![]() The most potent book of his I've read is The Girl Next Door. He's only written one novel that deals with the supernatural ( She Wakes, which I haven't read) much of his work - the work on which his reputation rests - deals with the extreme end of human cruelty, and is often on the verge of being crime fiction. He's also not really a horror writer, at least as I define it. ![]() He's not a bad writer he's just not a good one, either. ![]() It's a very obnoxious attitude, particularly since Ketchum - a highly regarded writer by, from what I can tell, younger horror fans who yearn for a full-blown return to 'splatterpunk' - has yet to prove to me that he comes close to deserving the status in the genre he currently enjoys. In short, it's very self-serving (which any such introduction will be, almost by definition), and self-aggrandizing. He seems to think his readers are really thrown by the crazy variety of his books, as well as their occasionally extreme nature. As a writer I'm all over the place.įrom there, he goes on to list a few of his books, and their basic premises, all the while referring to 'Ketchum titles' or 'Ketchum books'. Here's how Jack Ketchum begins the introduction to his short story collection Peaceable Kingdom: I don't know why you put up with me. 78677681 Jack Ketchum the Girl Next Door. 78677681 Jack Ketchum the Girl Next Door - Ebook download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read book online. In Jack Ketchum's short “The Box”, what exactly was in the box? In Jack Ketchum's short “The Box. ![]() Jack ketchum PDF download.2014 Silver Anvil Results Award. ![]()
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