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The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time

PopCrunch has compiled their list of the  Top 10 Most Disturbing Books of All Time!

How many of them have you read?

Check out the list (and see if you can guess what #1 is!)

Dark Bites

Rick Hipson has 13 (or so) Terrible Questions for Jack…

Check out Jack’s 13 (or so) Terrible Answers at

DARK BITES

I’m Not Sam – Contest Winner!

…And the winner of the I’m Not Sam Naughty and Nice Manuscript Giveaway contest…is Sam – McCanna, that is!

Congratulations!

A tremendous thank you goes out to all who participated, as well as Joshua Jabcuga, Brian Freeman of Cemetery Dance, and the good folks of Sinister Grin Press!

How was the contest decided?

Meet the Judge!

In the movie Lone Wolf and Cub (aka Shogun Assassin),  the Shogun’s executioner is framed for a crime, and sentenced to death. He chooses to fight back, and offers his infant son a choice.  If he crawls to a ball, he will forfeit his life.  If he crawls to the executioner’s sword, then he will travel the path of the ronin, with his father.

NO CHILDREN WERE HARMED IN THE DECIDING OF THIS CONTEST.

Since Kev (the Webmaster) is a big movie geek, he wrote everyone’s name down on a small piece of paper (to avoid any unconscious bias based on purchase/non-purchase).  These pieces of paper were scattered about the floor, and his 1 year old son was given the opportunity to decide the winner.

The winner was literally, the first piece of paper his son crawled to, and picked up.

And there you have it. The winner is Sam.

Congratulations!  And again, thank you to everyone who entered!

I’M NOT SAM Contest UPDATE

A big thank you to everyone who entered the contest to win the manuscript of I’m Not Sam!

We will be announcing a winner shortly!

Tom Piccirilli

A fine writer and a fine man is fighting for his life.  Read this.  Consider strength.

MEETING THE BLACK by Tom Piccirilli – a Guest Blog at briankeene.com.

Only Child Trade Paperback

“This is a devastating novel, perhaps too powerful to be published in the United States. Jack Ketchum at his terrifying best!” — Stephen King

Only Child (aka Stranglehold) surfaces again as a trade paperback from Gauntlet Publications, for only $16.95 + postage and handling.

This edition, like Gauntlet’s hardcover edition(s) also contains an afterword by Stephen King.

Midnight Echo

Issue #8 of Midnight Echo Magazine, the Official Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association features the story Squirrely Shirley, by Jack, with Lucky McKee.

You can pre-order the limited print edition from their website! Publication date is 11/30!

The Woman is the Coolest!

Ain’t It Cool News counted down the top horror movies of the year since Halloween (2011).

Guess who made #1?

Read all about it here…

Mail Order

Jack’s short story Mail Order has been adapted into a film by Wildlight Entertainment. The film premiered last summer at FantasyCon in the UK, with subsequent showings at NECon in Rhode Island, and Long Beach Comic Con.

Where and when can you see it?

Keep watching this space for more details.

In the meantime, Fangoria has a great write up of the film, here.

 

Reading List

Happy Halloween!

Have you read all of Jack’s books, and you’re looking for something else to read?

Check out The Scariest Book I’ve Ever Read – recommendations from Jack, Caitlin Kiernan, and more!