I first read Joe Hill’s stories in 2008 when I got a book from the discount isle from a then unknown author who wrote a ghost story. Little did I know then that Joe Hill was actually short for Joseph Hillström King (born June 4, 1972), who was Stephen King’s son. I did find some of the elements in “Heart Shape Box” to be remnant of the Dark Tower but I didn’t make the connection until I started doing a little bit of research on this indie author.

Novels

• 2007 – Heart-Shaped Box
• In the tall grass (Stephen King and Joe Hill Short Story)
• 2010 – Horns
• 2013 – NOS4R2
• 2016 – The Fireman 

Collections

• 2005 – 20th Century Ghosts
• 2017 – A Little Silver Book of Sharp Shiny Slivers 
• 2017 – Strange Weather
• 2019 – Full Throttle
• 2021 – The Black Phone [Movie Tie-in]: Stories (Paperback) – Joe Hill’s award-winning story collection, originally published as 20th Century Ghosts, featuring “The Black Phone”

He’s also the author behind Locke & Key which was recently aired on Netflix.

https://www.joehillfiction.com/#intro