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Just finished Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghosts. I only had one more story to go to finish it, so I don't know what was stopping me before. College started up about the time I began reading it, I guess, but now I have a lot of time to finish books each night I work.

The last story I read was Voluntary Committal, and man was it powerful. The story of two brothers, extra dimensions, and guilt, mixed in with the emotions of wanting to friends and being willing to do almost anything to attain them. There was a sense of magic in the air, but a tainted magic that warned you from the start: Don't go in there. Magic exists. Monsters are real.

My favorite stories are The Cape, Pop Art, and probably Voluntary Committal, but all of them are good. Joe switches up voices, perspectives, characters, and settings. You never know what to expect; you might have a clue, but you probably won't see the complete picture until all the pieces are in place. He is great about really diving into characters, making you care, and then ripping out your guts.

I've read other books by Joe Hill, like NOS4A2 and Heart Shaped Box, and he never disappoints. Give his work a chance. You will be glad you did.


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20th Century Ghosts Joe Hill Christopher Golden Books Reviews

One of the best short story collections I have ever read. Some of the stories even surpass his fathers level of genius. I cannot say enough good things about this collection.

The first classic although not the first story is " Pop Art". It is a story of the friendship of outcasts. Very reminiscent of his father's characters in "It". It will make you laugh and cry and is just one of the most beautiful stories. Other classics include " My Fathers Mask, Voluntary Committal and The Cape".
Holy crap, I loved this book. I'd already read Joe Hill's Locke & Key series, so I knew he was a phenomenal storyteller going in, but this collection of short stories (many of which are horror, but not all) was so captivating, I was torn between not wanting to put it down and wanting to delay reading the next story so it would never end.

Even the weakest stories in the bunch are quite good, and most of them invoke feelings of haunting creepiness or tender beauty, and the best ones manage to incorporate both of these feelings within their pages.

"Pop Art" has got to be one of the best short stories I have ever read. It was so delightfully surreal, I didn't know what to make of it until the last page. It's such an absurd conceit for a story, but Hill sells it so completely to the reader that he makes it work in ways that I expect few other authors could accomplish.

"My Father's Mask" gripped hold of my imagination and still has me wondering just what the hell was actually going on. I should be frustrated with my lack of understanding, but I am left only intrigued, my curiosity pining for more. I suspect that with a few close rereads, I'll decipher a few more clues, but I don't think we're really meant to understand everything, and that's somehow okay with me. More importantly, it makes me want to write stories of my own.

"Voluntary Committal", more a novella than a short story, was as wonderfully creepy as it was fascinating. Hill skillfully suggests just enough to make your imagination run wild with the ideas he's laid down for the reader. I wanted to be spoiled, to know everything about the interiors of the mysterious box forts this story is centered around, but I also realize that knowing more about them would detract from their spellbinding appeal.

YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK.

SERIOUSLY.

READ THIS BOOK.
When I first started reading this book, I had mixed feelings about it. Several of the early stories border on sci-fi/horror and are not really ghost stories. I still feel the title of this book is misleading. There are ghost stories in the book, but not many of them. However, there are some enjoyably creepy stories, especially in the second half of the book. Undeniably, the stories are all well-written, but if you are going after a book looking strictly for ghost stories, you won't find it here. My opinion of the stories rose as they crept away from the downright bizarre, such as a boy turning into a man-eating bug to those of the more quietly creepy and disturbing variety. I enjoyed the story "20th Century Ghost" the most, perhaps because it was an actual ghost story, but there were other disturbing tales, such as the story of a man who collects people's last breaths in jars, and a mentally disturbed brother who builds box forts that are more than they seem at first glance.
Just finished Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghosts. I only had one more story to go to finish it, so I don't know what was stopping me before. College started up about the time I began reading it, I guess, but now I have a lot of time to finish books each night I work.

The last story I read was Voluntary Committal, and man was it powerful. The story of two brothers, extra dimensions, and guilt, mixed in with the emotions of wanting to friends and being willing to do almost anything to attain them. There was a sense of magic in the air, but a tainted magic that warned you from the start Don't go in there. Magic exists. Monsters are real.

My favorite stories are The Cape, Pop Art, and probably Voluntary Committal, but all of them are good. Joe switches up voices, perspectives, characters, and settings. You never know what to expect; you might have a clue, but you probably won't see the complete picture until all the pieces are in place. He is great about really diving into characters, making you care, and then ripping out your guts.

I've read other books by Joe Hill, like NOS4A2 and Heart Shaped Box, and he never disappoints. Give his work a chance. You will be glad you did.