Joe Hill
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NOS4A2
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2013
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Heart-Shaped Box
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2007
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Horns
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2009
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The Fireman
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2016
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Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
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2009
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Locke & Key, Volume 3: Crown of Shadows
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2010
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20th Century Ghosts
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2005
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Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom
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2011
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Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
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2013
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Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega
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2014
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"This fictional account of the great plague hitting London in 1665 is an interesting snapshot of life at that time. With no real characters within the text (except the city itself, I guess) we get to see how far we’ve come in 350+ years but also how m"
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“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.”
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“Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.”
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“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”
― Horns
― Horns
“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― NOS4A2
― NOS4A2
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“The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.”
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“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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The Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you ..."
Thanx, Joe, but I'd rather have McMurtry do the toe-licking honors. Corgis rock!

The Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you feel inclined to vote for it, I WILL LICK BETWEEN YOUR TOES IN GRATITUDE.*
*not really