Jack Ketchum

"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

Jack Ketchum's final short story collection, full of the horror and terror we've come to love and expect from the author Stephen King has called, "one of the best in the business." What Ketchum has crafted in these stories are portrayals of the starkest, darkest aspects of the human condition. These stories are enthralling, expertly constructed, and very very powerful. Some will put a lump in your throat. Some will have you squirming. Some will make you laugh. Some might be so intense and disturbing that they leave you no choice but to put it aside for awhile, catch your breath, and finish when you've worked up the guts. This is fiction that does far more than "entertain," and it goes far beyond what we expect when we read "horror." No haunted houses here, no pitchfork-wielding devils with horns on their heads. The only monsters are the very worst kind: humans.

Bram Stoker Award(c) / Benjamin Franklin Award winning writer and editor Michael Bailey a Shirley Jackson Award nominee and founder of Written Backwards] offers an exploration into the madness of writing, editing, and publishing. Writing is a disease without a cure. Once infected, the virus is in the host for good, until death. Something first sparked a need to create, so what was it? What does it take to survive publishing and continuously improve one's craft?THE BEGINNING: A straight-to-the-point narrative pushes past impostor syndrome, examining the writer life in detail while defining / dissecting fundamentals required to finish a first draft manuscript: character, dialogue, voice, plot, conflict, theme, and setting. THE MIDDLE: The journey continues with a look into manuscript revisions, with advice on breaking bad habits and developing healthy skills to improving intrigue, prose, pace, tense, point of view, show vs. tell, imagery, framework, and structure. THE END: After mastering the art of self-editing, writers will be ready for manuscript presentation, with an understanding of book layout, as well as knowledge of the publishing industry in general, such as with solicitation, rejection, acceptance, promotion, and performance as a professional writer.A book for those who need to write.

Vad är det som rör sig där ute i mörkret? Vad är det som viskar och rispar mot ditt fönster? Är det en knotig gren i den kalla kvällsvinden, eller är det något annat? Frågan du borde ställa dig är: Vågar du dig in bland de tolv skräcknoveller som göms i "Varsel i mörkret"? Skräckantologin i din hand är sammanställd av Hans-Åke Lilja och är en hyllning till Stephen Kings författarskap, samt 20-årsjubileet för hemsidan Lilja’s Library – The World of Stephen King. I denna antologi samsas Stephen Kings ”Den blå kompressorn” med skräcknoveller av författare som Clive Barker och Edgar Allan Poe. John Ajvide Lindqvist medverkar även med ”The Keeper’s Companion” som är specialskriven för antologin.

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 and support the fantastic Hilarity for Charity and its fight againt Alzheimer's - proceeds from this mighty tome will be donated accordingly... 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

The intoxication from a pint of vodka, the electric buzz from snorting cocaine, the warm embrace from shooting heroin--drinking and drugging provides the height of human experience. It's the promise of heaven on earth, but the hell that follows is a constant hunger, a cold emptiness. The craving to get high is a yearning as intense of any blood-thirsty monster. The best way to tell the truths of addiction is through a story, and dark truths such as these need a piece of horror to do them justice. The stories inside feature the insidious nature of addiction told with compassion yet searing honesty. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental deaths, and some of the most incredible names in horror fiction have tackled this modern day epidemic. A WICKED THIRST, by Kealan Patrick Burke THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, by Jessica McHugh GARDEN OF FIENDS, by Mark Matthews FIRST, JUST BITE A FINGER, by Johann Thorsson LAST CALL, by John FD Taff TORMENT OF THE FALLEN, by Glen Krisch EVERYWHERE YOU'VE BLED AND EVERYWHERE YOU WILL, by Max Booth III RETURNS, by Jack Ketchum

Edizione italiana del breve romanzo horror/west 'The Crossings' di Jack Ketchum, autentica leggenda dell'horror internazionale. Sinossi: Arizona, 1848. L'anno in cui si 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 s 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 complicit 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? Inauditi orrori continuano a essere perpetrati fra le mura dell'hacienda in cui le Valenzura portano avanti i loro sporchi traffici. E la sorella di Elena ancora l , prigioniera... Traduzione di Nicola Lombardi. illustrazioni interne di Giampaolo Frizzi. 2 Edizione

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 readers of horror novels.

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.

Carole and her lover thought they had committed the perfect crime, murdering Carole's abusive husband and making it look like an accident. Unfortunately there was a witness, someone far more twisted than they are, with plans for a killing spree of his own.