Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill
ISBN-10: 0061147931
ISBN 13: 9780061147937
William Morrow
$24.95 Hardcover
February 2007

What's It About?

A collector of the bizarre, Jude Coyne knew he had to buy the ghost for sale on the Internet. But his new acquisition--delivered to his doorstep in a black heart-shaped box--is everywhere Jude turns, waiting with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from a bony hand.
Why Did He Write It?
“When I started to experiment more with stories that were surreal and fantastic, I felt more excited, involved, and morally invested. It's a good thing to let your freak flag fly, to follow your instincts and write what you want, not what you think other people would like.”--interview with Locus magazine
Who's Talking About It?
“Hill writes some of the best ghost stories I've read in years.”--Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners

“...the book has genuinely touching emotional moments as well as action-packed confrontations with the dead.”--Library Journal

“...a fast-paced plot that crackles with expertly planted surprises and revelations. Hill (20th Century Ghosts) gives his characters believably complex emotional lives that help to anchor the supernatural in psychological reality and prove that (as one character observes) 'horror was rooted in sympathy.' His subtle and skillful treatment of horrors that could easily have exploded over the top and out of control helps make this a truly memorable debut.”--Publishers Weekly, starred review
How Can I Promote It?
If they haven't figured it out from the author's photo, customers will be intrigued to discover that Joe Hill is the son of horror god Stephen King and author Tabitha King.