I loved Horns by Joe Hill. I saw that the movie is coming out in October, starring Daniel Radcliffe, and that intrigued me enough to pick up a copy. It starts out with a twenty-something guy waking up after a bad night of drinking to discover horns growing out of his head. When people come near him they can't help but bare their soul to him.I loved it; dark and creepy and suspenseful! I sat on the couch for hours today because I had to finish it, I had to know how it ended.
After finishing, I did a little search on the author (as I usually do when I love a book), and I found out he is THE SON OF STEPHEN KING! Whoa! He uses a pen name because he doesn't want to ride on the coat tails of his dad, and he doesn't need to! I can't wait to read more of his work, because clearly inherited one dark, crazy imagination!

I've read all of his stuff with the exception of NOS4A2 (haven't checked it out of the library yet) - all good stuff. Some creepy short stories in 20th Century Ghosts and Heart-Shaped box is a good horror novel. He also did something for a collection where he "live-tweeted" from inside a zombie circus. Very imaginative, creative, talented guy.
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