{"id":102,"date":"2018-10-07T17:13:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T17:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2018-11-11T19:19:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T19:19:46","slug":"short-myfathersmask","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/shorts\/short-myfathersmask\/","title":{"rendered":"Short | My Father’s Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jack’s mother is a storyteller, a game-player. On an impulsive trip out to the family lake house, she spins a macabre tale for Jack and his father – a tale that, as the weekend progresses, Jack finds more and more difficult to untangle from his family’s real life.<\/p>\n

First publication:<\/strong> 20th Century Ghosts
\nDate:<\/strong>\u00a02005
\nAuthor(s):<\/strong>\u00a0Joe Hill
\nNomination(s):<\/strong>\u00a0No
\nMovie:<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/p>\n

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The books, magazines and\/or collections in which these titles are also published:
\n<\/strong>\u00b7 The Year\u2019s Best Fantasy And Horror 2006, 19th Annual Collection
\n\u00b7 Best New Fantasy
\n\u00b7 Darkness: Two Decades Of Modern Horror<\/p>\n

The book\/story is published with these cover(s):
\n(Click image to see full cover)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All covers
\n20th Century Ghosts<\/a>
\n–
\n–<\/span><\/td>\n		9780312356156
\nHardcover
\nSt. Martin\u2019s Press
\n2006<\/td>\n		9780312356149
\nPaperback
\nSt. martin\u2019s Press
\n2006<\/td>\n		9780809556786
\nPaperback
\nPrime Books
\n2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9781892391957
\nPaperback
\nTachyon
\n2010<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Information about edition(s):
\n<\/strong>–<\/p>\n

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The story starts as follows:
\n<\/strong>On the drive to Big Cat Lake, we played a game. It was my mother\u2019s idea. It was dusk by the time we reached the state highway, and when there was no light left in the sky, except for a splash of cold, pale brilliance in the west, she told me they were looking for me.
\n\u2018They\u2019re playing-card people,\u2019 she said. \u2018Queens and kings. They\u2019re so flat they can slip themselves under doors. They\u2019ll be coming from the other direction, from the lake. Searching for us Trying to head us off. Get out of sight whenever someone comes the other way. Quick, get down. Here comes one of them now.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Other information:
\n<\/strong>–<\/p>\n

Nomination(s):<\/strong>
\n–<\/p>\n

Movie:
\n<\/strong>–<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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