A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Bram Stoker Award One of the best collections of
the 21st century. - Stephen King A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary
horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller The Cabin at the End
of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.A masterful anthology featuring nineteen pieces of short
fiction Growing Things is an exciting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile
imagination. In 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.
Four men rob a pawn shop at gunpoint only to vanish one-by-one as they speed away from the
crime scene in The Getaway. In 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. Joining 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 A Head Full of Ghosts all while serving as a
prequel to Disappearance at Devil's Rock. The Thirteenth Temple follows another character from
A Head Full of Ghosts-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 A Head Full of Ghosts is told here in full. From 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.
