Trees Grow Crooked Here and Other Stories : Lulu.com : 9781667191355 : 1667191357 : 28 Mar 2021 : Tea-obsessed pseudophilosophers. Lesbian teen Audrey Hepburn fanatics. X-rated Santa Clauses. The literal Devil. All these characters and more you'll meet in The Trees Grow Crooked Here and Other Stories, a collection of thirteen short stories written over the span of nearly two decades. Character-rich stories written in a range of genres create a book that represents classic yet modern American story-telling.