Affably Evil: Child murderer Al in "The Black Phone" acts like a fairly normal person most of the time, even to his captive.Accidental Hero: The reason Finney survives long enough to hear the phone ring is due to Al's brother being in the same house, preventing Al from killing him.Admiring the Abomination: When Francis becomes a giant locust in "You Will Hear the Locust Sing," everyone who sees him is terrified - except Francis' best friend, who just says, "Awesome!" For that matter, Francis' own reaction to his transformation is basically the same."Scheherazade's Typewriter": A daughter discovers that her dead father's typewriter is still writing stories."Voluntary Committal": A story of two brothers, one of whom is an Idiot Savant who builds vast cardboard forts that connect to different worlds."My Father's Mask": A family goes on a strange trip where everyone is forced to wear masks."Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead": Two ex-lovers meet each while working as extras on the set of George A."The Widow's Breakfast": A hobo comes across a good Good Samaritan."Last Breath": An old man runs a museum which contains the last breaths of various notable individuals.Years later, as a literal Basement-Dweller living with his mother, he finds the cape again. "The Cape": A young boy discovers that he can fly with the use of a cape, until he and his brother suffer severe injuries using it."In the Rundown": A videostore clerk discovers a grisly scene on a weedy dirt lane.Has been adapted into a feature film released in June 2022 later printings of the collection were released under the title The Black Phone to capitalize on this. "The Black Phone": A young boy is kidnapped by a child murderer and held in a basement with a mysterious black phone hanging on the wall."Better Than Home": About a troubled boy (strongly hinted to have autism) whose father manages the Boston Red Sox.
"Abraham's Boys": Set after Dracula, Abraham Van Helsing has moved to the United States and tries to teach the sons he fathered with Mina Harker about vampires."You Will Hear the Locust Sing": A young man wakes up and finds that he has turned into a giant insect."Pop Art": A young outcast befriends another boy who is made out of inflatable plastic."20th Century Ghost": An old-style movie theater is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who died there."Best New Horror": A jaded editor of an annual horror anthology discovers a disturbing short story and attempts to track down its elusive author.While the stories are predominately horror, there are some other genres as well. 20th Century Ghosts is a short story anthology written by Joe Hill.
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