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Monthly Kindle Deal – Secret Life of Souls

[image error]The Secret Life of Souls is on special for Amazon Kindle!

$1.99 for the ebook and only $3.99 to add the audio version!

“The Secret Life of Souls is a terrifying, can’t­-put-­it-­down narrative of a family on the verge of disintegration. It’s also a classic, heart­-tugging, story of a girl and her dog. Feels like Matheson in his prime. Clean, stripped­-down writing, with an incredible pace. Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee have written one hell of a novel, one that speaks of all the things dogs mean to us. If you loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, as I did, you’ll want to spend some time with Delia and Caity.” (Stephen King)

“It is hard not to say that The Secret Life of Souls, which is actually sort of transcendent, represents the Bob, Son of Battle of horror novels. It is told with grace, warmth, humor, and plenty of good old narrative muscle to spare. But this book is more than even that. Ketchum and McKee not only collaborate, they managed to reach far down into themselves. This is a beautiful book.” (Peter Straub, author of ‘Ghost Story,’ ‘Koko,’ and ‘A Dark Matter’)

This is a special you won’t want to miss!

Garden of Fiends

[image error]Garden of Fiends: Tales of Addiction Horror is now available, featuring Jack’s story Returns, alongside pieces by Kealan Patrick Burke, Max Booth III, Jessica McHugh, and more.

The intoxication from a pint of vodka, the electric buzz from snorting cocaine, the warm embrace from shooting heroin—drinking and drugging provides 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. The craving to get high is a yearning as intense of any blood-thirsty monster.

The best way to tell the truths of addiction is through a story, and dark truths such as these need a piece of horror to do them justice.

The stories inside feature the insidious nature of addiction told with compassion yet searing honesty. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental deaths, and some of the most incredible names in horror fiction have tackled this modern day epidemic.

Now available in paperback, and for Kindle.

PCM Lifestyle Interview

New interview at PCM Lifestyle!

Are writers born or made?

What’s the best place for inspiration?

What’s on the horizon?

Answers to these questions and more…

Hide and Seek – One Day Special

[image error]FOR ONE DAY ONLY

Hide and Seek will be $1.99 on Amazon’s Kindle Store, for one day: March 31.

Hide and Seek is a book about games. Reckless, dangerous games. Games you might even want to play yourself if you’re with the right people. But shouldn’t. Not ever. In a small Maine town, a group of thrill seeking college kids finds a game of hide and seek in an abandoned house turning into a reality of stark terror.

Purchase here

Mail Order

[image error]Eric Shapiro’s film adaptation of Jack’s story Mail Order is now streaming on Amazon, and free for Prime Members!

A Wall Street trader who’s addicted to snuff films thinks he sees an ex-girlfriend starring in one.

What could possibly go wrong?

Starring Lee Schall and Cerris Morgan-Moyer

Watch here

New Edition of The Woman

[image error]Gauntlet Press is pleased to announce their new edition of The Woman, the controversial sequel to Off Season and Offspring. Gauntlet is making The Woman available as an affordable trade paperback.

Now available directly from Gauntlet, or on Amazon.

 

 

Secret Life of Souls Review

[image error]BookReporter weighs in on The Secret Life of Souls:

“[Jack Ketchum] and Lucky McKee have a winner with The Secret Life of Souls, a work that deservedly opens them up to a whole new world of readers who enjoy fine literary suspense novels.”

“Jack Ketchum can now claim his spot alongside those other horror greats as he and Lucky McKee have a winner with The Secret Life of Souls, a work that deservedly opens them up to a whole new world of readers who enjoy fine literary suspense novels.”

Read more here.

7 Questions

Middle Grade Ninja has 7 Questions for Jack Ketchum – a brief, but informative interview that includes such highlights as the three books that Jack hates, work/life balance, and who he’d like to have lunch with.

Bestiary Reading

Jack will be reading in Brooklyn, on Saturday, January 7, 2017.  We hope to see you there!

 

Hide and Seek – Free for Prime

Got Amazon Prime?

Hide and Seek for Kindle will be available for free for Amazon Prime account holders for the next 90 days.

Don’t got Prime?

Hide and Seek for Kindle will still be available at a very reasonable price.

Get it here!