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20th Century Ghosts

By: Joe Hill
Narrated by: David LeDoux
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From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this award-winning collection of short fiction.

Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . .

Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .

John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and an antique telephone, long since disconnected, rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .

Nolan knows but can never tell what really happened in the summer of '77, when his idiot savant younger brother built a vast cardboard fort with secret doors leading into other worlds. . . .

The past isn't dead. It isn't even past. . . .

©2005, 2007 Joe Hill (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Ghosts Horror Short Stories Scary Haunted

Critic reviews

  • Audie Award Winner, Short Stories/Collections, 2008

"Most of the stories display the unself-conscious dash that made Hill's novel an intelligent pleasure....Not just for ghost addicts." (Kirkus Reviews)

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I like Joe Hill and have read/enjoyed (hard copy) Hear-Shaped Box.

This collection of stories was a little difficult for me to warm up to. I only really liked Black Telephone. The rest felt..... unfinished. Maybe its just a writting style Im not used to.

I have to say I liked the reader. He sounded a little like he had a head cold but that "stuffiness" made all the "kid" parts see so real.

Maybe its just me......

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Solid stories. Not haunting or everlasting but all worth a listen. Looking to pick up more from Mr. Hill.

Dug it. Want more.

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Joe Hill manages to avoid nepotism and becomes a prolific horror writer in his own right. I love the differences between stories and the different types of fear they elicit. Bravo.

Delightful as always

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Always loved Joe Hill, and the short stories were perfect for my short attention span these days :-)

Love this guy

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who said ghost stories had to have ghosts? definitely worth the read. i really enjoyed the unique stories.

awesome stories

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Liked most of stories except for those that left me hanging Enjoy most of his writings

Love Ghost Stories

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Wonderful collection of short stories. Definitely worth listening to. The stories stick with you long after you finish the book.

Excellent!

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love all of Joe Hill's stuff, although some of the stories left me a little bit unsatisfied.

Good Listen.

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This book contains some awesome short stories. Joe Hill Is giving his family members a run for their money.

The short story "King"!

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If you are fan of Joe Hill, Stephen King, or Neil Gaiman, you’ll enjoy this short story collection. However I would recommend reading rather than listening.

The performer sounds like he has a cold through out his performance. It’s subtle, but once you notice it, it is both distracting and annoying.

Great stories with a subpar reading

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