The tale of a young boy born in the village Sulle Scale. it is a village of steep hills and winding stone steps. The boy spends his days helping his father drag bricks up and down the mountain and upon his father’s death, then he begins lugging wine for an affluent dealer.
Still his life is empty and he is full of lust for his cousin Lithodora. His passion and jealously of the one who holds claim to Lithodora’s heart causes him to commit a horrible crime. In his flight he stumbles down one of the many hidden paths of the mountains, a path that leads deep into the earth and his darkest desires.
First publication: Stories, all New Tales
Date: 2009
Author(s): Joe Hill
Nomination(s): No
Movie: No
The books, magazines and/or collections in which these titles are also published:
· Stories, all New Tales (Mysterious Press)
· Horns (1ste US paperback)
· Stories, all New Tales (William Morrow)
· Full Throttle
The book/story is published with these cover(s):
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| 9780755336616 Paperback Headline Review 2009 |
9780755336609 Hardcover Headline Review 2010 |
Mysterious Book Shop New York Hardcover 2010 |
9780061230929 Hardcover William Morrow 2010 |
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| 9780061230936 Paperback William Morrow 2011 |
9780061147968 Paperback William Morrow 2011 |
– All covers Full Throttle – |
Information about edition(s):
· The Mysterious Book Shop New York edition had a print run of #250 signed limited, #26 lettered and there are #25 ‘presentation’ copies.
· The story also appears in the back of the first US paperback edition.
The story starts as follows:
I was
born in
Sulle Scale
the child of a
common bricklayer.
The
village
of my birth
nested in the
highest sharpest
ridges, high above
Positano, and in the
cold spring the clouds
crawled along the streets
like a procession of ghosts.
Other information:
· The Dark Tome started their audiodrame podcast with the story split in two episodes, read more about it here.
Nomination(s):
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Movie:
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