Heart-Shaped Box
Author: Joe Hill
Desc: Aging self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre -- his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy a trepanned skull from the 16th century a used hangman's noose Aleister Crowley's childhood chessboard etc. -- so when his assistant tells him about a ghost for sale on an online auction site he immediately puts in a bid and purchases it. The black heart-shaped box that Coyne receives in the mail not only contains the suit of a dead man but also his vengeance-obsessed spirit. The ghost it turns out is the stepfather of a young groupie who committed suicide after the 54-year-old Coyne callously used her up and threw her away. Now determined to kill Coyne and anyone who aids him the merciless ghost of Craddock McDermott begins his assault on the rocker's sanity.