Stephen King had a son?
Yes. In fact, King had two sons; and a daughter. Both sons, Joe (see below) and Owen (see: https://owen-king.com/ ) are writers. This post is about Joe Hillstrom King (aka. Joe Hill).
You’ll recognize the family resemblance in the photo below. But, damn, can Joe Hill write a mean ghost story!
The story goes he published this on his own without any influence from Stephen King which is commendable. So for, what, a decade? Joe Hill wrote on faith that his own talent would garner a name for himself.
And you know what? It did.
Hill is the very successful author of the novels The Heart-Shaped Box (scared the @%#* outta me); Horns (made into a great film starring Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe); a hauntingly clever take on the vampire novel, N0S4A2 (“Nosferatu”); and The Fireman (also made into a feature film).
I’m starting out with this story: “You Will Hear the Locusts Sing” (above photo), partly because I hate locusts. Then, there’s the Bible plague (yuk); and the Exorcist II where James Earl Jones plays that African prince who commands the dreaded things and the camera is on the little locust back of one of them in some ingenious new film technique as it flies across the continent and oceans as the demon Pazuzu!).
I’ve also heard a lot of good things about the story out on the grapevine. I’ll circle back and do a review of the collection! Hope you’ll pick up a copy and join me!
To read is to be.
Namaste.
Links
Joe’s Website
https://www.joehillfiction.com/#intro
Reviews
http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/20th-century-ghosts-by-joe-hill/
Interviews & Vids
The Sanguine Woods 
Awesome! Never heard of Joe Hill, hopefully I find his work less disappointing than his dad’s
I’m definitely in the mood for some good horror lately
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