Ces treize histoires au suspense fantastique, dont deux co-écrites avec Stephen King, dissèquent les aléas de l'existence humaine, pour notre plus grand plaisir de lecture, même si la terreur n'est jamais loin. Les animaux d'un ancien carrousel rendent une ultime sentence ; un chauffeur sans visage entame une danse macabre avec des motards hors-la-loi ; le propriétaire d'une chaîne de cafés qui grignote peu à peu les petits commerces se retrouve au milieu de loups ; un homme désespéré décide de conduire un vieux bibliobus pour fournir des lectures aux morts ; les passagers d'un avion assistent en direct au déclenchement de la Troisième Guerre mondiale... L'auteur nous embarque dans une odyssée troublante au coeur de la psyché humaine.
Avec Le Carrousel infernal, Joe Hill vient sonder nos secrets et nos tourments les plus profonds, et apporte une fois de plus la preuve de son immense talent.
Histoires troubles Finney sait qu'il n'en a plus pour longtemps. Le taré qui l'a kidnappé et jeté dans cette cave n'en est pas à son coup d'essai : plusieurs adolescents ont disparu ces derniers mois. Le voilà enfermé dans un sous-sol obscur, avec pour seule compagnie un vieux matelas crasseux, une cuvette de toilettes et... un téléphone. Un antique téléphone mural à cadran, dont les fils, sectionnés, ne vont nulle part. Un téléphone qui se met à sonner. Glaçantes, effrayantes ou simplement d'un noir d'encre, les quinze nouvelles de ce recueil ne se contentent pas de renouveler la grande tradition du fantastique, elles confirment la naissance d'un écrivain dont on entendra parler, à coup sûr, dans les années à venir...
Quand Victoria enfourche son vélo et passe sur le vieux pont derrière chez elle, elle retrouve ce qui a été perdu. Charles possède également un don particulier. Grâce à sa vieille Rolls Royce, il peut emmener les enfants vers un parc d'attractions où Noël est fêté tous les jours. Lorsque Victoria et Charles s'affrontent, ils basculent en plein cauchemar.
Personne ne sait exactement quand et où tout a commencé. Sur le corps des individus contaminés apparaissent des tatouages mordorés qui s'embrasent, causant la mort par combustion. Boston, Detroit, Seattle ont déjà basculé dans le chaos. Il n'existe aucun antidote. Lorsque Harper, infirmière dévouée et bienveillante, découvre les premières marques sombres sur sa peau, elle vient d'apprendre qu'elle est enceinte. Paniqué, son mari fuit.
Dans un monde en ruine, où de petites communautés se forment et des milices traquent les malades pour les exterminer, Harper est secourue par un homme capable de contrôler ce feu intérieur. Mais l'infirmière ne dispose que de peu de temps pour percer le secret de l'homme-feu, avant qu'elle et son enfant ne soient réduits en cendres...
Dans cette fable pré-apocalyptique vertigineuse, Joe Hill explore la part obscure de l'homme et sa formidable puissance de vie.
Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Antoine Chainas.
Avec ce nouveau recueil, Joe Hill nous propose quatre récits horriblement addictifs et délicieusement dérangeants, qui allient l'angoisse au surnaturel et le thriller au drame apocalyptique.
Instantané : Dans la Silicon Valley, en 1988, un adolescent inventif se retrouve traqué par un homme armé d'un appareil photo Polaroid capable d'e acer les souvenirs.
Chargé : Dans une ville de Floride, un agent de sécurité d'un centre commercial, qui a prétendument arrêté une fusillade de masse, devient un héros du mouvement de défense des armes à feu. Mais à la lueur des projecteurs, son histoire commence à se déliter, emportant sa santé mentale avec elle.
Là-haut : La première tentative de saut en parachute d'un homme tourne mal quand il atterrit sur un mystérieux nuage, étrangement solide, qui semble animé par son propre esprit.
Pluie : Par une journée ordinaire, à Boulder, dans le Colorado, un orage éclate et déclenche une averse d'aiguilles de cristal mortelle.
Peu à peu, cette pluie apocalyptique s'étend à travers le monde...
USA, état du New Hampshire. Ignatius Perrish avait tout pour être heureux : une famille riche et heureuse, un avenir tout tracé. Mais il y a un an, sa fiancée, Merrin Williams, est retrouvée morte. Depuis, Ignatius sombre dans le désespoir, noie son chagrin dans l'alcool, accumule les aventures sans lendemain. Jusqu'au jour où des cornes lui poussent sur la tête. La surprise passée, il découvre que ces deux appendices lui donnent le pouvoir de faire avouer l'inavouable aux gens qu'il croise.
