“This may be your first encounter with a writer named Joe Hill, but it most certainly will not be the last. This remarkable, not-to-be missed debut collection may well herald the beginnings of a notable career! [Hill] has a knack for reviving the jaded sensibilities of the veteran horror reader [and] delivers the unexpected for those who have read plenty of ghost stories and think they know what to expect.”

- Fantasy Magazine

“I don’t remember when I’ve cared more about the fates of imaginary people! It’s a cliché in reviews of debut books to say so-and-so is a ‘writer to watch’. Instead, let me say Joe Hill is a writer to read, and one I hope to be reading for a long time.”

- Tim Pratt, Locus magazine

“20th Century Ghost” [is] one of the best short stories I have read in a long time! In a genre that all too often abandons itself to images of hate and destruction, Joe Hill makes things of beauty.”
- Cheryl Morgan, Emerald City

“It’s so rare that an author is able to come right out of the gate with such incredible talent, such a feel for storytelling, pacing and character development! From the first story, “Best New Horror,” all the way through to “Voluntary Committal,” [Hill] exhibits the kind of skill most writers struggle their whole lives to attain.”
- Johnny Butane, Dreadful News

You can check out the complete Emerald City review here, and The Dreadful News review here.

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