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[20th Century Ghosts] by Joe Hill
4★
An 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. . . .Horror stories... weather real or imagined...chill and thrill us. We read them huddled under the bed-covers or sitting with our backs to the wall. There is just something about a good case of goosebumps that appeal to the genuine fan of horror or the paranormal. These short stories really can't be labeled "horror"..."Bizarre " would better describe them. The collection is in itself "unique". If you are looking for real horror that will creep you out...search on. However if you are looking for short stories that are psychologically twisted and have some surprising endings...then you will enjoy this little book.