Don macabre ou coup de pouce du diable ? L'assassin de Merrin n'a plus qu'à prier pour ne pas croiser son chemin !
In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.
Imogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She''s also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater. Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. It''s hard to make friends when you''re the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesn''t have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but that''s behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected...but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead... Meet these and a dozen more, in 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, irresistible, addictive fun showcasing a dazzling new talent.
Four short novels from the author of THE FIREMAN and HORNS, ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society. One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails, splinters of bright crystal that tear apart anyone who isn't safely under cover. 'Rain' explores this escalating apocalyptic event, as clouds of nails spread out across the country and the world. Amidst the chaos, a girl studying law enforcement takes it upon herself to resolve a series of almost trivial mysteries . . . apparently harmless puzzles that turn out to have lethal answers. In 'Loaded' a mall security guard heroically stops a mass shooting and becomes a hero to the modern gun movement. Under the hot glare of the spotlights, though, his story begins to unravel, taking his sanity with it... 'Snapshot, 1988' tells the story of an kid in Silicon Valley who finds himself threatened by The Phoenician, a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid that can steal memories... And in 'Aloft' a young man takes to the skies to experience parachuting for the first time . . . and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero's island of roiling vapour that seems animated by a mind of its own.
Step into the world of HORNS, by NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling author Joe Hill and read this relentless supernatural thriller before you see the stunning film adaptation starring Daniel Radcliffe!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist! A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imaginative, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman , Joe Hill. "One of America's finest horror writers" ( Time magazine), Joe Hill has been hailed among legendary talents such as Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, and Jonathan Lethem. In Strange Weather , this "compelling chronicler of human nature's continual war between good and evil," ( Providence Journal-Bulletin ) who "pushes genre conventions to new extremes" ( New York Times Book Review ) deftly expose the darkness that lies just beneath the surface of everyday life. "Snapshot" is the disturbing story of a Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself threatened by "The Phoenician," a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid Instant Camera that erases memories, snap by snap. A young man takes to the skies to experience his first parachute jump. . . and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero's island of roiling vapor that seems animated by a mind of its own in "Aloft." On a seemingly ordinary day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails--splinters of bright crystal that shred the skin of anyone not safely under cover. "Rain" explores this escalating apocalyptic event, as the deluge of nails spreads out across the country and around the world. In "Loaded," a mall security guard in a coastal Florida town courageously stops a mass shooting and becomes a hero to the modern gun rights movement. But under the glare of the spotlights, his story begins to unravel, taking his sanity with it. When an out-of-control summer blaze approaches the town, he will reach for the gun again and embark on one last day of reckoning. Masterfully exploring classic literary themes through the prism of the supernatural, Strange Weather is a stellar collection from an artist who is "quite simply the best horror writer of our generation" (Michael Koryta).
Now a Netflix original series! The graphic novel The A.V. Club named a "modern masterpiece," Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times- bestselling author Joe Hill ( The Fireman , Heart-Shaped Box ) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder--with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez --that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it. The epic begins here: Welcome to Lovecraft . Following their father's gruesome murder in a violent home invasion, the Locke children return to his childhood home of Keyhouse in secluded Lovecraft, Massachusetts. Their mother, Nina, is too trapped in her grief--and a wine bottle--to notice that all in Keyhouse is not what it seems: too many locked doors, too many unanswered questions. Older kids Tyler and Kinsey aren't much better. But not youngest son Bode, who quickly finds a new friend living in an empty well and a new toy, a key, that offers hours of spirited entertainment. But again, all at Keyhouse is not what it seems, and not all doors are meant to be opened. Soon, horrors old and new, real and imagined, will come ravening after the Lockes and the secrets their family holds. Locke & Key, Vol. 1 features an introduction by Robert Crais , author of the bestselling Elvis Cole series of crime novels.
