{"id":348,"date":"2018-10-07T22:45:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T22:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2021-03-10T19:22:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T19:22:27","slug":"short-20thcenturyghost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/shorts\/short-20thcenturyghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Short | 20th Century Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Rosebud Theatre is an old style\u00a0movie palace, haunted by the semi-legendary spirit of a young woman. The girl died during a screening of\u00a0The Wizard of Oz, appears infrequently throughout the Twentieth Century, and occasionally starts conversations with a select few moviegoers. The story is told by Alec Sheldon, the theatre owner, who worries about his approaching mortality and what will happen to the Rosebud after he retires.<\/p>\n

First publication:<\/strong> The High Plains Literary Review Volume XVII, issue 1-3
\nDate:<\/strong>\u00a02002
\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 The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 14
\n\u00b7 20th century Ghosts
\n\u00b7 Poe\u2019s Children: The New Horror: An Anthology Peter Straub
\n\u00b7 The Mammoth Book Of The Best Of Best New Horror
\n\u00b7 The Very Best Of Best New Horror
\n\u00b7 Phantoms:\u00a0Haunting Tales From Masters Of The Genre<\/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\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–<\/span>
\nPaperback
\n2002
\n–<\/span><\/td>\n		9780786712373
\nUS paperback
\nRunning Press
\n2003<\/td>\n		9781841197944
\nUK Paperback
\nRobinson
\n2003<\/td>\n		9780385522830
\nHardcover
\nDoubleday
\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9780307386403
\nPaperback
\nAnchor Books
\n2009<\/td>\n		9780762438419
\nUS Paperback
\nRunning Press
\n2010<\/td>\n		9781849013048
\nUK Paperback
\nRobinson
\n2010<\/td>\n		All covers
\n20th Century Ghosts<\/a>
\n–
\n–\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9780979505485
\nS\/L Hardcover
\nEarthling Publications
\n2011<\/td>\n		9780979505485
\nDeluxe Hardcover
\nEarthling Publications
\n2011<\/td>\n		9781785657948
\nPaperback
\nTitan Books
\n2018<\/td>\n		9781786365828
\nPaperback
\nDrugstore Indian Press
\n2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9781735664408
\nPaperback
\nPlaid Dragon Publishing
\n2020<\/td>\n		9781789093582
\nPaperback
\nTitan Books
\n2021<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Information about edition(s):
\n<\/strong>\u00b7\u00a0The Very Best Of Best New Horror was in #300 signed by Stephen Jones and #200 signed by all in slipcase and leatherbound.<\/p>\n

\n

The story starts as follows:
\n<\/strong>The best time to see her is when the place is almost full.
\nThere is the well-known story of the man who wanders in for a late show, and finds the vast six-hundered-seat theatre almost deserted. Halfway through the movie, he glances around and discovers her sitting next to him, in a chair that only moments before had been empty. Her witness stares at her. She turns her head and stares back. She has a nosebleed. Her eyes are wide, stricken.\u00a0My head hurts,\u00a0she whispers.<\/p>\n

\n

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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