Originally published in ITW's THRILLERS: Must-Reads Jack Ketchum, a pseudonym for Dallas Mayr ( -), owns some of the blackest real estate in the world of thriller fiction. A former literary agent and actor, Ketchum published his first novel, Off Season, to the dismay of the mainstream literary establishment and the delight of what would grow into a cult following/5. But Off Season, the first novel from Jack Ketchum (long-standing pen name of Dallas Mayr) and published in July by Ballantine, features some of the most primal images of human fear in the starkest terms - just like that cover art - so primal that they are nearly mythic. Off Season can be seen as an ur-text for the horror genre in that it Author: Will Errickson. "Off Season" is an absolute fantastic work of horror art with the effectiveness that only few high caliber authors, such as Jack Ketchum, are able to achieve. All time favorite of mine without a doubt, and highly recommended for all readers who are fans of this genre/5.
Off Season is a horror novel written by Jack Ketchum and initially published by Ballantine Books in It was Ketchum's first novel and was partially based upon the legend of Sawney Bean, which also inspired Wes Craven's cult classic horror film The Hills Have Eyes. - reviewed by Zo. In , Jack Ketchum published his first novel "Off Season". Stephen King said in his acceptance speech at the National Book Awards that "Off Season set off a furor in my supposed field, that of horror, that was unequaled until the advent of Clive Barker. Off Season was not Ketchum's only foray into Dead River. A sequel, Offspring, appeared in There is a short story, "Winter Child," that bridges the two novels; included as a bonus in the unexpurgated Off Season, it is a chilling delight. He co-wrote a second sequel with Lucky McKee in called The Woman. Both of these novels were.
When Off Season returned to print in , sponsored by a new and less squeamish publishing house, Ketchum put back much of the disputed material. In its first incarnation, it was filled to the brim with blood, but now its cup truly runneth over with gore. If you want more plasma and hemoglobin, you would need to rob a blood bank. In , Jack Ketchum published his first novel "Off Season". Stephen King said in his acceptance speech at the National Book Awards that "Off Season set off a furor in my supposed field, that of horror, that was unequaled until the advent of Clive Barker. Off Season PDF book by Jack Ketchum Read Online or Free Download in ePUB, PDF or MOBI.
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