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Joe Hill (writer)
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Joseph Hillstrom King (born June 4, 1972), better known by the pen name
Joe Hill, is an American author and comic book
writer. He has published two novels—Heart Shaped Box
and Horns
—and a collection of short stories entitled 20th Century Ghosts
. He is also the author of the graphic novel series Locke & Key
. Hill's parents are authors Stephen
and Tabitha King
.
When he began writing, King was well-aware of the inevitable comparisons that would arise between his own work and that of his father, Stephen, the world's best-selling and, arguably, most-recognized living novelist. Stephen King had himself used a pen-name, Richard Bachman
, after he had become well-established, explaining later in the short essay, "Why I was Bachman" that he felt he had to know whether he could "re-achieve" success as an author purely through the quality of his writing, as opposed to what perceived as the "brand" that had become established through his own name. Joseph King chose to take the same approach; although many readers (and most reviewers) are now aware of the connection, his fiction has been widely praised, and a number of critics have stressed their own objectivity and lack of preconceptions when reviewing his works.
and grew up in Bangor, Maine
. His younger brother Owen
is also a writer.
, directed by George A. Romero
, which co-starred and was written by his father.
Hill chose to use an abbreviated form of his given name (a reference to executed labor leader Joe Hill
, for whom he was named) in 1997, out of a desire to succeed based solely on his own merits rather than as the son of Stephen King. After achieving a degree of independent success, Hill publicly confirmed his identity in 2007 after an article the previous year in Variety
broke his cover (although online speculation about Hill's family background had been appearing since 2005).
Joe Hill is a past recipient of the Ray Bradbury
Fellowship. He has also received the William L. Crawford award for best new fantasy writer in 2006, the A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize in 1999 for "Better Than Home" and the 2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
for "Voluntary Committal". His stories have appeared in a variety of magazines, such as Subterranean Magazine, Postscripts
and The High Plains Literary Review, and in many anthologies, including The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (ed. Stephen Jones
) and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (ed. Ellen Datlow
, Kelly Link
& Gavin Grant
).
Hill's first book, the limited edition collection 20th Century Ghosts
(published in 2005 by PS Publishing
), showcases fourteen of his short stories and won the Bram Stoker Award
for Best Fiction Collection, together with the British Fantasy Award
for Best Collection and Best Short Story for "Best New Horror". In October 2007, Hill's mainstream US and UK publishers reprinted 20th Century Ghosts, without the extras published in the 2005 slipcased versions, but including one new story.
Hill's first novel, Heart-Shaped Box
, was published by William Morrow
/HarperCollins
on February 13, 2007 and by Victor Gollancz Ltd
in UK in March 2007. The novel reached number 8 on the New York Times bestseller list on April 1, 2007.
On September 23, 2007, at the thirty-first Fantasycon, the British Fantasy Society
awarded Hill the first ever Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award. Hill's first professional sale was in 1997.
Among unpublished works is one partly completed with his father, "But Only Darkness Loves Me", which is held with the Stephen King papers at the Special Collections Unit of the Raymond H Fogler Library at the University of Maine
in Orono, Maine
.
Hill is also the author of Locke & Key
, a new comic book series published by IDW Publishing
. The first issue, released on February 20, 2008
, sold out of its initial publication run in one day. A forthcoming collection of the series in limited form from Subterranean Press sold out within 24 hours of being announced.
Hill's second novel, Horns
, was released on February 16, 2010.
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
Joe Hill, is an American author and comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
writer. He has published two novels—Heart Shaped Box
Heart-Shaped Box (novel)
Heart-Shaped Box is the debut horror novel of author Joe Hill.-Synopsis:Aging rock star Judas Coyne spends his retirement collecting morbid memorabillia such as a witch's confession, a real snuff film and, after being sent an e-mail directly about the item online, a dead man's suit. He is told, by...
and Horns
Horns (novel)
Horns is a 2010 dark fantasy novel by Joe Hill and is the author's second published novel. The novel also incorporates elements of contemporary fantasy, crime fiction, and Gothic fiction...
