Strange Weather: Four Short Novels (Hardcover)

from Randulf

I read one story a year on Halloween as tradition. The first story is quite excellent, the second is good but is a tenuous tie in to the theme of the collection. Pretty much everything of Joe's I've read has been gripping though. He's one of the few authors where I will always buy his next (horro...

from klarsenmd

I couldn't have been more thrilled to receive this book as part of the LT early reviewer program. Being quite a fan of Hill's other works I would have picked this one up as well, but was lucky enough to get the advanced copy. The fort short novels included were all well executed and grabbed hold ...

from flourgirl49

This is a collection of four short horror novels which are well-written and generally entertaining. I found "Loaded" to be the best, mainly because it ended in the worst possible way. Authors will rarely take this tack when ending a story, but I really appreciate it when they have the guts to do it.

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I've been reading a lot of Joe Hill lately. I've decided that, like his dad's work, I seem to prefer his shorter stories to the longer ones. As Hill himself said in the Afterword to Strange Weather, if all you ever write are epics, you risk becoming the bore at the dinner party. I listened to t...

from Stahl-Ricco

"Snapshot" - the Phoenician and his white Caddy and Solarid that takes thoughtographs. A good story that brought back a lot of 80's memories for me. My problem was the ending. I felt like the story was drawn out too far. It should have ended, in my opinion, after chapter 18 or 19. "Loaded" - inte...