arc of a Scythe, comes a collection of uncanny and unforgettable short stories.

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.

About Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. Visit Neal at StoryMan.com and Facebook.com/NealShusterman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scarlett on November 14, 2025

3.5⭐️ 🖤Short Fiction Stories I have to be honest, most of these stories were great, but they were just not for me. Some were full of whimsy and I did love those but I felt as if most of these were attempting to teach either literary or life lessons - very much YA English class vibes. Thank you to @ne......more

Goodreads review by Alex on November 18, 2025

Prefacing this with the fact that the e-arc I received was not the entire book and did not include the Scythe story. Mindworks really is uncanny, its a strange collection of sci-fi, spec fic, and horror. Neal Shusterman really has a way of writing extremely digestible stories and these all bring his......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on November 18, 2025

This is really long as I have a quick sentence or two for each of the short stories in this anthology and there are a lot of them! Since this was a collection of short stories, I am going to try to post quick reviews for each of the stories I can get through. And I did end up getting through all but......more

Goodreads review by Monica on May 19, 2025

I’m a big Neal Shusterman fan and I particularly love his Arc of a Scythe series so I was very very excited to read this compendium of short stories since some of the stories were from that world. The stories themselves were very entertaining and thought provoking which is one of the reasons I love......more

Goodreads review by Eden on October 24, 2025

My thoughts are based on 24/43 of the short stories (e-arc readers were only given a portion). Shusterman has a creative mind, and I was delighted by many of these stories. My favorites were: “I, of the Storm”, “Special Deliverance”, and “Bad Fortune at Richard Yee’s”. I rated the stories as I went,......more

Quotes

"Seven talented narrators deliver Shusterman’s compelling science fiction stories, which include two new ones from the popular “Arc of the Scythe” series. The works provide introductions to new worlds and are loosely grouped into two categories: strange and terrifying beings and personal transformations. Shusterman; his son, Brendan; and the other narrators alternate, portraying males, females, and one genderfluid character, capturing the dark, surprising, and occasionally humorous aspects of their worlds. Some of the stories have been edited due to technological and social changes since their original publication. A full-cast interview serves as an enticing introduction to the production."

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