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…
First publication: The 3rd Alternative #39 Autumn
Date: 2004
Author(s): Joe Hill
Nomination(s): No
Movie: The Black Phone
The books, magazines and/or collections in which these titles are also published:
· 20th Century Ghosts
· Four Ghosts
· Suntup limited edition
The book/story is published with these cover(s):
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| Magazine TTA Press 2004 |
All covers 20th Century Ghosts – |
Hardcover Cemetery Dance 2012 |
Leatherbound Traycased Cemtery Dance 2012 |
Information about edition(s):
· Four Ghosts was made especially for members of the Cemetery Dance Collectors Club 3.0 and had a run of #656 and #52 lettered.
Suntup Edition:
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| Classic Edition 9781954848979 Signed: Joe Hill and Reiko Murakami 2025 |
Numbered Edition 9781954848986 Signed: Hill, Murakami and C. Robert Cargill 2025 |
Lettered Edition 9781954848993 Signed: Hill, Murakami and C. Robert Cargill 2025 |
Information about edition(s):
· The Classic is limited to #750, Numbered #250 and the Lettered #26.
· More info here at Suntup Editions.
The story starts as follows:
The fat man on the other side of the road was about to drop his groceries. He had a paper bag in each arm, and was struggling to jam a key into the back door of his van. Finney sat on the front steps of Poole’s Hardware, a bottle of grape soda in one hand, watching it all. The fat man was going to lose his groceries the moment he got the door open. The one in his left arm was already sliding free.
Other information:
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Nomination(s):
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Movie:
· The Black Phone (2022)