{"id":333,"date":"2018-10-07T20:28:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T20:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/?page_id=333"},"modified":"2025-03-10T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:48:34","slug":"unpublished","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/unpublished\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpublished"},"content":{"rendered":"
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But Only The Darkness Loves Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two page fragment written with Stephen King. \u00a0Stored in box 1012 of the Raymond H. Fogler Library.<\/p>\n

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Midnight\u00a0Eats<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bUnpublished novel\u00a0written at age 13\/14\u00a0about a Satanic cult in a high school:<\/span><\/p>\n

Plucky boys at a private academy discover, during a late-night panty raid, that the dean is a Satanist, and that the Friday goulash served in the cafeteria is, in fact, made out of the ground-up bodies of missing students.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Greatests Gun<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bStory written in 1978.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paper Angels<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bUnpublished novel based on Nirvana\u2019s Polly written at college. A Cormac McCarthy pastiche that got Joe his agent Mickey Choate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Bones<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bUnpublished novel\u00a0written at age 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jonah Who Could<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u200bUnpublished novel written at age 18:<\/span><\/p>\n

Plucky barbarians lead a gang of desperate scholars on a late-night book raid into a magical library, where the goblin librarians will eat your soul if you return one of their tomes late.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span><\/span>Action Figure Obituaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written in his 20s. This was ‘published’ by Joe on his Tumblr 31 March 2013 (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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The Fear Tree<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unpublished novel written at age 24 of which parts were used in Horns:<\/p>\n

During a pogrom, a plucky young thief abandons his family to save himself and is blinded in his escape; after, he discovers he has acquired a very selective psychic power, a gift for knowing other people’s secret fears.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span><\/span>Indie Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Short story from 1999.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>You Have An Instant Message From Ted Bundy In Hell<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Short story ‘published’ on PowellsBooks blog on 6 February 2007 (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>The Briars<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Unpublished novel of which parts were used as basis for Locke & Key.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>The Evil Kites Of Dr. Lourdes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unpublished novel of which parts were used as basis for Locke & Key.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>The Bigger Bounce<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joe wrote parts of Elmore Leonard’s The Big Bounce as his own version as a writing exercise for Horns.<\/p>\n

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Fade Away<\/strong><\/p>\n

Movie script from 2013 written with his brother Owen King.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>The Bone Men<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unpublished story written as Joe King. Stored in box 2702 of the Raymond H. Fogler Library.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>The Surrealist’s Glass<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unpublished novel of which parts were used in Horns.<\/p>\n

Partially released as bonus material in the traycased signed limited edition of Horns.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>Dead Man’s Suit<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unpublished short story that eventually turned into Heart-Shaped Box.<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>Locke & Key Hulu pilot script<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joe wrote the script for the pilot and a couple of episodes for the planned Hulu series of Locke & Key (which unfortunately wasn’t picked up).<\/p>\n

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\u200b<\/span>Untitled<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unpublished short story about long-gone trees returning to haunt the places they had once stood which Joe submitted for a McSweeney’s writing contest.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Rabbit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unpublished short story.<\/p>\n

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Untitled<\/strong><\/p>\n

20 page pitch document describing scripts for 3 Doctor Who episodes.<\/p>\n

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Source: The JoeHillBibliography.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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