Mitten in der Vorstadt während eines idyllischen Sommers wird der Junge David mit traumatisierenden Grausamkeiten konfrontiert. Es zerrt ihn in den Keller der menschlichen Psyche hinab, was sein ganzes restliches Leben aus der Bahn werfen wird. „Evil“ ist der wohl bekannteste Splatter-Roman vom famo...
Inhaltsangabe Die USA in den 50er- Jahren. Nach außen hin eine heile Welt, doch inmitten der amerikanischen Vorstadtidylle wird ein Junge mit unvorstellbaren Grausamkeiten konfrontiert. Jack Ketchum zeigt in seinem beunruhigenden, grenzüberschreitenden Horrorthriller die Abgründe der menschlichen Se...
I didn’t go into this novel for something of emotional depth; I was not looking for a story with well-done subtext or fully fleshed characters. Having read a string of literary novels, I wanted something grisly and fast and raunchy. Jack Ketchum is that guy. And I got what I was looking for. Havin...
Ketchum was a man way ahead of his time. In 1989, he wrote The Girl Next Door. There was nothing on the shelves remotely like it by other authors. There was nothing as brutal, as gut-wrenching, or emotionally draining as The Girl Next Door. This kind of fiction wouldn't see the light of day for anot...
Jesus H., this book is dark. Dark dark dark dark. Jack Ketchum pulls no punches. His writing style is not fanciful; he gets in and gets out, giving the reader exactly what he or she needs — nothing more, or less. Perhaps that’s what makes this novel so unsettling (aside from the fact that it is ba...
They were fierce, brutal and relentless. They were human but they acted like monsters, not stopping for anything once they got started. It was the flesh of the dead that gave them their power but they needed victims, a steady supply of them, to keep their group thriving. Oh, I enjoyed this one. It...
Below, I mention how I liked each story and include a favorite quote: The Empty Chambers by Neil Gaiman A poem. Very creepy but I’d rather have read a Gaiman story. The Company You Keep by Steve Resnic Tem Walking among us are the members of a secret company. I don’t know what I took away from t...
Some of these stories were unexpected. Some were actually touching considering the subject matter. Some a little creepy. I enjoyed the imagination of the different writers, the way their stories unfolded. This is not for the faint at heart with some of the endings. There were times I wanted to finis...
* The reality of addiction is darker than any fiction. * "Drinking and drugging provide 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." Before I read even one story in this 'reality horror' anthology - Mark Ma...
Delia Cross ist gerade mal 11 Jahre und auf dem Weg zum gefeierten Fernsehstar. Unglücklich, vom alles verzehrenden Ehrgeiz der Mutter getrieben, hält sie sich an ihrer Hündin Caity fest, in der sie mehr als den Familienhund sieht. Doch dann zerstört ein furchtbarer Unfall ihr Gesicht und selbst jet...
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