Published by Lividian PublicationsPLEASE NOTE: As this title is published by another publisher I unfortunately can’t accept any discount codes I’m afraid.Lividian Publications is pleased to announce our signed and slipcased hardcover Limited Edition of
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, which has been designed as a companion volume to our special edition of
20th Century Ghosts.
This deluxe edition includes a brand-new foreword by Josh Malerman, an introduction by Joe Hill that has only previously appeared in the UK, bonus features such as “Jude Confronts Global Warming" and the "lost" first chapter of the novel, along with “Traveling the Night Road with Joe Hill: On
Heart-Shaped Box” by Mathias Clasen, the acclaimed Danish scholar of horror fiction and an associate professor in literature and media at Aarhus University.
In addition, this gorgeous volume will feature an incredible
nineteen full-color illustrations by François Vaillancourt, printed on an acid-free glossy stock to retain the richness of the artwork and tipped into the book.
To ensure this special edition lasts for generations of readers, the slipcase will be produced using the new, heavier boards that we introduced to the Lividian line-up with
The Night Country. There is a noticeable difference with these heavy boards, making the slipcase even more sturdy and durable.
The Lividian Publications special edition of
Heart-Shaped Boxby Joe Hill is already rolling at the printer and will be published in the first quarter of 2022.
Special Features:
Nineteen full-color illustrations by François Vaillancourt

A brand new foreword by Josh Malerman

An introduction by Joe Hill

Includes “Jude Confronts Global Warming” and the “lost” first chapter of the novel, along with “Traveling the Night Road with Joe Hill: On
Heart-Shaped Box” by Mathias Clasen
Deluxe Production Features:
Two-color interior printing

Printed on an acid-free specialty paper stock

Deluxe leatherette binding

Hot foil stamping and heat burnishing on the front cover and spine

Smyth sewn to create a more durable binding

Genuine spine hubs like an old world volume

Colored head and tail bands

High-quality, four-color faux marbled endpapers

Sewn-in satin ribbon page marker

Full-color signature sheet signed by Joe Hill, François Vaillancourt, Josh Malerman, and Mathias Clasen

Custom-made slipcase wrapped with a woven cloth and stamped with hot foil

Limited to just 1,750 copies produced in a one-time printing, never to be reprinted
About the Book:Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals... a used hangman's noose... a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can't help but reach for his wallet.
I will "sell" my stepfather's ghost to the highest bidder...
For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. He isn't afraid. He has spent a lifetime coping with ghosts—of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the bandmates he betrayed. What's one more?
But what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. It's the real thing.
And suddenly the suit's previous owner is everywhere: behind the bedroom door... seated in Jude's restored vintage Mustang... standing outside his window... staring out from his widescreen TV. Waiting—with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand...
A multiple-award winner for his short fiction, Joe Hill immediately vaulted into the top echelon of dark fantasists with this blood-chilling roller-coaster ride of a novel, a masterwork brimming with relentless thrills and acid terror.
Who is signing?Joe Hill, François Vaillancourt, Josh Malerman, and Mathias Clasen have already signed the signature sheets.