—and a collection of short stories entitled 20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts is American author Joe Hill's first published book-length work. An anthology of short stories, it was first published in October 2005 in the United Kingdom and released in October 2007 in the United States.-Publication history:...
. He is also the author of the graphic novel series Locke & Key
Locke & Key
Locke & Key is a comic book series written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez and published by IDW Publishing.- Publication history :...
. Hill's parents are authors Stephen
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
and Tabitha King
Tabitha King
Tabitha King is an American author and activist. She is married to writer Stephen King.-Family:King met her husband, author Stephen King, in college through her work-study job in the Fogler Library. Their daughter Naomi Rachel was born in 1970. They married on January 2, 1971...
.
When he began writing, King was well-aware of the inevitable comparisons that would arise between his own work and that of his father, Stephen, the world's best-selling and, arguably, most-recognized living novelist. Stephen King had himself used a pen-name, Richard Bachman
Richard Bachman
Richard Bachman is a pseudonym used by horror fiction author Stephen King.-Origin:At the beginning of Stephen King's career, the general view among publishers was such that an author was limited to a book every year, since publishing more would not be acceptable to the public...
, after he had become well-established, explaining later in the short essay, "Why I was Bachman" that he felt he had to know whether he could "re-achieve" success as an author purely through the quality of his writing, as opposed to what perceived as the "brand" that had become established through his own name. Joseph King chose to take the same approach; although many readers (and most reviewers) are now aware of the connection, his fiction has been widely praised, and a number of critics have stressed their own objectivity and lack of preconceptions when reviewing his works.
Early life
Hill is the second child of authors Stephen and Tabitha King. He was born in Hermon, MaineHermon, Maine
Hermon is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,416 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
and grew up in Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
. His younger brother Owen
Owen King
Owen Philip King is an American author and the youngest son of authors Stephen and Tabitha King. He has two older siblings, Naomi King and Joseph Hillstrom King, and grew up in Bangor, Maine...
is also a writer.
Career
At age 10, Hill appeared in the 1982 film CreepshowCreepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 American horror anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King. The film's ensemble cast included Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen, Hal Holbrook, E.G...
, directed by George A. Romero
George A. Romero
George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...
, which co-starred and was written by his father.
Hill chose to use an abbreviated form of his given name (a reference to executed labor leader Joe Hill
Joe Hill
Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund in Gävle , and also known as Joseph Hillström was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World...
, for whom he was named) in 1997, out of a desire to succeed based solely on his own merits rather than as the son of Stephen King. After achieving a degree of independent success, Hill publicly confirmed his identity in 2007 after an article the previous year in Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
broke his cover (although online speculation about Hill's family background had been appearing since 2005).
Joe Hill is a past recipient of the Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...
Fellowship. He has also received the William L. Crawford award for best new fantasy writer in 2006, the A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize in 1999 for "Better Than Home" and the 2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy novella or novellas voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention...
for "Voluntary Committal". His stories have appeared in a variety of magazines, such as Subterranean Magazine, Postscripts
Postscripts
Postscripts is a quarterly Britishmagazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime fiction, first published in June 2004.Each issue is published in two editions: a regular newsstand-type edition and a signed, numbered, 150-copy hardcover edition. Beginning with Postscripts #14, it is a...
and The High Plains Literary Review, and in many anthologies, including The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (ed. Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (author)
Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
) and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (ed. Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
, Kelly Link
Kelly Link
Kelly Link is an American editor and author of short stories. While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as slipstream or magic realism: a combination of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and realism...
& Gavin Grant
Gavin Grant
Gavin J. Grant is a science fiction editor and writer. He runs Small Beer Press along with his wife Kelly Link. In addition, he has been the editor of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet since 1996 and, from 2003 to 2008, was co-editor of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series along with...
).
