MAINE: Joe Hill a/k/a Stephen King's son. - "20Th Century Ghosts"

The Author of "20th Century Ghosts."

- Mr. Joe Hill -

Imogene is young and beautiful.

She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made.

She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .

Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .

Francis is unhappy.

Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .

John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children.

In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . . . . . .

Joe Hill is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller "Heart-Shaped Box", a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, and a past recipient of the World Fantasy Award.

His stories have appeared in a variety of journals and Year's Best collections.

He calls New England home.

Joe will be Promoting 20th Century Ghosts
Friday, March 14, 2008LEE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM/Southwest Florida Book Festival2345 Union ST Fort Myers, FL 33901

MAINE : "A Valentine's Blizzard in Maine".

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The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for parts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine, where as much as 2 feet of snow was possible.
Maine Gov. John Baldacci declared a state of emergency to ensure deliveries of heating oil. "We're geared up to handle snow," said Dana Wardwell, director of public works in Bangor, Maine.

As sleet stings the faces of pedestrians, and snow and ice coat windshields and streets today, the storm nick-named the "Valentine's Day blizzard", shut down all schools and air travel and turned the highways into skating rinks.
Nearly 300,000 homes and business had lost electrical service in the cold weather. At least 12 deaths were blamed on this huge storm system.
Thousands of schools were closed from Maine to Kentucky and for some schools and businesses in the Midwest for a second day, and in Washington, D.C. the federal government decided to open offices two hours late.

The slippery streets and sidewalks created a challenge for florists trying to deliver Valentine's Day flowers.
"People have to understand, we can't do it if it gets really bad. Other than that, we'll kill ourselves to get it delivered," said a florist whose shop in the Bangor area was double-wrapping their arrangements to protect them from the brutal cold.