Gosh, innit quiet..

....in here! Currently reading - "Heart Shaped Box" by Joe Hill. Really
well-paced story, and a very good first novel from this up-and-coming
author. From the blurb:

"Buy my stepfather's ghost," said the email. So Jude did.

When Judas Coyne heard someone was selling a ghost on the internet, he
knew it was perfect for his collection of the macabre: the cannibal's
cookbook, the witch's confession, the authentic snuff movie. For an
ageing death-metal-rock-God, buying a poltergeist almost qualifies as a
business expense. Besides, Jude thought he knew all about ghosts. He's
been haunted for years by the spirits of bandmates dead and gone, the
spectre of the abusive father he fled as a child, and the memory of the
suicidal girl he abandoned.

But this ghost is different. Delivered to his doorstep in a black
heart-shaped box, the latest addition to Jude's collection makes the house
feel cold. It makes the dogs bark. And it means to chase Jude from his
home and make him run for his life...

This is an excellent "road movie" type of novel, and Hill has proved to be
very much his father's son, even in his first book. In case you didn't
know, in what must be the worst-kept secret in publishing, (it was leaked
about five minutes after the book's release) Hill's father is Steven King.

Cheers,
Pete.

"Pete Wilcox" wrote in message

> ...in here! Currently reading - "Heart Shaped Box" by Joe Hill. Really
> well-paced story, and a very good first novel from this up-and-coming
> author. From the blurb:
>
> "Buy my stepfather's ghost," said the email. So Jude did.
>
> When Judas Coyne heard someone was selling a ghost on the internet, he
> knew it was perfect for his collection of the macabre: the cannibal's
> cookbook, the witch's confession, the authentic snuff movie. For an
> ageing death-metal-rock-God, buying a poltergeist almost qualifies as a
> business expense. Besides, Jude thought he knew all about ghosts. He's
> been haunted for years by the spirits of bandmates dead and gone, the
> spectre of the abusive father he fled as a child, and the memory of the
> suicidal girl he abandoned.
>
> But this ghost is different. Delivered to his doorstep in a black
> heart-shaped box, the latest addition to Jude's collection makes the house
> feel cold. It makes the dogs bark. And it means to chase Jude from his
> home and make him run for his life...
>
> This is an excellent "road movie" type of novel, and Hill has proved to be
> very much his father's son, even in his first book. In case you didn't
> know, in what must be the worst-kept secret in publishing, (it was leaked
> about five minutes after the book's release) Hill's father is Steven King.
>
> Cheers,
> Pete.

Hi Pete. Very quiet in here. I check every day and no one is around.

This Hill's book certainly sounds like some of his father's strangeness.
Like father like son?

Received and began reading Dean's latest Frankenstein, Lost Souls, today. I
had wondered how he was going to continue this story. Will soon find out
but so far seems a bit fantastical that all of the characters have migrated
to California and Montana from New Orleans. At any rate, I do still enjoy
Dean's way with words.

Piper