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Echoes From the Hocker House
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ISBN10: 1957224177
ISBN13: 9781957224176
Publisher: Devil's Party Press
Published: Nov 20 2023
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781957224176
Publisher: Devil's Party Press
Published: Nov 20 2023
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Entrancing, edgy, and melodramatic tales with a palpable bite...Watts writes with a profound, confident voice.
KIRKUS REVIEWSCRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR ECHOES FROM THE HOCKER HOUSE... - CATEGORY FINALIST, 2024 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS
- 2024 DA VINCI EYE FINALIST
- 2024 FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARD WINNER (BRONZE)
KIRKUS REVIEWSCRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR ECHOES FROM THE HOCKER HOUSE... - CATEGORY FINALIST, 2024 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS
- 2024 DA VINCI EYE FINALIST
- 2024 FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARD WINNER (BRONZE)
- 2023 KIRKUS BEST INDIE BOOK SELECTION
- 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE Virgina Watts' multi-award-winning debut collection delivers the goods from cover to cover with 15 compelling short tales. Here's a taste of what's in store... In Dollhouse, young Deirdre survives a day sure to haunt her while serving as a source of strength, for when she visits a sickly, bed-ridden great uncle whose glass eye rests within a jar under his bed... watching Deirdre's every move.An old woman dressed in black mysteriously appears one morning in a rural coal mining town, shortly after a mine shaft collapse claims the lives of several local miners. Known as Queenie, she lives in an Airstream silver bullet trailer perched on the edge of Black Hawk Mountain. The locals believe she is the soul of their mountain, but why has she come?A group of neighborhood friends sets out to discover what 13-year-old Jeff actually witnessed after he swears to have seen weird Mr. Hocker pushing a dead body in a black garbage bag to the top of their street. Was Jeff's imagination playing tricks on him, or is something sinister afoot? The title story, The Hocker House, holds the answers. These and other unsettling stories-fifteen in all-await you. Table of Contents:
- 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE Virgina Watts' multi-award-winning debut collection delivers the goods from cover to cover with 15 compelling short tales. Here's a taste of what's in store... In Dollhouse, young Deirdre survives a day sure to haunt her while serving as a source of strength, for when she visits a sickly, bed-ridden great uncle whose glass eye rests within a jar under his bed... watching Deirdre's every move.An old woman dressed in black mysteriously appears one morning in a rural coal mining town, shortly after a mine shaft collapse claims the lives of several local miners. Known as Queenie, she lives in an Airstream silver bullet trailer perched on the edge of Black Hawk Mountain. The locals believe she is the soul of their mountain, but why has she come?A group of neighborhood friends sets out to discover what 13-year-old Jeff actually witnessed after he swears to have seen weird Mr. Hocker pushing a dead body in a black garbage bag to the top of their street. Was Jeff's imagination playing tricks on him, or is something sinister afoot? The title story, The Hocker House, holds the answers. These and other unsettling stories-fifteen in all-await you. Table of Contents:
Aerial View
The Bitterest Winter
The Echoes in Gleeva
Elias Wolf
Queenie
Homecoming
Dollhouse
Due North
Starscraper
The Shadows Outside
Mystery Box
August
The Hocker House
Scar
Just About There
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