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*AdmiringTheAbomination: When Francis becomes a giant locust in "You Will Hear the Locust Sing," everyone who sees him is terrified -- except Francis' best friend, who just says, "Awesome!" For that matter, Francis' own reaction to his transformation is basically the same.
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*BarbaricBully: Several of them, most notably in "Pop Art," where schoolyard bullies subject Art to abuse that could easily kill him.
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* MyCareHatesMe: Lampshaded by Carroll in "Best New Horror" when he discovers that he's lost his car keys:
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*CellPhonesAreUseless: In "Best New Horror," Carroll finds that there's no cell reception at the Kilrue house, [[GenreSavvy because of course there isn't]].
*ContinuityNod: In "Best New Horror," Carroll reminisces about reading a horror book called ''I Love Galesburg in the Springtime'', whose plot is never described but includes something about "Jack Finney's impossible Woodrow Wilson dime." Subsequent story "The Black Phone" takes place in Galesburg and centers around a boy named John Finney, though there's no mention of a dime.
*MyCareHatesMe: Lampshaded by Carroll in "Best New Horror" when he discovers that he's lost his car keys:
-->He had seen this in a hundred horror movies too, had read it in three hundred horror stories. They never had the keys, or the car wouldn't start, or--
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*ElderAbuse: In "Best New Horror," [[spoiler: the Kilrue brothers' mother is ChainedToABed in a filthy room while they live off her Social Security checks]].
*NightmareFetishist: Deconstructed in "Best New Horror." Carroll's attraction to the gruesome and the macabre drives off his wife and eventually leads him to go alone to the Kilrues' remote farmhouse despite the abundant warning signs that they could be dangerous.
*SciFiGhetto: Discussed in-universe in "Best New Horror." Carroll argues that, though literary folk turn up their noses at fantasy and horror, every work of fiction is a fantasy and every conflict brings potential horror.
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*AffablyEvil: Child murderer Al in "The Black Phone" acts like a fairly normal person most of the time, even to his captive. Possibly a case of SplitPersonality, as he claims that "someone else" committed the murders.
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*ChainedToABed: In "Best New Horror," Carroll finds[[spoiler: the Kilrues' mother tied to a bed with wire, apparently neglected while they live off her Social Security checks.]]
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*ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Inverted in "The Black Phone." [[spoiler: Al's brother is just about to free Finney, when Al suddenly appears behind him with an ax.]]
*DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Van Helsing in "Abraham's Boys" disciplines his sons with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirt quirt]], which is pretty rough even for that era.
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*MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never made clear whether vampires actually exist in the world of "Abraham's Boys," or if it's Van Helsing's delusion.
*TheMovieBuff: The title character of "20th Century Ghost," who saw every movie on opening day when she was alive. Her ghost seems to pick out kindred spirits among the living to appear to.
*OldDarkHouse: The farmhouse where the Kilrue brothers in "Best New Horror" are staying is such a classic example that Eddie half expects to hear the theme from ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' playing.
*PhoneCallFromTheDead: [[spoiler: The children that Al murdered use "The Black Phone" to communicate with him and Finney.]]
*PreMortemOneLiner: From "The Black Phone": [[spoiler: "It's for you."]]
*PunBasedTitle: "Pop Art," about a boy named Art who's in danger of popping.
*RandomEventsPlot: "Better Than Home" is a series of vignettes from a boy's life.
*TheMovieBuff: The title character of "20th Century Ghost," who saw every movie on opening day when she was alive. Her ghost seems to pick out kindred spirits among the living to appear to.
*OldDarkHouse: The farmhouse where the Kilrue brothers in "Best New Horror" are staying is such a classic example that Eddie half expects to hear the theme from ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' playing.
*PhoneCallFromTheDead: [[spoiler: The children that Al murdered use "The Black Phone" to communicate with him and Finney.]]
*PreMortemOneLiner: From "The Black Phone": [[spoiler: "It's for you."]]
*PunBasedTitle: "Pop Art," about a boy named Art who's in danger of popping.
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*TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: The narrator's view of Art in "Pop Art." At one point he even compares him to Jesus.
*{{Troperiffic}}: The final scenes of "Best New Horror" deliberately invoke a bunch of horror tropes (OldDarkHouse, HillbillyHorrors, ChainedToABed, etc.), leading Carroll to believe (hope?) that he's in an actual horror story.
*TwistEnding: Discussed in "Best New Horror." Carroll opines that one reason why the Kilrue's story got such a negative reception is that the "shock ending" has gone out of fashion.
*{{Troperiffic}}: The final scenes of "Best New Horror" deliberately invoke a bunch of horror tropes (OldDarkHouse, HillbillyHorrors, ChainedToABed, etc.), leading Carroll to believe (hope?) that he's in an actual horror story.
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* "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead": Two ex-lovers meet each while working as extras on the set of George A. Romero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978''.
