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    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead
    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead
    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead
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    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead

    By Joe Hill

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    Come one, come all. The show's about to begin. Step right up for the Circus of the Dead: where YOU are the concessions. #CircusoftheDead

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 6, 2013
    ISBN9780062293466
    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead
    Author

    Joe Hill

    Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award–winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), In the Tall Grass (Netflix), and The Black Phone (Blumhouse).

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    • 4/5
      Quite confusing. I don't understand the ending. What's it supposed to be?
    • 5/5
      This short story is told via the tweets of a teenage girl.

      I don't tweet, so when I discovered that this was to be the format of the story, I was not impressed.
      However, as I continued to read, the story reeled me in.

      A family is traveling towards home, coming back from vacation, when they see a sign for the Circus of the Dead. Who could let such an opportunity pass by? The family attends this circus which is startlingly realistic. Maybe TOO realistic.

      I loved the originality of this story which combines the technology of today with the fantastic story telling abilities of old. Highly recommended!
      (read 8.9.13)
    • 4/5
      This is the literary equivalent of a found footage movie. but it sticks with you when you're through.
    • 3/5
      That was creepy.
    • 3/5
      A VERY short story.
    • 4/5
      Yup a really fast read. I loved Wolverton Station and was hoping for the same. Not quite - short story, worth reading and in a way like Wolverton Station - unlikable main character and strange events that suddenly turn gory. But missing the humour of Wolverton Station and the final punch line.
    • 4/5
      I found this short story to be delightful and scary. It's narrated through a series of tweets from a snarky teenage girl with the appropriate amount of teenage angst. In short, it's just a Twitter feed.

      Things go from mundane to spooky to downright scary within the span of a short story. The ending is expected but that doesn't take away any of the charm or fun of this story.

      Excellent.
    • 4/5
      Told through a series of tweets, Twittering from the Circus of the Dead is a new take on the zombie story. Blake (Tyme2Waste, is a teenage girl documenting the torture of a road-trip vacation with her parents and brother on her Twitter feed. Things go from bad to worse as she fights with her mom and then her dad leaves the interstate and gets lost. The family pulls into the lot of the Circus of the Dead and decides to go in, despite the creepy factor, and violence and horror ensues.
    • 5/5
      I have to say when I first started reading Twittering from the Circus of the Dead my initial reaction was "WTF?". When I downloaded this short story I didn't read any of the reviews. I'm a huge King fan and a fan of Hill's as well, so I usually just buy their work and expect good things.This clever short zombie story written completely in the form of Tweets. I wasn't expecting that. The twitter feed is from an angsty teenage girl, Blake (TYME2WASTE), whose parents don't understand her. Blake is on a road trip with her parents and her younger brother. She tweets her random thoughts every few minutes, which are mostly complaints. As the story takes off, the tweets begin to get pretty scary. The family stops at a roadside attraction called The Circus of the Dead where things go from bad to worse. 7:02PM- 2 Mar from Tweetie TYME2WASTE We are driving up to something called the Circus of the Dead. The ticket guy looks REALLY sick. Not funny-sick. SICK-sick.What starts off as a bored teenage girl's Twitter feed, turns into a horrifying story. In my opinion, Hill nails the voice of Blake. He also builds the story's momentum just perfectly and this short story left me shocked, and satisfied. There's zombies in it. What more can you want?Hill's writing here is similar to King's in the way that he writes a scary story, but adds a bit of sarcastic humor when least expected. I like that. Very clever on Joe Hill's part. I really enjoyed this one and recommend it to fans of Hill's as well as Twitter fans who enjoy a scary story.Since this one is written in the form of Tweets, I don't think non-tweeting folk would like it. I may be wrong though. It does go to show how social media truly is a part of our lives, if stories are being written in the form of Twitter feeds. It makes sense that Joe Hill wrote this one in Tweet form. He's often on Twitter tweeting away.disclaimer:This review is my honest opinion. I did not receive any type of compensation for reading and reviewing this book. I bought my copy of Twittering from the Circus of the Dead.
    • 4/5
      A short story about a young girl on vacation with her family who accidently come across a zombie circus...delivered via twitter? Written by Joe Hill? What's not to love.
    • 2/5
      Decidedly an interesting short story, bloody, gory, makes you want to puke, as expected.And , as expected not his father's writing.

    Book preview

    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead - Joe Hill

    Twittering from

    the Circus of the Dead

    A Story

    Joe Hill

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    Contents

    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead

    An Excerpt from NOS4A2

    About the Author

    Books by Joe Hill

    Credits

    Copyright

    About the Publisher

    Twittering from the Circus of the Dead

    What is Twitter?

    Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? . . . Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the Web.

    —from twitter.com

    TYME2WASTE I’m only trying this because I’m so bored I wish I was dead. Hi Twitter. Want to know what I’m doing? Screaming inside.

    8:17 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE My, didn’t that sound melodramatic.

    8:19 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE Lets try this again. Hello Twitterverse. I am Blake and Blake is me. What am I doing? Counting seconds.

    8:23 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE Only about 50,000 more until we pack up and finish what is hopefully the last family trip of my life.

    8:25 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE It’s been all downhill since we got to Colorado. And I don’t mean on my snowboard.

    8:27 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE We were supposed to spend the break boarding and skiing but it’s too cold and won’t stop snowing so we had to go to plan B.

    8:29 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE Plan B is Mom and I face off in a contest to see who can make the other cry hot tears of rage and hate first.

    8:33 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE I’m winning. All I have to do to make Mom leave the room at this point is walk into it. Wait, I’m walking into the room where she is now . . .

    8:35 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE She’s such a mean bitch.

    10:11 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE @caseinSD, @bevsez, @harmlesspervo yay my real friends! I miss San Diego. Home soon.

    10:41 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE @caseinSD Hell no I’m not afraid Mom is going to read any of this. She’s never going to know about it.

    10:46 PM – 28 Feb from Tweetie

    TYME2WASTE After she made me

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