{"product_id":"growing-things-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Growing Things and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Bram Stoker Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the best collections of the 21st century.\" -- Stephen King\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller\u003cem\u003e The Cabin at the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA masterful anthology featuring nineteen pieces of short fiction, \u003cem\u003eGrowing Things\u003c\/em\u003e is an exciting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Teacher,\" a Bram Stoker Award nominee for best short story, a student is forced to watch a disturbing video that will haunt and torment her and her classmates' lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour men rob a pawn shop at gunpoint only to vanish, one-by-one, as they speed away from the crime scene in \"The Getaway.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Swim Wants to Know If It's as Bad as Swim Thinks,\" a meth addict kidnaps her daughter from her estranged mother as their town is terrorized by a giant monster . . . or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining these haunting works are stories linked to Tremblay's previous novels. The tour de force metafictional novella \"Notes from the Dog Walkers\" deconstructs horror and publishing, possibly bringing in a character from \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, all while serving as a prequel to \u003cem\u003eDisappearance at Devil's Rock\u003c\/em\u003e. \"The Thirteenth Temple\" follows another character from \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e--Merry, who has published a tell-all memoir written years after the events of the novel. And the title story, \"Growing Things,\" a shivery tale loosely shared between the sisters in \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, is told here in full.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom global catastrophe to the demons inside our heads, Tremblay illuminates our primal fears and darkest dreams in startlingly original fiction that leaves us unmoored. As he lowers the sky and yanks the ground from beneath our feet, we are compelled to contemplate the darkness inside our own hearts and minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA chilling collection that blurs the lines of psychological suspense, supernatural horror, and literary fiction, from the multiple- award-winning author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Cabin at the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e and the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing nineteen pieces of short fiction, \u003cem\u003eGrowing Things and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is an exciting and disquieting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Teacher,\" a Bram Stoker Award nominee for best short story, a student is forced to watch a disturbing video that will haunt and torment her and her classmates' lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour men rob a pawnshop at gunpoint only to vanish, one by one, as they speed away from the crime scene in \"The Getaway.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Swim Wants to Know If It's as Bad as Swim Thinks,\" a meth addict kidnaps her daughter from her estranged mother as their town is terrorized by a giant monster . . . or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young woman revisits her pretty childhood home and the ghosts of the past she cannot escape in \"A Haunted House Is a Wheel upon Which Some Are Broken.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining these masterful works are stories linked to Tremblay's previous novels. The tour de force metafictional novella \"Notes from the Dog Walkers\" deconstructs horror and publishing, possibly bringing in a character from \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, all while serving as a prequel to \u003cem\u003eDisappearance at Devil's Rock\u003c\/em\u003e. \"The Thirteenth Temple\" follows another character from \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e--Merry, who has published a tell-all memoir written years after the events of the novel. And the title story, \"Growing Things,\" a shivery tale loosely shared between the sisters in \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, is told here in full.\u003c\/p\u003eIn this dazzling compendium, Tremblay explores the devastating poison of nostalgia and regret that infects us, the grim visions harbored in twisted minds that tempt and terrify us, and the stories we create for ourselves and whisper to others to keep the terror at bay. From global catastrophe to the demons inside our heads, he illuminates our primal fears and tormented nightmares in startlingly original fiction that leaves us unmoored. As he lowers the sky and yanks the ground from beneath our feet, we are compelled to contemplate the darkness inside our own hearts and minds--and remember that indeed, the world is full of monsters . . . of every shape and kind.--\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Lotz, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Three\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe White Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA chilling collection that blurs the lines of psychological suspense, supernatural horror, and literary fiction, from the multiple- award-winning author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Cabin at the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e and the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing nineteen pieces of short fiction, \u003cem\u003eGrowing Things and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is an exciting and disquieting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Teacher,\" a Bram Stoker Award nominee for best short story, a student is forced to watch a disturbing video that will haunt and torment her and her classmates' lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour men rob a pawnshop at gunpoint only to vanish, one by one, as they speed away from the crime scene in \"The Getaway.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Swim Wants to Know If It's as Bad as Swim Thinks,\" a meth addict kidnaps her daughter from her estranged mother as their town is terrorized by a giant monster . . . or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young woman revisits her pretty childhood home and the ghosts of the past she cannot escape in \"A Haunted House Is a Wheel upon Which Some Are Broken.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining these masterful works are stories linked to Tremblay's previous novels. 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From global catastrophe to the demons inside our heads, he illuminates our primal fears and tormented nightmares in startlingly original fiction that leaves us unmoored. 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