Now a Netflix original series! This new edition collects all six volumes of the critically acclaimed series into one massive compendium. Named a "modern masterpiece" by The A.V. Club , Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times -bestselling author Joe Hill ( The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box , NOS4A2 ) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder--with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez--that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it. Following their father's gruesome murder in a violent home invasion, the Locke children return to his childhood home of Keyhouse in secluded Lovecraft, Massachusetts. Their mother, Nina, is too trapped in her grief--and a wine bottle--to notice that all in Keyhouse is not what it seems: too many locked doors, too many unanswered questions. Older kids Tyler and Kinsey aren't much better. But not youngest son Bode, who quickly finds a new friend living in an empty well and a new toy, a key, that offers hours of spirited entertainment. But again, all at Keyhouse is not what it seems, and not all doors are meant to be opened. Soon, horrors old and new, real and imagined, will come ravening after the Lockes and the secrets their family holds.
Joe Hill''s award-winning story collection, originally published as 20 th Century Ghosts , featuring "The Black Phone," soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions Jack Finney is thirteen, alone, and in desperate trouble. For two years now, someone has been stalking the boys of Galesberg, stealing them away, never to be seen again. And now, Finney finds himself in danger of joining them: locked in a psychopath''s basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children. With him in his subterranean cell is an antique phone, long since disconnected . . . but it rings at night anyway, with calls from the killer''s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn''t happen to Finney. "The Black Phone" is one of fifteen stories in Joe Hill''s first story collection, originally published as 20th Century Ghosts --the inventive and chilling compendium that established this award-winning, critically acclaimed, and bestselling author as "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" ( Washington Post ).
Now a Netflix Original Series! Named a "modern masterpiece" by The A.V. Club , the crticially-acclaimed series Locke & Key takes on new life in a reformatted hardcover collection. Volume 1 features the first two story arcs, Welcome to Lovecraft and Headgames , with all-new cover art and design by co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez. Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill ( The Fireman , Heart-Shaped Box ) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder--with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez --that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it. The epic begins here: Welcome to Lovecraft .
Now a Netflix Original Series! Named a "modern masterpiece" by The A.V. Club , the crticially-acclaimed series Locke & Key takes on new life in a reformatted hardcover collection. The end is here! Volume 3 features the fifth and sixth L&K arcs, Clockworks and Alpha & Omega , with all-new cover art and design by co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez.
Now a Netflix original series! Unlock the mysteries of Keyhouse! The extraordinary tale of the Locke family is collected in its entirety in this handsome slipcase set. Includes all six softcover volumes of the Locke & Key series. Named a "modern masterpiece" by The A.V. Club , Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times- bestselling author Joe Hill ( The Fireman , Heart-Shaped Box ) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder--with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez --that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it.
Now a Netflix Original Series! Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times- bestselling author Joe Hill concludes his Eisner-winning story of dark fantasy and wonder. It took two lifetimes and countless victimes, but Lucas "Dodge" Caravaggio has his terrible prize at last: the key which will open The Black Door. Disguised in the form of little Bode Locke, Dodge descends into the Drowning Cave, to throw back the door and release the demons on the other side. Those who have stood against him for so long--Tyler, Kinsey, Scot, Nina, Rufus, and all the rest--take their places as the final tragedy unfolds... a confrontation between decency and hate in the caverns a hundred feet beneath Keyhouse, at the threshold of an evil kept for generations under lock and key.
Christmasland : un nom de parc d'attractions propre à faire briller les yeux des enfants, n'est-ce pas ? Et si je vous dis que, pour quelques billets, ce rêve est à vous ? Allez, plongez ! C'est tous les jours Noël !
Après le succès de Locke & Key, Joe Hill explore nos plus noirs cauchemars : rapts d'enfants, tueurs psychopathes et voyages sans issue. N'espérez pas passer un bon moment en famille à Christmasland : la mort est tapie dans l'ombre de la grande roue, derrière le stand de barbe à papa. Et les enfants martyrisés qui y sont reclus feront payer de leur sang les malheureux qui s'y aventurent. Surtout s'ils ont quelque chose sur la conscience...
Un scénario inédit dans l'univers du roman Nosfera2, suivi d'une nouvelle.
Qui n'a pas rêvé de s'élancer dans les airs ?
De détenir d'extraordinaires pouvoirs ?
Mais qu'arriverait-il si ce rêve se réalisait ?
Eric est un homme brisé. Depuis l'accident tragique qui a bouleversé sa vie, à huit ans, et lui a arraché ses rêves de grandeur, rien n'a plus de sens. Si seulement il remettait la main sur la cape de son enfance, l'impossible serait à portée de main. Il pourrait s'envoler vers le ciel... et assouvir enfin ses désirs de vengeance.
