So with great anticipation, I dove headfirst into 20th Century Ghosts. First off I met Imogene, a beautiful young girl, obsessed with movies and movie stars... and well she should be. She is a ghost who haunts a movie theatre called the Rosebud in 1945. Okay Joe, you have my attention.

Later on "The Black Phone" rings, but is not hooked up. How could this be? Well, when you are locked in a horrible basement, where you know several children have been hideously murdered and you are scheduled to be the next victim, would you not answer the ominous peal? The peal that turns out to be a call from the dead.

Okay, Mr. Hill is doing great, no longer am I obsessed with his famous father. Stephen who? I say. This young man is a force all his own. Joe has written quite extensively it turns out, publishing in small, noir-type publications and recognized by many fans before this.

20th Century Ghosts received the Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award for best collection, while the story that closes the book, "Voluntary Committal," won the 2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.