Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror · BOOK 1 OF 4
The Phone Goes Dead
Spoiler-free summary
Two short Horowitz horror tales are adapted into an illustrated volume by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood.
Everyday homes, schools and journeys made threatening by a supernatural or technological turn. The pleasure lies in visual suspense and danger, shaped by a prose story reshaped through panels, page turns, visual pacing and compressed dialogue..
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Can I start here?
A natural entry point: this begins the Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror sequence and establishes its central world.
What makes it different
A ringing mobile is such an ordinary nuisance that turning it into graphic horror feels especially wicked—and Dan Boultwood knows exactly when to tighten the frame.
Setting
Everyday homes, schools and journeys made threatening by a supernatural or technological turn.
Content guidance
Macabre outcomes, supernatural threats and comic-horror violence.
Title & retitling history
This book is listed as The Phone Goes Dead; no alternative title is included in the linked sources.
Collaborators, illustrators & adaptors
- Adapted by Tony Lee
- Illustrated by Dan Boultwood
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Continuity
The Phone Goes Dead is volume 1 of 4 in Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror. Its central adventure has a resolution, while relationships and consequences can continue into later volumes.
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