Joe Hill Shows His 'Horns'

Monday, 18 January 2010 00:00

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Source: HarperCollins Joe Hill is back in business! After a successful debut with his award-winning collection, '20th Century Ghosts,' followed up by the stunning 'The Heart-Shaped Box,' horror's newest royal is unveiling his latest psychological and supernatural suspense novel, Horns on February 16th. Harper Collins, gives us a taste...

Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.

At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief. He had spent the last year in a lonely, private purgatory, following the death of his beloved, Merrin Williams, who was raped and murdered under inexplicable circumstances. A mental breakdown would have been the most natural thing in the world. But there was nothing natural about the horns, which were all too real.

Once the righteous Ig had enjoyed the life of the blessed: born into privilege, the second son of a renowned musician and younger brother of a rising late-night TV star, he had security, wealth, and a place in his community. Ig had it all, and more—he had Merrin and a love founded on shared daydreams, mutual daring, and unlikely midsummer magic.

But Merrin's death damned all that. The only suspect in the crime, Ig was never charged or tried. And he was never cleared. In the court of public opinion in Gideon, New Hampshire, Ig is and always will be guilty because his rich and connected parents pulled strings to make the investigation go away. Nothing Ig can do, nothing he can say, matters. Everyone, it seems, including God, has abandoned him. Everyone, that is, but the devil inside. . . .

Now Ig is possessed of a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look—a macabre talent he intends to use to find the monster who killed Merrin and destroyed his life. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. It's time for a little revenge. . . . It's time the devil had his due. . . .

'Horns' US & UK Covers

Mandalay Pictures has picked up film rights to adapt Horns for an upcoming release in 2011.

Joe Hill’s story collection, '20th Century Ghosts,' received the Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award for best collection, while the story that closes the book, “Voluntary Committal,” won the 2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.

Story Highlights

HarperCollins releases a preview of the cover for Joe Hill's upcoming Horns: A Novel.
The story follows Ignatius Perrish, who after the tragic death of a loved one begins growing a set of horns on his head. He possesses a terrible new talent he intends to use to find the monster who killed his love and destroyed his life.
The novel has been optioned for a film adaptation scheduled for 2011 by Mandalay Pictures.
Horns: A Novel arrives in stores February 16th.

Joe Hill | Photo By Shane Leonard

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