In episode 24 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with one of today’s leading creators of scary literature, author Joe Hill—just in time for Halloween!
Hill is the bestselling author of the novels “The Fireman,” “NOS4A2,” “Horns,” “Heart-Shaped Box,” “Strange Weather,” and the acclaimed story collections “Full Throttle” and “20th Century Ghosts.” He is also the Eisner Award-winning writer of the seven-volume comic book series “Locke & Key.” Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including “Locke & Key,” “In the Tall Grass,” and “The Black Phone.”
Hill joins the show the discuss his first novel in nine years, “King Sorrow,” a sprawling, intercontinental tale of modern-world dangers, dark academia, and the unexpected consequences of revenge that follows six friends—one of whom works in a library—who dabble in the occult and are (unfortunately) successful when they call up an evil entity that demands human sacrifice in return for its services. He also gets into his favorite horror movies and novels, writing for comic books, seeing his work adapted by others, book bans, and of course, how he libraries.
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