Unpublished
The Greatests Gun
​Written in 1978
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But Only The Darkness Loves Me
Two page fragment written with Stephen King. Stored in box 1012 of the Raymond H. Fogler Library.
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Midnight Eats
​Unpublished novel written at age 13/14 about a Satanic cult in a high school.
Plucky boys at a private academy discover, during a late-night panty raid, that the dean is a Satanist, and that the Friday goulash served in the cafeteria is, in fact, made out of the ground-up bodies of missing students.
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The Bones
​Unpublished novel written at age 16
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Jonah Who Could
​Unpublished novel written at age 18
Plucky barbarians lead a gang of desperate scholars on a late-night book raid into a magical library, where the goblin librarians will eat your soul if you return one of their tomes late.
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Paper Angels
​Unpublished novel based on Nirvana’s Polly written at college. A Cormac McCarthy pastiche that got Joe his agent Mickey Choate
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The Fear Tree
Unpublished novel written at age 24 of which parts were used in Horns.
During a pogrom, a plucky young thief abandons his family to save himself and is blinded in his escape; after, he discovers he has acquired a very selective psychic power, a gift for knowing other people's secret fears.
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The Man Who Loved Crowds
Movie script from 90s written with Owen King
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Action Figure Obituaries
Written in his 20s. This was 'published' by Joe on his Tumblr 31 March 2013
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Indie Film
Short story from 1999
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You Have An Instant Message From Ted Bundy In Hell
Short story 'published' on PowellsBooks blog on 6 February 2007
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Fade Away
Movie script from 2013 written with Owen King
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The Briars
Unpublished novel of which parts were used as basis for Locke & Key.
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The Evil Kites Of Dr. Lourdes
Unpublished novel of which parts were used as basis for Locke & Key.
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The Bigger Bounce
Joe wrote parts of Elmore Leonard's The Big Bounce as his own version as a writing exercise for Horns.
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The Bone Men
Unpublished story written as Joe King. Stored in box 2702 of the Raymond H. Fogler Library.
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The Surrealist's Glass
Unpublished novel of which parts were used in Horns.
Partially released as bonus material in the traycased signed limited edition of Horns.
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Dead Man's Suit
Unpublished short story that eventually turned into Heart-Shaped Box
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Locke & Key
Joe wrote the script for the pilot and a couple of episodes for the planned Hulu series of Locke & Key (which unfortunately wasn't picked up).
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Unpublished short story about long-gone trees returning to haunt the places they had once stood which Joe submitted for a McSweeney's writing contest.
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Mr. Rabbit
Unpublished short story.
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20 page pitch document describing scripts for 3 Doctor Who episodes
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Poems
A Hunter Named Dick
Written in 2006 and 'published' on PowellsBooks Blog on 5 February 2007
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Wheels
'Published' on PowellsBooks Blog on 5 February 2007
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The Blogger
'Published' on PowellsBooks Blog on 5 February 2007
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Written in 2010 and 'published' online on 11 April 2016
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The Sundial Man
'Published' by Joe on his Tumblr 21 February 2014
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Calvin Trillin
'Published' by Joe on his Tumblr 23 March 2016