The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... And 21 Other Weird Tales: To Get You Through The Coldest Nights

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>THE DAY THEY HANGED MY BEST FRIEND JIMMY... AND 21 OTHER WEIRD TALES TO GET YOU THROUGH THE COLDEST NIGHTS is a rare collection of essential short stories by the finest authors of short horror, and weird fiction. It is a must have book for everyone's collection. With photographs, quotes, and a brief description of how each writer died, it's a definite must have book for any serious fan of bizarre literature. Primarily, it's a magnificent tome of stories with twists and turns that will leave the reader in complete awe, gasping, as well as drooling for more.<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Barry J. Gillis was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario on March 1st, 1965. He was raised by a wonderful mother Martha, (Marty) and wonderful father,(deceased)James Fidel Gillis. He was also raised in New Waterford, Cape Breton, as this is where his family is from. He has written a horrifying novel entitled TWISTED WORLD, and has published 4 works of his poetry, which are currently in the National Library of Canada. The 4 works of poetry will soon be published in one volume by TANGLED VINES PRESS. He has two low budget 90 minute horror feature films to his credit. One which is a feature horror film with a cult following, THINGS which was originally released in 1989 on VHS, and is now available on DVD. (THINGS is a movie that he made with his high school chum and was shot on super 8 and 16mm film) THINGS is also a movie Gillis stars in with adult film star Amber Lynn. WICKED WORLD is a feature film that he wrote, produced, directed and stars in as well. WICKED WORLD will be released soon. (shot on 16mm film) He also has made a rock n' roll C.D entitled AMERICAN JUSTICE which has recently been released. He plans on continuing his creative ventures, and someday plans on writing a love story... believe it or not.