**The stories collected here are by turns confident, brutal, and breathtaking… must-read horror *The New York Times* A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram Stoker Awards® finalist and author of *Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.* Includes an introduction from acclaimed bestselling author Chuck Wendig.** 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 *.*