{"id":116,"date":"2018-10-07T17:16:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T17:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2019-05-07T23:46:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T23:46:38","slug":"short-devilonthestaircase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/shorts\/short-devilonthestaircase\/","title":{"rendered":"Short | The Devil On The Staircase"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"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.
\nStill 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.<\/p>\n

First publication:<\/strong> Stories, all New Tales
\nDate:<\/strong>\u00a02009
\nAuthor(s):<\/strong>\u00a0Joe Hill
\nNomination(s):<\/strong>\u00a0No
\nMovie:<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/p>\n

\n

The books, magazines and\/or collections in which these titles are also published:
\n<\/strong>\u00b7 Stories, all New Tales (Mysterious Press)
\n\u00b7 Horns\u00a0(1ste US paperback)
\n\u00b7 Stories, all New Tales (William Morrow)
\n\u00b7 Full Throttle<\/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
9780755336616
\nPaperback
\nHeadline Review
\n2009<\/td>\n		9780755336609
\nHardcover
\nHeadline Review
\n2010<\/td>\n		Mysterious Book
\nShop New York
\nHardcover
\n2010<\/td>\n		9780061230929
\nHardcover
\nWilliam Morrow
\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9780061230936
\nPaperback
\nWilliam Morrow
\n2011<\/td>\n		9780061147968
\nPaperback
\nWilliam Morrow
\n2011<\/td>\n		–<\/span>
\nAll covers
\nFull Throttle<\/a>
\n–<\/span><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Information about edition(s):
\n<\/strong>\u00b7\u00a0The Mysterious Book Shop New York edition had a print run of #250 signed limited, #26 lettered and there are #25 ‘presentation’ copies.
\n\u00b7 The story also appears in the back of the first US paperback edition.<\/p>\n

\n

The story starts as follows:
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was
\nborn in
\nSulle Scale
\nthe child of a
\ncommon bricklayer.<\/p>\n

The
\nvillage
\nof my birth
\nnested in the
\nhighest sharpest
\nridges, high above
\nPositano, and in the
\ncold spring the clouds
\ncrawled along the streets
\nlike a procession of ghosts.<\/p>\n

\n

Other information:
\n<\/strong>\u00b7 The Dark Tome started their audiodrame podcast with the story split in two episodes, read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nomination(s):<\/strong>
\n–<\/p>\n

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

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