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* ''Best New Horror'': A jaded editor of an annual horror anthology discovers a disturbing short story and attempts to track down its elusive author.
* ''20th Century Ghost'': An old-style movie theater is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who died there.
* ''Pop Art'': A young outcast befriends another boy who is made out of inflatable plastic.
* ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'': A young man wakes up and finds that he has turned into a giant insect.
* ''Abraham's Boys'': A father tries to teach his sons about vampires.
* ''Better Than Home'': About a troubled boy whose father manages a baseball team.
* ''The Black Phone'': A young boy is kidnapped by a child murderer and held in a basement with a mysterious black phone hanging on the wall. At night, the phone rings.
* ''In The Rundown'': A videostore clerk discovers a grisly scene on a weedy dirt lane.
* ''The Cape'': A young boy discovers that he can fly with the use of a cape.
* ''Last Breath'': An old man runs a museum which contains the last breaths of various notable individuals.
* ''Dead-wood'': Can trees have ghosts?
* ''The Widow's Breakfast'': A hobo comes across a good GoodSamaritan.
* ''Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead'': Two ex-lovers meet each while working as extras on the set of George Romero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.
* ''My Father's Mask'': A family goes on a strange trip where everyone is forced to wear masks.
* ''Voluntary Committal'': A story of two brothers, one of whom is an IdiotSavant who builds a vast cardboard fort that enters different worlds.
* ''Scheherazade's Typewriter'': A daughter discovers that her dead father's typewriter is still writing stories...
* ''Best New Horror'': A jaded editor of an annual horror anthology discovers a disturbing short story and attempts to track down its elusive author.
* ''20th Century Ghost'': An old-style movie theater is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who died there.
* ''Pop Art'': A young outcast befriends another boy who is made out of inflatable plastic.
* ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'': A young man wakes up and finds that he has turned into a giant insect.
* ''Abraham's Boys'': A father tries to teach his sons about vampires.
* ''Better Than Home'': About a troubled boy whose father manages a baseball team.
* ''The Black Phone'': A young boy is kidnapped by a child murderer and held in a basement with a mysterious black phone hanging on the wall. At night, the phone rings.
* ''In The Rundown'': A videostore clerk discovers a grisly scene on a weedy dirt lane.
* ''The Cape'': A young boy discovers that he can fly with the use of a cape.
* ''Last Breath'': An old man runs a museum which contains the last breaths of various notable individuals.
* ''Dead-wood'': Can trees have ghosts?
* ''The Widow's Breakfast'': A hobo comes across a good GoodSamaritan.
* ''Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead'': Two ex-lovers meet each while working as extras on the set of George Romero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.
* ''My Father's Mask'': A family goes on a strange trip where everyone is forced to wear masks.
* ''Voluntary Committal'': A story of two brothers, one of whom is an IdiotSavant who builds a vast cardboard fort that enters different worlds.
* ''Scheherazade's Typewriter'': A daughter discovers that her dead father's typewriter is still writing stories...
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*''20th "20th Century Ghost'': Ghost": An old-style movie theater is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who died there.
*''Pop Art'': "Pop Art": A young outcast befriends another boy who is made out of inflatable plastic.
*''You "You Will Hear The the Locust Sing'': Sing": A young man wakes up and finds that he has turned into a giant insect.
*''Abraham's Boys'': "Abraham's Boys": A father tries to teach his sons about vampires.
*''Better "Better Than Home'': Home": About a troubled boy whose father manages a baseball team.
*''The "The Black Phone'': Phone": A young boy is kidnapped by a child murderer and held in a basement with a mysterious black phone hanging on the wall. At night, the phone rings.
*''In The Rundown'': "In the Rundown": A videostore clerk discovers a grisly scene on a weedy dirt lane.
*''The Cape'': "The Cape": A young boy discovers that he can fly with the use of a cape.
*''Last Breath'': "Last Breath": An old man runs a museum which contains the last breaths of various notable individuals.
*''Dead-wood'': "Dead-wood": Can trees have ghosts?
*''The "The Widow's Breakfast'': Breakfast": A hobo comes across a good GoodSamaritan.
*''Bobby "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead'': Dead": Two ex-lovers meet each while working as extras on the set of George Romero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.
*''My "My Father's Mask'': Mask": A family goes on a strange trip where everyone is forced to wear masks.
*''Voluntary Committal'': "Voluntary Committal": A story of two brothers, one of whom is an IdiotSavant who builds a vast cardboard fort that enters different worlds.
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* SurrealHorror: Many but particularly "My Father's Mask".
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[[AC:Stories in ''Night Shift'':]]
* ''Best New Horror'': A jaded editor of an annual horror anthology discovers a disturbing short story and attempts to track down its elusive author.
* ''20th Century Ghost'': An old-style movie theater is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who died there.
* ''Pop Art'': A young outcast befriends another boy who is made out of inflatable plastic.
* ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'': A young man wakes up and finds that he has turned into a giant insect.
* ''Abraham's Boys'': A father tries to teach his sons about vampires.
* ''Better Than Home'': About a troubled boy whose father manages a baseball team.
* ''The Black Phone'': A young boy is kidnapped by a child murderer and held in a basement with a mysterious black phone hanging on the wall. At night, the phone rings.
* ''In The Rundown'': A videostore clerk discovers a grisly scene on a weedy dirt lane.
* ''The Cape'': A young boy discovers that he can fly with the use of a cape.
* ''Last Breath'': An old man runs a museum which contains the last breaths of various notable individuals.
* ''Dead-wood'': Can trees have ghosts?
* ''The Widow's Breakfast'': A hobo comes across a good GoodSamaritan.
* ''Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead'': Two ex-lovers meet each while working as extras on the set of GeorgeRomero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.
* ''My Father's Mask'': A family goes on a strange trip where everyone is forced to wear masks.
* ''Voluntary Committal'': A story of two brothers, one of whom is an IdiotSavant who builds a vast cardboard fort that enters different worlds.
* ''Scheherazade's Typewriter'': A daughter discovers that her dead father's typewriter is still writing stories...
* ''Best New Horror'': A jaded editor of an annual horror anthology discovers a disturbing short story and attempts to track down its elusive author.
* ''20th Century Ghost'': An old-style movie theater is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who died there.
* ''Pop Art'': A young outcast befriends another boy who is made out of inflatable plastic.
* ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'': A young man wakes up and finds that he has turned into a giant insect.
* ''Abraham's Boys'': A father tries to teach his sons about vampires.
* ''Better Than Home'': About a troubled boy whose father manages a baseball team.
* ''The Black Phone'': A young boy is kidnapped by a child murderer and held in a basement with a mysterious black phone hanging on the wall. At night, the phone rings.
* ''In The Rundown'': A videostore clerk discovers a grisly scene on a weedy dirt lane.
* ''The Cape'': A young boy discovers that he can fly with the use of a cape.
* ''Last Breath'': An old man runs a museum which contains the last breaths of various notable individuals.
* ''Dead-wood'': Can trees have ghosts?
* ''The Widow's Breakfast'': A hobo comes across a good GoodSamaritan.
* ''Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead'': Two ex-lovers meet each while working as extras on the set of GeorgeRomero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.
* ''My Father's Mask'': A family goes on a strange trip where everyone is forced to wear masks.
* ''Voluntary Committal'': A story of two brothers, one of whom is an IdiotSavant who builds a vast cardboard fort that enters different worlds.
* ''Scheherazade's Typewriter'': A daughter discovers that her dead father's typewriter is still writing stories...
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* GenreSavvy: One benefit to Eddie Carroll, the jaded horror anthology editor in ''Best New Horror''.
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* ComicbookAdaptation: In addition to writing an adaptation of ''The Cape'', Hill also wrote a sequel ''and'' prequel in comic form.
* EvilPhone: Subverted in the short story "The Black Phone". The circumstances and nature of the phone are fairly dark, but the phone's actually not so evil at all.
* GenreSavvy: One benefit to Eddie Carroll, the jaded horror anthology editor in ''Best New Horror''.
* KitschCollection: The short story "The Last Breath" features of collection of famous people's last breaths.
* MacabreMothMotif: In "20th Century Ghost", a ghost in a movie theater appears friendly and normal at first, but after people interact with her for a little while strange things start happening, including creepy white moths gathering all around her.
* MagicRealism: "Pop Art" features the titular character Art who is a biologically-born inflatable person in a world where it's a rare but occuring genetic disorder.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: "Abraham's Boys" plays off this although it also implies that Van Helsing is just crazy.
* XMeetsY: ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'' is ''[[Creator/FranzKafka The Metamorphosis]]'' meets ''Film/{{Them}}''.
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* ComicbookAdaptation: In addition to writing an adaptation of ''The Cape'', Hill also wrote a sequel ''and'' prequel in comic form.
* EvilPhone: Subverted in the short story "The Black Phone". The circumstances and nature of the phone are fairly dark, but the phone's actually not so evil at all.
* GenreSavvy: One benefit to Eddie Carroll, the jaded horror anthology editor in ''Best New Horror''.
* KitschCollection: The short story "The Last Breath" features of collection of famous people's last breaths.
* MacabreMothMotif: In "20th Century Ghost", a ghost in a movie theater appears friendly and normal at first, but after people interact with her for a little while strange things start happening, including creepy white moths gathering all around her.
* MagicRealism: "Pop Art" features the titular character Art who is a biologically-born inflatable person in a world where it's a rare but occuring genetic disorder.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: "Abraham's Boys" plays off this although it also implies that Van Helsing is just crazy.
* XMeetsY: ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'' is ''[[Creator/FranzKafka The Metamorphosis]]'' meets ''Film/{{Them}}''.
