Bøger af JACK KETCHUM

A teenage girl is held captive and brutally tortured by neighborhood children. Based on a true story, this shocking novel reveals the depravity of which we are all capable.This novel contains graphic content and is recommended for regular read

The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago — a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this isolated town are fighting for their lives…

Una noche, en el verano de 1965, Ray, Tim y Jennifer pasan el rato tomando cervezas cerca del lago Turner. Es otra noche de verano más hasta que Ray decide matar a tiros a dos jóvenes campistas para descubrir qué se siente. Cuatro años más tarde nadie ha podido acusar a Ray de los asesinatos, aunque hay un policía decidido a encontrar pruebas que lo incriminen. Ray piensa que nunca van a pillarlo, y Tim y Jennifer creen que todo aquel horror ya ha pasado. Pero se equivocan. Lo peor todavía está por venir.Jack Ketchum (Dallas William Mayr) era un autor de terror americano. Nació en Livingstone, Nueva Jersey en 1946, y antes de dedicarse por completo a la escritura fue actor, profesor, agente literario, vendedor de madera y camarero.En su adolescencia conoció al conocido escritor Robert Bloch, autor de Psicosis, quien fue su mentor y con quien mantuvo la amistad hasta la muerte de Bloch en 1994.Además de novelas cortas, escribió dieciséis novelas y colecciones de relatos; ganó cuatro premios Bram Stoker y fue nominado en otras tres ocasiones. En 2011 le fue otorgado el galardón World Horror Convention Grand Master, por su destacada contribución al género del terror.Murió de cáncer en 2018 a los 71 años.

Arizona, 1848. L¿anno in cui si è conclusa la guerra messicana. Nel piccolo Fanny Saloon di Gable¿s Ferry il destino fa incontrare il giovane giornalista Marion T. Bell e il quasi leggendario John Charles Hart. Per allontanarlo dal vizio della bottiglia, Hart conduce con sé il ragazzo dall'amico Mother, e insieme si guadagnano da vivere catturando cavalli selvaggi. Fino al giorno in cui i tre, nei pressi delle rive del Colorado, si imbattono in Elena, una giovane donna messicana gravemente ferita che racconta loro di essere stata rapita, stuprata e schiavizzata assieme alla sorella Celine. I colpevoli? Le Hermanas de Lupo, le terribili sorelle Valenzura, e i loro scagnozzi, con la complicità dello spietato disertore Paddy Ryan. Sono trascorsi secoli da quando gli Antichi Dei del Messico richiedevano sacrifici umani, ma quei tempi sono davvero finiti? Ancora qualcuno innalza preghiere e offre sangue a Tezcatlipoca, dio della luna e della notte?

"Hardcore horror that ranges from the socially relevant to the scatologically repulsive-the shock here is like 'The Scream' made flesh." - Mort Castle, editor of On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers AssociationBODY HORROR PUSHING THE LIMITSWhat horror anthology on body enhancements wouldn't include gross-out fiction? This book has it in spades. But, this collection of stories goes far beyond that. Here you will also find science fiction, surreal fiction, fantasy, and even a full serving of dark humor. Disturbing, perverse, often gut-wrenching (pun intended) stories-all between the covers of this anthology! Nineteen chilling short stories by some of the best horror and suspense writers today. Definitely not for the squeamish!THE STORIESHorns, Teeth, and Knobs - Billie Sue MosimanUpgraded - Shaun MeeksGoing Green - Christine MorganWorm - Jeff MenapaceReduced to Tears - Adrian LudensA New Man - William F. NolanTransposition - Jason V. BrockThe Rose - Jack KetchumConsume - Daniel I. RussellAll Will Turn to Gray - Jezzy WolfeInvisible - E.A. BlackAnd the Sky Was Full of Angels - L.L. SoaresShopping Spree - Meghan ArcuriCloser - ColyottDog Days - Graham MastertonSwitch - Jasper BarkHypochondria - Martin ZeiglerGehenna Division, Case #609 - Sandra R. CampbellGolden Age - James DorrREVIEWS"In Zippered Flesh 3, Editor Weldon Burge has done a masterful job of combining work from well-known masters like Jack Ketchum and Graham Masterton with newer writers. But it is the original work by newcomers like L.L. Soares and Meghan Acuri that stands out for me. ... Highly recommended." - Gene O'Neill, author of The Hitchhiking Effect: A Retrospective Collection "'Closer by Charles Colyott is a wonderfully poignant and romantic story. ... 'Going Green' by Christine Morgan is so original, timely, and well-written it deserves special mention. ... Kudos to Burge for putting together another fine anthology of cutting-edge fiction." - Paul Dale Anderson, author of The Instruments of Death series

