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From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story—from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.
Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .
Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .
Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .
John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .
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"Awesome. This book was fresh, exciting, and new. He has a strong voice that I'm happy to have discovered. It's not so much horror that he writes as magical realism, which gave him more space to explore dark topics without having to stick to the genre's clichés. I'm pumped for more. "
— Leah (5 out of 5 stars)
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Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
Voluntary Committal Listener Reviews
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" Looked forward to reading this book of short stories, as I really liked his novel, "Heart Shaped Box". Absolutely hated this one. Couldn't finish it.<br/> "
— Melissa, 5/24/2011 -
" Man, this bowled me over. Each of these stories is beautiful and most are not creepy in the immediate way, but creepy in a way that sneaks up on you just as you hit the last sentence. "
— Betsy, 5/21/2011 -
" When I pick up a book of short stories I always expect a mixed bag, some hit and some miss. All of these hit with me, even the worst of them was better than many other authors I've read. "
— Teddy, 5/6/2011 -
" Sometimes creepy, mostly haunting and sad. "
— Kate, 5/1/2011 -
" I cant stand the 70's however joe hills iconic status as an author somehow has this rob zombie groove that makes you want to put on a gay ass truckers hat and play some Zeppelin "
— Oglaigh, 4/9/2011 -
" This collection of Hill's short fiction is a mixed bag. Some of the stories are brilliant but some are just plain...strange (and not in a good way). "
— Katherine, 4/8/2011 -
" Great stuff. Whereas his father (Stephen King) is a great story teller, Hill surpasses him as a great writer. There was only one short story that I really didn't like, and one that genuinely creeped me out. I'm eager to read his other stuff. "
— Matt, 4/5/2011 -
" Decent. Like his novels much better. "
— Rory, 4/2/2011 -
" Yup. Joe Hill just moved into "I'll read it if he wrote it" status. Good stuff. Creepy. Surprising, given his parentage, no? "
— Bill, 3/31/2011 -
" Great short stories collection! I can hear Stephen King's voice so much through his son but his son's voice for writing is great on its own and different, too, in the same regard. I really enjoyed this book! "
— Sharon, 3/30/2011
About Joe Hill
Joe Hill, author of the critically acclaimed Heart-Shaped Box, is a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, a past recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Fireman. His stories have appeared in a variety of journals and Year’s Best collections.
About David Ledoux
David Ledoux has narrated a wide range of audio books, for which he was won and been nominated for several Audie and Earphones awards. He was named a 2010 Best Voice by AudioFile magazine for his narration of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, and he also narrated Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants and Douglas Copeland’s Nostradamus, among many others.