{"id":5323,"date":"2023-09-08T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/?page_id=5323"},"modified":"2024-12-14T12:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:29:24","slug":"short-asignofthetimes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/shorts\/short-asignofthetimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Short | A Sign of the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5333\" src=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Asignofthetimes-152x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Asignofthetimes-152x200.jpg 152w, https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Asignofthetimes.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Girl trouble got you down? Do bigger guys kick sand in your face? You don\u2019t have to take it anymore! All you need to turn your life around is a positive mental attitude, an open mind&#8230; and an Elder Sign burned into your right hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The nastiest spells from the\u00a0<em>Necronomicon<\/em>\u00a0are all over the Internet and personal growth has never been easier. In this new era, rock hard abs, explosive earnings, and better, longer sex are all on offer; one need only learn a few arcane symbols and offer their soul to Father Dagon.<\/p>\n<p>Our kid Chester Swallow has had it up to here with his lousy job at the drive-thru and his rotten luck with the ladies. After watching a few how-to videos starring his favorite online influencer, he\u2019s ready to take the plunge and sear an Elder Sign into his open palm. It\u2019s a gutsy life choice and now things are going to change for Chester faster than you can say\u00a0<strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Ph<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>nglui mglw<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>nafh Cthulhu<\/strong><strong>\u00a0R\u2019lyeh wgah\u2019nagl fhtagn!!!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First publication:<\/strong> Subterranean Press free e-book<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> 2023<br \/>\n<strong>Author(s):<\/strong>\u00a0Joe Hill<br \/>\n<strong>Nomination(s):<\/strong>\u00a0No<br \/>\n<strong>Movie:<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The books, magazines and\/or collections in which these titles are also published:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Broadside by Subterranean Press<\/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=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Asignofthetimes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5333 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Asignofthetimes-152x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Asignofthetimes-152x200.jpg 152w, https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Asignofthetimes.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/s_Asignofthetimes_Broadside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5423 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/s_Asignofthetimes_Broadside-157x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/s_Asignofthetimes_Broadside-157x200.jpg 157w, https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/s_Asignofthetimes_Broadside.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">97816452<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">40747<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nEbook<br \/>\nSubterranean Press<br \/>\n2023<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\">#274<br \/>\nBroadside<br \/>\nSubterranean Press<br \/>\n2024<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Information about edition(s):<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 There is also a lettered run of SupPress&#8217; broadside of #26.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The story starts as follows:<br \/>\n<\/strong>After the\u00a0<em>Necronomicon<\/em> was uploaded to Creative Commons, a lot of bad shit went down&#8230; and I&#8217;m not talking about Omaha disappearing into perpetual, everlasting night or that thing where wives in Dayton began eating their husbands. Dayton is not my problem. I mean in my personal life, shit&#8217;s been fucked up ever since and I don&#8217;t see things getting any better for your friend Chester Swallow anytime soon.<br \/>\nEverything could&#8217;ve been different if only Ashley didn&#8217;t break up with me right before Abdul Alhazred&#8217;s <em>Book of the Dead<\/em> hit the Internet. Ip ut safety pins through my nipples, just to prove I could be Goth for her, and suddenly she wipes off her eyeshadow, starts listening to Taylor Swift, and says, sorry Chester, she&#8217;s fallen for this kid named Brett who works at Sunglass Hut, because he&#8217;s &#8220;upbeat&#8221; and &#8220;positive&#8221; and &#8220;runs for charity.&#8221; My left nipple picked up an infection and wound up so swollen and sore I had to get on antibiotics.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Other information:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nomination(s):<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Movie:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girl trouble got you down? Do bigger guys kick sand in your face? You don\u2019t have to take it anymore! All you need to turn your life around is a positive mental attitude, an open mind&#8230; and an Elder Sign burned into your right hand. 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