I Love Joe Hill...

in the literary sense, not in the stalkery sense.
For those of you who don't know, Joe Hill's new book Horns came out on Tuesday, and I declare that you must run out and buy it. I did. If that's not reason enough for you, well fuck, what better reason than that do you need...ok, well I have a better reason for those of you who don't care for the last one that I gave you; Horns is AWESOME (don't make me bust out the AWESOME-O-METER to show you just how awesome, 'cause I will)! When I saw Joe Hill's tweet (yes I follow him on Twitter) on Tuesday saying that Horns hit the shelves that morning, I ran out on my break to grab it. Sorry Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter, you've been back burnered until I finish Horns, and that's saying something, 'cause Queen Vic was starting to get pretty good. Prince Albert just got kidnapped by a werewolf, that shit is gold, but alas it must wait.
I'm about half way trough Horns right now, and I don't want to put it down. I'm really digging it, in fact I don't even really want to be writing this right now, I'd rather be delving deeper into the book. To be totally honest, I kind of resented taking a shower today because, fuck knows, you can't read in the shower...now the bath on the other hand...shit! I should have said 'fuck showers' and taken a bath, reading and cleanliness combined! Again, I digress...(that seems to happen a lot...anyone else notice that?)...
Anyhoo, I highly recommend giving Joe Hill's other books a read too, Heart Shaped Box is a great novel. It's spooky and well written with great characters. 20th Century Ghosts is an awesome short story collection that spans horror, sci-fi, and has a little bit of heart break and comedy in there too. I absolutely loved all of the stories in the collection; partly because they're so well written, partly because they're all so different in genre and content and partly because I've got a big soft spot for the short story as an artform. By far the most though, I love his graphic novel series Locke & Key. The first two trades are out, and I promise that once you've read the first one you'll jump to the next and then be like me, waiting and longing for the next volume to come out.
Now, back to Horns...