Rotunda obra maestra de la literatura de terror contemporánea, La chica de al lado nos cuenta sin ambages el proceso de tortura de una chica americana en los años sesenta quien, tras la muerte de sus padres, se ve obligada a vivir con una pariente que poco a poco la irá introduciendo en una espiral de degradación. Un libro demoledor no apto para todos los estómagos y una de las obras cumbres del género.Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.Jack Ketchum, pseudónimo del autor Dallas William Mayr, fue un autor nacido en Nueva Jersey en 1946 y fallecido en Nueva York en 2018. Especializado en la narrativa de terror, fue uno de los autores más señeros del panorama estadounidense a finales del siglo XX y principios del XXI. Obras como La chica de al lado lo han catapultado al olimpo de los creadores de pesadillas de la literatura mundial.

Una nueva muestra del retorcido y siniestro sentido de la narrativa del maestro del horror, Jack Ketchum. En esta historia seguimos a una mujer que, con ayuda de su amante, ha asesinado a su cruel y brutal marido. Sin embargo, su crimen no ha pasado desapercibido: un testigo manipulador y demoníaco los obligará a participar en un juego que no se detendrá en una sola muerte.Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.Jack Ketchum, pseudónimo del autor Dallas William Mayr, fue un autor nacido en Nueva Jersey en 1946 y fallecido en Nueva York en 2018. Especializado en la narrativa de terror, fue uno de los autores más señeros del panorama estadounidense a finales del siglo XX y principios del XXI. Obras como La chica de al lado lo han catapultado al olimpo de los creadores de pesadillas de la literatura mundial.

The third - and incredibly special volume in HellBound Books' flagship horror anthology - this one bursting at the seams with even more fantastically dark horror from the cream of today's horror scene, each one of whom was specially invited to contribute. Featuring: Jack Ketchum, Michael Bray, Jeff Strand, Chad Lutzke, Eddie Generous, Lance Tuck, Wade H. Garrett, Richard Chizmar and Billy Chizmar, James H Longmore, Jaap Boekestein, Iain Rob Wright, Michael McBride, Edward Lee, David Owain Hughes, Ray Garton & Benjamin Blake Twenty-two tales of disturbing terror and nefarious imagination - the perfect antidote to a peaceful night's sleep!

Chiral Mad is an anthology of psychological horror containing twenty-eight short stories by established authors and newcomers from around the world. All profit from sales of this anthology go directly to Down syndrome charities. Featuring the imaginations of Jack Ketchum, Gary Braunbeck, Gene O'Neill, Gary McMahon, Gord Rollo, Jeff Strand, Michael Bailey, and many others, with an introduction by Thomas F. Monteleone.

A novel of a man and his dog, Red, who is ruthlessly attacked by rich kids who don't appreciate life of any kind. And before the whole thing is done there'll be more red. Red for blood. Intelligent and real, deeply felt."--Ed Gorman.

Hide and Seek is a book about games. Reckless, dangerous games. Games you might even want to play yourself if you're with the right people. But shouldn't. Not ever. In a small Maine town, a group of thrill-seeking college kids finds a game of hide and seek in an abandoned house turning into a reality of stark terror.

What starts like a haunted house novel as written by the Marquis de Sade develops into a meta-deconstruction of hardcore horror and why we love sex and violence. There is something seriously wrong with the house at Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road. Its history is awash with sadistic violence and fiendish sex. For generations the house has corrupted its inhabitants. Now Arrianne and Chuck have moved in, and the house is ready to hunt once more. But this time the house's occupants won't be the only targets. No one is safe-not the reader, not the authors, and not the horror genre itself...Nine of the biggest names in horror fiction collaborate on a gore-and-sex-soaked novel with all proceeds benefiting modern master of crime and terror, Tom Piccirilli.

"Who's the scariest guy in America? Probably Jack Ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from Overlook Connection Press. -- Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly, Nov. 19, 2004. When Off Season, a novel of horror and cannibalism in modern day Maine, was first released in 1980, it took readers by storm and sold over 250,000 copies! However, the original edition was edited and content was removed from the story at the publisher's request. The whole effect of the book was deemed to intense, in particular the ending--which is completely restored in this edition. The Overlook Connection Press has released this edition in it's original unexpurgated state for the first time anywhere. The author's original vision can now be read. This book has not been available in the US for almost two decades in any edition. We have a special introduction by Douglas E. Winter, who has championed this novel for years. Also an Afterword by the author Jack Ketchum. Look for the sequel, "Offspring" also from Overlook Connection Press.