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Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . . Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It... read more
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- Morris: Add a description of this character.
- Alec
- Finney
- Eddie
- Bobby
- Carroll
- Harriet
- Max
- Wyatt
- Rudy
- Francis
- Steven
- Killian
- Alinger
- Baxter
- Gage
- Mandy
- Noonan
- Mrs. Kutchner
- Mrs. Prezar
- Peter Kilrue
- Eric
- George Romero
- Angie
- Mr. Grace
- Harry Parcells
- Rudolf
- Jack
- Albert
- Nolan
- Ella
- Mrs. Badia
- Buddy
- Jim
- Susannah
- Bruce Yamada
- Mindy Ackers
- Cassius
- Savini
- Welkie
- Huey
- Dr. Faber
- Lois Weisel
- Melinda
- Imogene
- Luke
- Graham
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First Sentence edit
A month before his deadline, Eddie Carroll ripped open a manila envelope, and a magazine called The True North Literary Review slipped out into his hands.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction by Christopher Golden
Best New Horror
20th Century Ghost
Pop Art
You Will Hear the Locust Sing
Abraham's Boys
Better Than Home
The Black Phone
In the Rundown
The Cape
Last Breath
Dead-Wood
The Widow's Breakfast
Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead
My Father's Mask
Voluntary Committal
Acknowledgements
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joe Hill (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Raul Fernandes (Cover Artist)
- Fernanda Abreu (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 978-1904619475
Page Count: 341
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 978-1904619475
Page Count: 341
Awards edit
- IAFA William L Crawford Fantasy Award (2006)
- Bram Stoker Award (2005: Collection)
- Bram Stoker
- Tähtifantasia Award (Finalist, 2010, shortlisted)
- World Fantasy Award (2006: Collection, Nominee)
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- Dewey: 813.6
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