{"id":108,"date":"2018-10-07T17:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T17:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2019-05-07T23:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T23:46:00","slug":"short-thumbprint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/shorts\/short-thumbprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Short | Thumbprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1593\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvPostscripts10_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/>Private Mallory Grennan had done terrible things as an Abu Ghraib prison worker. After being discharged from the army, Mal thought she was leaving her sins behind to start a new life back home. But some things can&#8217;t be left behind &#8211; some things don&#8217;t want to be left behind!<\/p>\n<p><strong>First publication:<\/strong> Postscripts #10<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a02007<br \/>\n<strong>Author(s):<\/strong>\u00a0Joe Hill<br \/>\n<strong>Nomination(s):<\/strong>\u00a0No<br \/>\n<strong>Movie:<\/strong>\u00a0No<br \/>\n<strong>Comic:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/comics\/comic-thumbprint\/\">Thumbprint<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The books, magazines and\/or collections in which these titles are also published:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00b7\u00a0Subterranean Press chapbook<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 19<br \/>\n\u00b7 Full Throttle<\/p>\n<p><strong>The book\/story is published with these cover(s):<br \/>\n<em>(Click image to see full cover)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvPostscripts10_01fc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1593 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvPostscripts10_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1750 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NoImageAvailableForNow.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1750 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NoImageAvailableForNow.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvChapbookthumb_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1590 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvChapbookthumb_01fc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">9781905834815<br \/>\nHardcover<br \/>\nPS Publishing<br \/>\n2007<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">&#8211;<br \/>\nS\/L Hardcover<br \/>\nPS Publishing<br \/>\n2007<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">&#8211;<br \/>\nS\/L Hardcover slipcase<br \/>\nPS Publishing<br \/>\n2007<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">&#8211;<br \/>\nChapbook<br \/>\nSubterranean Press<br \/>\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1750 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NoImageAvailableForNow.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1750 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NoImageAvailableForNow.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvfullcovermissing_ThumbprinthBestNew19_01fc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1594\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvmammoth19_01-132x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvmammoth19_01-132x200.jpg 132w, https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kvmammoth19_01.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kvThumbBestNew19uk_01fc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2343 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kvThumbBestNew19uk_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">&#8211;<br \/>\nS\/L Chapbook<br \/>\nSubterranean Press<br \/>\n2008<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">&#8211;<br \/>\nHardcover Chapbook<br \/>\nSubterranean Press<br \/>\n2008<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">9780762433971<br \/>\nUS Paperback<br \/>\nRunning Press<br \/>\n2008<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">9781845298333<br \/>\nUK Paperback<br \/>\nRobinson<br \/>\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1750 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NoImageAvailableForNow.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; 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