Jack Ketchum

6 Series

Jack Ketchum is an American novelist renowned for his horror fiction. Stephen King has praised Ketchum, stating that "the only novelist working today that is writing more important fiction is Cormac McCarthy." This acclaim underscores Ketchum's significant impact on the genre.

In Jack Ketchum's "Red," an elderly man enjoys a peaceful fishing trip with his loyal dog, Red. Their tranquility is shattered by a group of rowdy boys armed with a new shotgun. The man senses trouble when he smells gun oil on the weapon. His fears are confirmed when the boys senselessly shoot and kill Red. Consumed by grief and rage, the man seeks vengeance against the perpetrators.

Off Season

(1980)

Offspring

(1991)

The Woman

(2010)(With: Lucky McKee)

Standalone Novels

Laramie Plains

(1974)

Border Dawn

(1976)

Hide and Seek

(1980)

Dead or alive

(1982)

The Guns of Amarillo

(1982)

Winchester pass

(1982)

Cover

(1987)

She Wakes

(1989)

The Girl Next Door

(1989)

Trail to Nowhere

(1991)

Joyride / Road Kill

(1994)

Stranglehold

(1995)

Only Child

(1995)

Red

(1996)

The Passenger

(1996)

Ladies' Night

(1997)

Station Two

(2001)

The Lost

(2001)

Old Flames

(2008)

The Secret Life of Souls

(2016)(With: Lucky McKee)

Collections

The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard

(1998)

Right to Life

(1998)

Broken on the Wheel of Sex

(1999)

Peaceable Kingdom

(2003)

Closing Time and Other Stories

(2007)

Triptych

(2012)

Night Terrors III

(2014)

What They Wrote

(2015)

Short Stories/Novellas

The Box

(1994)

Gone

(2000)

The Haunt

(2001)

The Crossings

(2003)

Weed Species

(2006)

Book of Souls

(2008)

I'm Not Sam

(2012)(With: Lucky McKee)

Notes from the Cat House

(2013)

Gorilla In My Room

(2019)

Non-Fiction

Turning Japanese

(2013)

Writers On Writing

(2015)

Anthologies

Triage

(1990)

Deadly After Dark

(1994)

Vampire Detectives

(1995)

Fear the Fever

(1996)

Skull Full of Spurs

(2000)

October Dreams

(2000)

Fourteenth Annual Collection

(2001)

Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters

(2002)

Shivers

(2002)

Tales from a Darker State

(2003)

Fear of the Unknown

(2005)

Masques V

(2006)

Mondo Zombie

(2006)

The Best of Cemetery Dance II

(2008)

In Laymon's Terms

(2008)

Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead

(2009)

The World Is Dead

(2009)

A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre

(2011)

Horror for Good

(2012)

Psychos

(2012)

Chiral Mad

(2012)

Fear the Abyss

(2012)

Beware the Dark #1

(2013)

Mister October, Volume II

(2013)

Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road

(2013)

Chiral Mad 2

(2013)

Turn Down the Lights

(2013)

Piercing the Darkness

(2014)

Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

(2014)

Horror 101: The Way Forward

(2014)

Cemetery Dance: Issue 71

(2014)

Suspended In Dusk

(2014)

Insidious Assassins

(2015)

Chiral Mad 3

(2016)

Beast:Revelations - A Dark Ethology - Volume 2

(2016)

Cemetery Riots

(2016)

Garden of Fiends: Tales of Addiction Horror

(2017)

Seas & Oceans

(2017)

Dark Places, Evil Faces

(2017)

Red Room Issue 1

(2017)

Zippered Flesh 3

(2017)

VS: X: US vs UK Extreme Horror

(2017)

Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations

(2018)

A New York State of Fright: Horror Stories from the Empire State Kindle Edition

(2019)

Freedom of Screech

(2019)

Dark Screams: Volume Three

(2021)

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