Hill's first book, the limited edition collection 20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts is American author Joe Hill's first published book-length work. An anthology of short stories, it was first published in October 2005 in the United Kingdom and released in October 2007 in the United States.-Publication history:...
(published in 2005 by PS Publishing
PS Publishing
PS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
), showcases fourteen of his short stories and won the Bram Stoker Award
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
for Best Fiction Collection, together with the British Fantasy Award
British Fantasy Award
The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society and were first awarded in 1971. The membership of the BFS vote to determine recommendations, short-lists and winners of the awards...
for Best Collection and Best Short Story for "Best New Horror". In October 2007, Hill's mainstream US and UK publishers reprinted 20th Century Ghosts, without the extras published in the 2005 slipcased versions, but including one new story.
Hill's first novel, Heart-Shaped Box
Heart-Shaped Box (novel)
Heart-Shaped Box is the debut horror novel of author Joe Hill.-Synopsis:Aging rock star Judas Coyne spends his retirement collecting morbid memorabillia such as a witch's confession, a real snuff film and, after being sent an e-mail directly about the item online, a dead man's suit. He is told, by...
, was published by William Morrow
William Morrow and Company
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, and sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981. It was sold along to the News Corporation in 1999...
/HarperCollins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
on February 13, 2007 and by Victor Gollancz Ltd
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz and specialised in the publication of high quality literature, nonfiction and popular fiction, including science fiction. Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership...
in UK in March 2007. The novel reached number 8 on the New York Times bestseller list on April 1, 2007.
On September 23, 2007, at the thirty-first Fantasycon, the British Fantasy Society
British Fantasy Society
The British Fantasy Society began in 1971 as the British Weird Fantasy Society, an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association. The society is dedicated to promoting the best in the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres....
awarded Hill the first ever Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award. Hill's first professional sale was in 1997.
Among unpublished works is one partly completed with his father, "But Only Darkness Loves Me", which is held with the Stephen King papers at the Special Collections Unit of the Raymond H Fogler Library at the University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
in Orono, Maine
Orono, Maine
Orono is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It was first settled in 1774 and named in honor of Chief Joseph Orono of the Penobscot Nation. It is home to The University of Maine. The population was 10,362 at the 2010 census.- Geography :...
.
Hill is also the author of Locke & Key
Locke & Key
Locke & Key is a comic book series written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez and published by IDW Publishing.- Publication history :...
, a new comic book series published by IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...
. The first issue, released on February 20, 2008
2008 in comics
-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...
, sold out of its initial publication run in one day. A forthcoming collection of the series in limited form from Subterranean Press sold out within 24 hours of being announced.
Hill's second novel, Horns
Horns (novel)
Horns is a 2010 dark fantasy novel by Joe Hill and is the author's second published novel. The novel also incorporates elements of contemporary fantasy, crime fiction, and Gothic fiction...
, was released on February 16, 2010.
Awards
- "Better Than Home" (A.E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize)
- "Voluntary Committal" (World Fantasy AwardWorld Fantasy AwardThe World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
for Best Novella) - "20th Century Ghost" (Bradbury Fellowship)
- 20th Century Ghosts (Bram Stoker AwardBram Stoker AwardThe Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
for Best Fiction Collection) - 20th Century Ghosts (British Fantasy AwardBritish Fantasy AwardThe British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society and were first awarded in 1971. The membership of the BFS vote to determine recommendations, short-lists and winners of the awards...
for Best Collection) - 20th Century Ghosts (International Horror Guild AwardInternational Horror Guild AwardThe International Horror Guild Award is a recognition presented by the International Horror Guild to recognize the achievements of those who create in the field of horror and dark fantasy. Nancy A. Collins, the founder of the award, felt there was a need for an award granted by a large,...
for Best Collection) - "Best New Horror" (British Fantasy AwardBritish Fantasy AwardThe British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society and were first awarded in 1971. The membership of the BFS vote to determine recommendations, short-lists and winners of the awards...
