Books by Jack Ketchum

A nighttime visit to the strange old Crouch house and a game of hide and seek become a nightmare of horror and violence for Dan, a handsome young local, and Casey, the reckless, bored vacationer with whom he becomes involved.

Hoping to escape from her abusive ex-husband, a woman and her lover successfully carry out their plot to murder him, only to find themselves at the mercy of an obsessive, twisted stranger who witnessed the crime. Original.

For the four years following a shooting that left one woman dead and another on life support, the police, though having a suspect, have been unable to come up with any proof. In that time, Ray Pye, the killer, along with his best friend and his sometime girlfriend (both of whom witnessed the crime) have been living like there's no tomorrow--drugs, sex, and parties. Their freedom, though, is about to end....This is a particularly graphic work of horror fiction from splatter-specialist Ketchum.

OFF SEASON: THE UNEXPURGATED EDITION is one of the most graphic horror novels ever written. Originally published in a heavily edited version (in 1981), this book was nonetheless extremely influential to creation of the splatterpunk movement of the 1980s. Focusing on a group of young adults on vacation in the Maine wilderness besieged by cannibals, this is a razor-sharp study of human emotion and response 'in extremis.'

A modern master of horror presents a collection of more than thirty terrifying stories, including the Bram Stoker Award-winning "Gone" and "The Box," as well as original works such as "Closing Time" produced for this anthology. Original.

When his dog is shot by some young hoods who were in the middle of a robbery, Avery Ludlow is appalled by the callous disregard shown by the shooters. Seeking an apology, however, moves him into the path of a ruthless real estate developer with a rather sinister agenda. With every setback, Avery finds his need for revenge slowly growing and drawing him ever closer to the inevitable showdown.

In this revised edition of a 1989 book, a woman takes on the most violent and destructive aspects of the Greek goddess of the moon.

As her husband descends into insanity, Lydia Danse becomes determined to protect her beloved young son from his father, but a possessive Arthur Danse refuses to give up on the boy he considers his property. Original.

Three masters of horror unite in this collection of interconnected novellas that each start with someone walking into a workplace with a gun, launching an odyssey into a nightmarish world of fear and madness. Original.