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3.8(30)

The Black Phone

From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story—from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.

Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .

Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .

Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .

John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .


Author:

  • Joe Hill

Narrator:

  • David Ledoux

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 48 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Short stories

3.8

30 ratings

Sam

2023-04-07

Overall good, enjoyed it but would’ve wanted more to the story mainly because it was interesting👍

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