Synopsis
'Buy my stepfather's ghost' read the e-mail.
So Jude did.
He bought the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it: because his fans ate up that kind of story. It was perfect for his collection: the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest-to-God snuff movie, the occult books and all the rest of the paraphanalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock.
But the rest of his collection doesn't make the house feel cold. The bones don't make the dogs bark; the movie doesn't make Jude feel as if he's being watched. And none of the artefacts bring a vengeful old ghost with black scribbles over his eyes out of the shadows to chase Jude out of his home, and make him run for his life . . .
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About the Author
Joe Hill is a recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship and the winner of the A.E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize, William Crawford, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild Awards. His short fiction has appeared in literary, mystery and horror collections and magazines in Britain and America.
For more information, visit www.joehillfiction.com, visit joehillsthrills.tumblr.com, or follow @Joe_Hill on twitter.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Slipcase, jacket and illustrations by Edward Bettison (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, WITH SLIPCASE, NO 169 OF 1300. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN ON 'SIGNED LIMITED EDITION' PAGE. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, no discernible wear to illustrated slipcase, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unopened, unread. 368pp, illustrated endpapers. 'Buy my stepfather's ghost' read the email. So Jude did. He bought it in the shape of the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart shaped box, because he wanted it, because his fans ate up that kind of story. It was perfect for his collection, the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest to God snuff movie, the occult books and all the rest of the paraphernalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock. But the rest of his collection doesn't make the house feel cold. The bones don't make the dogs bark, the movie doesn't make Jude feel as if he's being watched. And none of the artefacts bring a vengeful old ghost with black scribbles over his eyes out of the shadows to chase Jude out of his home, and make him run for his life. Scarce signed with slipcase, the author's debut novel. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 008083
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Hardcover. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper. in a fine slipcase. Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel (2007), Locus Award for Best First Novel (2008), 1st edition. SIGNED. limited to 1,300 copies. An aging death-metal rock god, Judas Coyne, is a collector of the a cookbook for cannibals. a used hangman's noose. a snuff film. Seller Inventory # FB26.079
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Edward Bettison (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread unused copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 048554
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK slipcased, limited edition hardback in a fine slipcase - a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY JOE HiLL - one of 1300 numbered copies - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 005280
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First (1st). SEALED slipcased editon SIGNED by Joe Hill . Limited to only 1300 copies . Book is Unread . Front/Back: New . Spine: New . Pages: New & Unread . Page Edges: New . Jacket: New . Slipcase: New . First (1st) Printing / Impression: 1 . Year: 2007 . Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2738
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