for Best Short Story) - "Best New Horror" (Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Story)
- Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award - 2007
- Heart-Shaped Box (Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel)
- Heart-Shaped Box (International Thriller Writers Inc award for Best First Novel)
Short stories
Dates by original magazine or anthology publication.- "The Lady Rests" (1997), Palace Corbie 7
- "The Collaborators" (1998), Implosion 8
- "Better Than Home" (1999), A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize Series, stand-alone chapbook
- "The Saved" (2001), The Clackamas Literary Review spring/summer issue
- "Pop Art" (2001), With Signs & Wonders, anthology; 2007 Subterranean PressSubterranean PressSubterranean Press is a small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction...
chapbookChapbookA chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,... - "20th Century Ghost" (2002), The High Plains Literary Review, journal's final issue
- "The Widow's Breakfast" (2002), The Clackamas Literary Review spring/summer issue
- "You Will Hear the Locust Sing" (2004), The Third Alternative 37
- "Abraham's Boys" (2004), The Many Faces of Van Helsing, anthology
- "The Black Phone" (2004), The Third Alternative 39
- "Dead-Wood" (2005), Subterranean Press February online newsletter
- "Last Breath" (2005), Subterranean Magazine 2
- "Best New Horror" (2005), Postscripts 3
- "Voluntary Committal" (2005), Subterranean Press stand-alone chapbook
- "In the Rundown" (2005), Crimewave 8
- "Scheherazade's Typewriter" (2005), 20th Century Ghosts, within the book's acknowledgments section
- "The Cape" (2005), 20th Century Ghosts, original to collection
- "My Father's Mask" (2005), 20th Century Ghosts, original to collection
- "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead" (2005), Postscripts 5
- "Thumbprint" (2007), Postscripts 10
- "Jude Confronts Global Warming" (2007), Subterranean Press online magazine, spring issue
- "Gunpowder" (2008), PS PublishingPS PublishingPS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
stand-alone novella - "ThrottleThrottle (novella)Throttle is a novella written in co-authorship by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill. It was published in February 2009 by Gauntlet Press in a limited edition anthology honoring Richard Matheson entitled He Is Legend, and in a mass-market audiobook entitled Road Rage, also containing Matheson's...
" (2009) written in collaboration with Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
, He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson (also included in the audiobook Road RageRoad Rage (audiobook)Road Rage is the title of an audiobook published in February 2009 by HarperAudio. It combines two short stories: Richard Matheson's Duel and its homage called Throttle written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill...
) - "Twittering from the Circus of the Dead" (2010), The New Dead edited by Christopher GoldenChristopher GoldenChristopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
- "The Devil on the Staircase" (2010), Stories: All-New Tales edited by Al SarrantonioAl SarrantonioAl Sarrantonio is an American horror and science fiction author who has published, over the past thirty-five years, more than forty-five books and eighty short stories...
and Neil GaimanNeil GaimanNeil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book... - "Wolverton Station" (2011), Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 edited by William Schafer
Anthology appearances
Below is a list of Hill's short fiction which has been reprinted.- "20th Century Ghost": The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Fourteen (2003), ed. Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
- "My Father's Mask": The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 19th Annual Collection (2006), ed. Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
, Kelly LinkKelly LinkKelly Link is an American editor and author of short stories. While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as slipstream or magic realism: a combination of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and realism...
and Gavin GrantGavin GrantGavin J. Grant is a science fiction editor and writer. He runs Small Beer Press along with his wife Kelly Link. In addition, he has been the editor of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet since 1996 and, from 2003 to 2008, was co-editor of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series along with... - "Best New Horror": The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Seventeen (2006), ed. Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
- "The Cape": Horror: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition (2006), ed. John Gregory BetancourtJohn Gregory BetancourtJohn Gregory Betancourt is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels as well as short stories. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales magazine, the first issue of H. P...
and Sean WallaceSean WallaceSean A. Wallace is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher.-Career:Wallace began publishing fiction in 1997, when he launched Cosmos Books, with Philip Harbottle. Their début title, Fantasy Annual, was an anthology of British authors including E.C. Tubb, John Russell Fearn,... - "Thumbprint": The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Nineteen (2008), ed. Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
- "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead": The Living Dead (2008), ed. John Joseph AdamsJohn Joseph AdamsJohn Joseph Adams is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and critic. He is the editor of the anthologies Federations , The Living Dead , The Living Dead 2 , Seeds of Change , Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse John Joseph Adams (born 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy...
