20th Century Ghosts: Featuring The Black Phone and other stories by Joe Hill (En

Description: 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill A superb collection of short stories from an award-winning author. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Imogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. Shes also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater.Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. Its hard to make friends when youre the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesnt have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but thats behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected...but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead...Meet these and a dozen more, in 20th Century Ghosts, irresistible, addictive fun showcasing a dazzling new talent. Notes The award-winning first collection of ghost and horror stories from the New York Times bestseller, Joe Hill. Hill is the son of Stephen and Tabitha King, and this compilation won the World Fantasy Award. Whatever King has, he evidently passed along to his son Time Magazine Author Biography Joe Hill burst onto the literary scene with 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, which won a clutch of major awards. It was followed by the brilliant supernatural thriller HEART-SHAPED BOX, a New York Times Top Ten Bestseller. He lives in New England in the United States. Review Hills stories are visceral and nasty in places, but never gratuitous. The collection as a whole is polished and well written. Even the most macabre themes are handled exceptionally well, so one story ever feels exploitative or trashy. Joe Hill is definitely one to watch. - Ross Sutcliffe - Sci-Fi Now Promotional Joe Hill burst on the fiction scene like a supernova with 20th CENTURY GHOSTS, an astonishingly accomplished collection: This strong, award-winning collection of stories by Stephen Kings son drives a stake through any cattiness that his enjoyable 2007 horror novel HEART-SHAPED BOX was just a lucky break METRO He was awarded the William L. Crawford Award for best first fantasy book. 20th CENTURY GHOSTS won the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award, as well as awards for individual short stories. About a decade ago, Tabitha King, the author of 10 novels and wife of one of the most distinguished popular writers of all time, Stephen King, told me that the most talented writer in the family was their son, Joe Otto Penzler, NEW YORK SUN Whatever King has, he evidently passed along to his son TIME Magazine Delightfully creative PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Brilliantly imaged LIBRARY JOURNAL Kirkus US Review A collection of pleasantly creepy stories follows Hills debut novel (Heart Shaped Box, 2007).Published in a number of magazines from 2001 to the present, most of the stories display the unself-conscious dash that made Hills novel an intelligent pleasure. In addition to the touches of the supernatural, some heavy, some light, the stories are largely united by Hills mastery of teenaged-male guilt and anxiety, unrelieved by garage-band success or ambition. One of the longest and best, "Voluntary Committal," is about Nolan, a guilty, anxious high-school student, Morris, his possibly autistic or perhaps just congenitally strange little brother, and Eddie, Nolans wild but charming friend. Morris, whose problems dominate but dont completely derail his familys life, spends the bulk of his time in the basement creating intricate worlds out of boxes. Eddie and Nolan spend their time in accepted slacker activities until Eddie, whose home life is rough, starts pushing the edges, leading to real mischief, a big problem for Nolan who would rather stay within the law. Its Morris who removes the problem for the big brother he loves, guaranteeing perpetual guilt and anxiety for Nolan. "My Fathers Mask" is a surprisingly romantic piece about a small, clever family whose weekend in an inherited country place involves masks, time travel and betrayal. The story least reliant on the supernatural may leave the most readers pining for a full-length treatment: "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead" reunites a funny but failed standup comedian with his equally funny ex-high school sweetheart Harriet, now married and a mother. Bobby has come back to Pittsburgh, tail between his legs, substitute teaching and picking up the odd acting job, and it is on one of those gigs, a low-budget horror film, that the couple reconnects, falling into their old comedic rhythms. Not just for ghost addicts. (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description Imogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. Shes also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater.Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. Its hard to make friends when youre the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesnt have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but thats behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected...but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead...Meet these and a dozen more, in 20th Century Ghosts , irresistible, addictive fun showcasing a dazzling new talent. Review Quote Hills stories are visceral and nasty in places, but never gratuitous. The collection as a whole is polished and well written. Even the most macabre themes are handled exceptionally well, so one story ever feels exploitative or trashy. Joe Hill is definitely one to watch. - Ross Sutcliffe - Sci-Fi Now Promotional "Headline" A superb collection of short stories from an award-winning author. Description for Sales People The multi-award-winning first collection by the author of smash hit debut HEART SHAPED BOX, Joe Hill. Description for Press or Other Media Imogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. Shes also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater. Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. Its hard to make friends when youre the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesnt have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but thats behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected...but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead... Meet these and a dozen more, in 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, irresistible, addictive fun showcasing a dazzling new talent. Details ISBN0575083085 Author Joe Hill Pages 400 Publisher Orion Publishing Co ISBN-10 0575083085 ISBN-13 9780575083080 Format Paperback Imprint Gollancz Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Media Book Language English Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-10-09 UK Release Date 2008-10-09 Subtitle Featuring The Black Phone and other stories Audience General NZ Release Date 2008-11-30 AU Release Date 2008-11-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:32242663;

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