Thursday, August 8, 2013

Horns

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!

1 comment:

  1. 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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