The supernatural is making a strong come-back, and this is a perfect moment for a creepy and fresh kind of ghost story Superb, high-concept, claustrophobic thriller HEART-SHAPED BOX has great mainstream and horror appeal: a cross between THE BITCH GODDESS NOTEBOOK, Nick Cave and a road movie! A highly talented debut author who combines a wonderfully literary voice with excellent characterisation and driving plot, an author who is set to go from strength to strength Joe Hill's first collection, TWENTIETH CENTURY GHOSTS, is attracting enormous critical acclaim

Joe Hill is past recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship and the winner of the A.E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize. His short fiction has appeared in literary, mystery and horror collections and magazines in Britain and America.