Jack Ketchum: 42 books

For a very long time, Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee have followed their separate paths of line-crossing, gut-wrenching, no holds-barred storytelling. Now, those roads have drawn close and merged for a collection of five collaborative stories guaranteed to shock, amuse, disgust, and bring lovers of extreme fiction back for more.

A Note From the Publisher: This issue features excerpts from Stephen King and Joe Hill's latest novels. Fiction: "An Excerpt from Doctor Sleep" by Stephen King "An Excerpt from NOS4A2" by Joe Hill "Squirrely Shirley" by Jack Ketchum & Lucky McKee "The Good Wife" by P. D. Cacek "Resolution"...

In this intimate glimpse into the heart of his own creative spirit, Jack Ketchum shares his early career, literary influences, and some of the characters that formed the man he has become. From his early respect and admiration for Henry Miller to the tortured lives of friends, and the aftermath of 9/11...

Sixty poems by Bram Stoker Award winning author Jack Ketchum.

Lydia Danse croit avoir enfin trouvé le bonheur du foyer. Son mari semble le meilleur des hommes. Leur jeune fils est merveilleux. Mais le Mal se cache parfois où on ne l'y attend pas, même sous son propre toit. Les années passant, la façade s'effrite. Son mari, désormais sûr de sa toute-puissance,...

Arizona, 1848. Kurz nach dem Mexikanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg. Schicksal und Pulverdampf führen dazu, dass sich die Wege des Reporters und Gelegenheitstrinkers Marion T. Bell, des beinahe legendären Revolverhelden John Charles Hart und des raubeinigen Mother Knuckles im Grenzgebiet kreuzen. Noch...

Jack Ketchums Romane zählen zu den absoluten Meisterwerken der Horrorliteratur. Stephen King nennt ihn den »furchteinflößendsten Autor Amerikas«. Buch der Seelen versammelt vier autobiografische Stories, die ihn von einer anderen Seite zeigen. Hier erzählt Ketchum die Geschichten, die ihn und...

A gripping family drama that brilliantly explores the relationship between a young girl and her dog—and the mysteries that lie within. At the heart of this psychological suspense novel is the haunting depiction of a family’s fall and the extraordinary gifted dog, Caity, who knows the truth....

Jack Ketchums beunruhigender, grenzüberschreitender Horrorthriller gilt unter Experten als eines der großen Meisterwerke des Genres. Die Geschichte eines Jungen, der inmitten einer amerikanischen Vorstadtidylle mit unvorstellbaren Grausamkeiten konfrontiert wird, steigt tief hinab in die Abgründe...

Wenn Menschen zu Bestien werden Drei junge Paare wollen eine Urlaubswoche in einem abgelegenen Ferienhaus an der amerikanischen Ostküste verbringen. Was sie nicht wissen: Die Gegend wird von einer Gruppe Verwahrloster heimgesucht, die unter primitivsten Bedingungen leben und Urlauber nur als...

The Woman is the powerful story of the last survivor of a feral tribe of cannibals who have terrorized the east coast from Maine into Canada for years now. Badly wounded in a battle with police, she takes refuge in a cave overlooking the sea. Christopher Cleek is a slick, amoral -- and unstable --...

Lydia McCloud meets Arthur Danse at a wedding party in Plymouth, N.H., and she thinks he's a man she could grow to love. Arthur sees things differently. In Lydia, he sees the sort of woman people always want to protect. He decides he's going to show her "she wouldn't always be protected."

Now I'm way beyond confusion. Now I'm scared. I've slid down the rabbit-hole and what's down there is dark and serious. This is not play-acting or some waking bad dream she's having. She's changed, somehow overnight. I don't know how I know this but I sense it as surely as I sense...

“Powerful and interesting” short fiction inspired by the events of September 11, 2001, by Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, and other award winners (Publishers Weekly). How do we continue to dream, imagine, and create in the aftermath of unthinkable tragedy? This moving collection of nearly...