5/23/2023 0 Comments Growing things and other stories![]() ![]() I am very fortunate to have been gainfully employed and that my loved ones are healthy (knock on all the wood). Paul Tremblay: I’ve been hanging in there, but have aged five years in the one-plus. Janelle Janson: How have you been holding up during the pandemic? What is the first thing you want to do once things safely open up? He was kind enough to answer a few questions for me in the spring of 2021. ![]() In this collection, Paul experiments with structure, narratives, metafiction, and reimagined worlds. After each story, I flipped to the end of the book for his explanations of each one. While I was reading these stories I felt as if Paul was taking me on a trip through his imagination and thought process. And one of the best short story collections I’ve read recently is Growing Things and Other Stories. I recently finished reading Disappearance at Devil’s Rock and it swallowed me whole. One of my favorite books–the book that shattered my heart–is The Cabin at the End of the World. I adore A Head Full of Ghosts because it was my gateway drug into Paul’s writing and once I’d devoured it I was hungry for more. His intensely atmospheric writing style, exceptional characterization, and his knack for seamlessly blending genres are just a few of the elements that make him such a talented writer. Tremblay’s books grabbed me from the get-go. Whether you’re an eight year-old reading her first Stephen King or a forty-something reading her first Paul Tremblay, you just know. There are times in your life when you know you’re reading a brilliant author. ![]()
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