A masterful collection of thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including In The Tall Grass, one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, the basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.
A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in Faun.
A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind the wheel of an antique Bookmobile to deliver fresh reads to the dead in Late Returns.
In By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain, two young friends stumble on the corpse of a plesiosaur at the water's edge, a discovery that forces them to confront the inescapable truth of their own mortality... and other horrors that lurk in the water's shivery depths.
And tension shimmers in the sweltering heat of the Nevada desert as a faceless trucker finds himself caught in a sinister dance with a tribe of motorcycle outlaws in Throttle, co-written with Stephen King.
Featuring two previously unpublished stories, Full Throttle is a darkly imagined odyssey through the complexities of the human psyche. Hypnotic and disquieting, it mines our tormented secrets, hidden vulnerabilities, and basest fears.
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[THEY RODE WEST FROM THE SLAUGHTER, through the painted desert and did not stop until they were a hundred miles away - THROTTLE]***
(Gollancz, 10 October 2019, 480 pages, hardback, bought from @AmazonUK)
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So, I am a rabid fan of Joe Hill. He's right up there with his father, Stephen King in terms of greatness in my humble opinion. I suspected Joe Jill was King's son before it became public knowledge. I knew King's son's full name was Joseph Hillstrom King (I'm that kind of rabid fan). Also, some of his stories in 20th Century Ghosts reminded me of King. This collection is just as amazing as I expected it to be. The opening story, Throttle co-wrote with King blew my mind. I already have the e-book of In The Tall Grass and I loved re-visiting it. The best stories include Throttle, Dark Carousel, Late Returns and All I Care about Is You but to be honest I loved them all.
