Joe Hill
20th Century Ghosts

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Deluxe Slipcased Hardcover
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Deluxe Slipcase
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Trade Paperback
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First US Trade Edition
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Publisher(s)
PS Publishing (UK)
William Morrow (US)

Illustrator(s)/Artwork
Vincent Chong (UK)
Ervin Serrano (US cover design)

Awards

• Bram Stoker Award for Fiction Collection 2005
• British Fantasy Award for Best Collection 2006
• International Horror Guild Award for Best Collection 2006

Related Links
20th Century Ghosts (audio book)
Better Than Home (chapbook)
Voluntary Committal (chapbook)
Pop Art (chapbook)
The Saved (chapbook)
Postscripts, Issue 5 (magazine)

Book Information
Deluxe Slipcased Hardcover 2005
Glue Binding
Ribbon Page Marker
Cloth Bound Hardcover
Cloth Bound Slipcase
Signed by Joe Hill & Christopher Golden
Numbered, 200 copies
No. 108

Introduction by Christopher Golden
Acknowledgements by Joe Hill with the hidden story "Scheherazade's Typewriter"
Signature/Limitation Page
Book/Slipcase Image

No. of pages: 341
Size: 6 × 8.5 × 7/8 inches
ISBN: 1-904619-48-7
Price: $90.00

Trade Paperback 2005
Glue Binding
Paperback

Introduction by Christopher Golden
Acknowledgements by Joe Hill with the hidden story "Scheherazade's Typewriter"

No. of pages: 304
Size: 5 7/8 × 8.25 × 11/16 inches
ISBN: 1-904619-46-0
Price: £15 ($25.00)

First US Trade Edition 2007
- First Printing (one book)
- Later Printing (one book, w/signature)
Glue Binding
Cloth Bound Hardcover
Signed by Joe Hill (later printing, personalized)

Introduction by Christopher Golden
Acknowledgements by Joe Hill with the hidden story "Scheherazade's Typewriter"
Signature (dated 08, inscription, later printing)

No. of pages: 316
Size: 5.75 × 8.5 × 1 1/16 inches
ISBN: 978-0-06-114797-5
ISBN-10: 0-06-114797-4
Price: $24.95

This collection contains the following stories
Scheherazade's Typewriter (hidden story)
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 (US Trade Edition Only)
My Father's Mask
Voluntary Committal (novella)
Bonus Content - Deluxe Edition Only
The Black Phone: The Missing Chapter
The Saved
Story Notes


* Have Read the Book
Previous Readings
Web Link (Deluxe Edition)

Notes

  • There were 200 signed Deluxe Slipcased Hardcovers signed by Joe Hill & Christopher Golden, 500 Trade Hardcovers signed by Joe Hill, and 1,000 unsigned Trade Paperbacks published by PS Publishing
  • The Deluxe Slipcased Hardcover contains additional stories and extensive story notes from the author not found in the other editions.
  • This book was released in the US in 2007 by William Morrow with the additional story "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead," which was first published in the digest magazine Postscripts, Issue 5. The bonus content from the UK Deluxe Slipcased Hardcover was omitted in the US trade edition.
  • The signed trade edition came from a Joe Hill signing for the Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft hardcover release at Water Street Books, Exeter, NH 10/01/08

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