Wired.com presents The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here are your hosts. John Joseph Adams and David Barr

Kirtley.

Hi this is Dave and And this is John.

And welcome to episode 85 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Joe Hill,

author of the horror novel's heart-shaped box and horns,

the short story collection 20th century ghosts,

and the graphic novel series Lock and Key from IDW.

His latest novel, Nosferatu, is out now.

Then stick around after the interview as guest geek Brittany Joragatealous joins us for a panel discussion on recent horror movies.

All right, so let's get to our interview.

All right, so we're here with Joe Hill.

Welcome to the show.

Hey, thanks for having me on, guys.

I appreciate it.

All right, so first of all, just tell us a bit

about your new novel, Nosferatu.

What's it about? Right, so the new book is called NOS 4A2, which is actually the vanity license plate of the

villains 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith.

And the book is about a very old fella named Charlie Max.

He's 140 years old.

And he has this terrible car that runs on human souls and he survived by years

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