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Last Breath audiobook
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrator: David Ledoux
- Length: 21 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 16, 2007
- Language: English
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Last Breath Audiobook Summary
From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story–from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.
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. . . .
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Last Breath Audiobook Narrator
David Ledoux is the narrator of Last Breath audiobook that was written by Joe Hill
Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award-winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), and In the Tall Grass (Netflix).
About the Author(s) of Last Breath
Joe Hill is the author of Last Breath
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Last Breath Full Details
| Narrator | David Ledoux |
| Length | 21 minutes |
| Author | Joe Hill |
| Publisher | HarperAudio |
| Release date | October 16, 2007 |
| ISBN | 9780061552281 |
Additional info
The publisher of the Last Breath is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780061552281.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
Goodreads Reviews
Howard
December 05, 2021
4 Stars for Last Breath: A Short Story From ‘20th Century Ghosts (audiobook) by Joe Hill read by David Ledoux. It’s interesting premise for a story. I didn’t realize that it was so short though.
April
January 03, 2012
Two fantastic stories. Haunting and without solid endings, leaving the reader something to think about. I love this guy. Totally worth the read. I didn't know that this was only two short stories when I started it. They're a part of a larger collection by Hill called '20th Century Ghosts' which I fully intend to read. I'll replace that with this if I read it this year.
Beth
September 16, 2016
Perfect little horror short.
Indah Threez
June 08, 2016
435 - 2016
Nancy
March 19, 2019
I love this authorJoe Hill was smart to use this name to distinguish himself from his famous father, Steve King. He is a wonderful author quite separate from him and his work is wonderful. This story is unique and that’s saying a lot from one who has read as widely as I have. It is a simple story of the last breath of selected people. I have a friend who is a nurse who says you can feel a person’s soul passing when they die. This story reminds me of that. Isn’t death about the passing of something unseen and tenuous?
Jonathan
September 28, 2014
Last Breath is another one of my favorites from the 20th Century Ghosts collection. The basic set up is simple enough, in that a family visits a museum where both famous and not so famous "last breaths" are bottled up and displayed in a exhibit. A man named Alinger is the host of the exhibit and it is revealed that he collects the last dying breaths of those he encounters dying. Being a doctor of sorts it allows him many opportunities to come across the final breaths I suppose. I can not review any more without giving away too much, but I will say the execution for this story is very well done. It isn't a very long short story only running at under ten pages I believe. Still even at the small page length I found myself enjoying the plot very much! I give this one a satisfying 4.5 stars out of 5! Joe Hill delivers once again! If you are a fan of Joe Hill's work, you owe it to yourself to check this one out.
Mason
July 18, 2016
A short read, but a great and quick read. I read a couple of reviews that say this book is rather macabre, well yes, it is in the horror section for a reason. I loved how macabre it was. I can imagine Joe Hill writing the ending to this with 'that' kind of grin on his face.
Joanne
June 05, 2015
Just sad it was so short. Though there seems to be a growing trend towards selling individual short stories as ebooks these days.Beautifully written. Intriguing. Very Joe Hill.
Nadine
May 09, 2016
Short and storyA thriller short and funny. Can't say anything about the plot as I don't want to spoil it. Just read and enjoy!
Rita
November 24, 2017
Enter the museum of silence where you can listen through earphones, a persons last breath. A quick read, a little weird and creepy but enjoyable nonetheless.
Persephonie
October 26, 2022
I’ve never considered what the last breath of someone sounds like, but now I can’t think of anything else.
angela bell
December 05, 2021
Wonderful imagination Grasped from the first paragraph and the last brought a smile of...yes Joe did it again and what can I find next from this amazing talent 😃
Jessica
December 31, 2020
Interesting short story.
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