- "20th Century Ghost": Poe's Children: The New Horror (2008), ed. Peter StraubPeter StraubPeter Francis Straub is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in...
- "Pop Art": American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009), ed. Peter StraubPeter StraubPeter Francis Straub is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in...
- "Abraham’s Boys": By Blood We Live (2009), ed. John Joseph AdamsJohn Joseph AdamsJohn Joseph Adams is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and critic. He is the editor of the anthologies Federations , The Living Dead , The Living Dead 2 , Seeds of Change , Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse John Joseph Adams (born 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy...
- "20th Century Ghost": The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror (2010), ed. Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
- "My Father's Mask": Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror (2010), ed. Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
- "ThrottleThrottle (novella)Throttle is a novella written in co-authorship by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill. It was published in February 2009 by Gauntlet Press in a limited edition anthology honoring Richard Matheson entitled He Is Legend, and in a mass-market audiobook entitled Road Rage, also containing Matheson's...
" (with Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
): The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Twenty-One (2010), ed. Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
Miscellaneous credits
- "Pop Art" was reprinted in 2007 by Subterranean PressSubterranean PressSubterranean Press is a small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction...
as a chapbookChapbookA chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,...
featuring illustrations by Gahan WilsonGahan WilsonGahan Wilson is an American author, cartoonist and illustrator known for his cartoons depicting horror-fantasy situations...
. As well, 52 lettered (A-ZZ) hard covers and 150 numbered soft covered chapbooks were signed by Hill. - "Fanboyz", a comic script, was written for Spider-Man Unlimited 8 (2005). The story was illustrated by Seth FisherSeth FisherSeth Fisher was an American comic book artist and penciller.-Career:Seth Fisher first gained attention for his work on DC Comics' Green Lantern: Willworld, and was nominated for an Eisner Award for "Best Penciller/Inker" for Flash: Time Flies and Vertigo Pop! Tokyo.In 2005, Fisher pencilled the...
. - "The Saved", first published in The Clackamas Literary Review in 2001 and also as part of the bonus material included in the 2005 deluxe slipcased edition of 20th Century Ghosts20th Century Ghosts20th Century Ghosts is American author Joe Hill's first published book-length work. An anthology of short stories, it was first published in October 2005 in the United Kingdom and released in October 2007 in the United States.-Publication history:...
, was reprinted in December 2007 as part of PS PublishingPS PublishingPS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
's annual Holiday Chapbook series, available, free of charge, to subcribers of the quarterly magazine PostscriptsPostscriptsPostscripts is a quarterly Britishmagazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime fiction, first published in June 2004.Each issue is published in two editions: a regular newsstand-type edition and a signed, numbered, 150-copy hardcover edition. Beginning with Postscripts #14, it is a...
. - "Thumbprint", first published in Postscripts #10 in 2007, was reprinted as a chapbookChapbookA chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,...
in summer 2008 to accompany the anthology Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy published by Subterranean PressSubterranean PressSubterranean Press is a small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction...
.
External links
- 2010 Powells.com interview
- Personal website
- Review of 20th Century Ghosts by Gary Couzens
- Interview by John Joseph Adams - Part One and Part Two
- Joe Hill comments on the origins of the stories in 20th Century Ghosts
- February 2007 blog at Powells, featuring previously unpublished poetry and prose
- Read Heart-Shaped Box excerpt online
- Writer Joe Hill Talks to TFAW.com About Locke & Key From IDW
- Joe Hill reads from his novel Horns, March 4, 2010, San Francisco, Ca