Eight stories of dark fiction from a master storyteller. Exploring the shadow side of love, these are tales of grief, obsession, control. Intricate examinations of trauma and tragedy in raw, poetic prose. A woman imagines horrific scenarios whilst caring for her infant niece; on-line posts chronicle a cancer diagnosis; a couple in the park with their small child encounter a stranger with horrific consequences; a toxic relationship reaches a terrifying resolution...
A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram Stoker Awards® finalist and author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes.
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'Why don't you go out there and introduce yourself?' he asks me with a charm I had forgotten he possessed - a grin so cloying that a magician might redden.- YOU FOLLOW WHEREVER THEY GO
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(@TitanBooks, 7 March 2023, e-book, 208 pages, ARC from the publisher via @NetGalley)
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I loved Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke so wanted to read more of the author's work. I really enjoyed the stories in The Trees Grew Because I Bled There. The stories don't quite have the brilliance of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke but they are all enjoyable and the tone and feel of the stories are all similar. The best stories in the collection are You Follow Wherever They Go, The Strange Thing We Become and the title story.
