num_pages: 205
description: A beautifully crafted devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes.Eight stories of literary 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. In these narratives 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 Originally published under the title The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales this is a much-praised collection of deeply unsettling painfully dark tales.
language: English
title: The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories
publisher: Titan Books