Growing Things and Other Stories

A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the Bram Stoker Award"One of the best collections of the 21st century." - Stephen KingA 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 .