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The newest short story collection from award-winning author Jack Ketchum, including his Stoker-award winning novella CLOSING TIME. Ketchum has published acclaimed novels such as RIGHT TO LIFE, LADIES NIGHT and THE GIRL NEXT DOOR.
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Though Stoker-winner Ketchum is best known for his novels of hardcore horror (Off Season, etc.), the 19 stories in this collection reveal his skill at crafting short and subtle mood pieces about everyday folk who find themselves wrestling with overpowering emotions that occasionally open them to macabre experience. "Do You Love Your Wife?" tells of a man who sees his crumbling relationship with his lover mirrored in a cryptic violent nightmare. "Returns" is narrated by the ghost of a man who finds that his frustrating inability to spur his grieving lover to care for their pet cat crystallizes the emotional shortfall that distinguished their relationship. Though most of the stories conclude with surprising O. Henry twists, several simply follow the intersecting paths of multiple characters as their experiences conclude dramatically in inescapable tragedy, notably "Station Two" and the title story, which sets a haunting tale of personal loss involving two star-crossed lovers and a predatory robber against a backdrop of the incomprehensible devastation of the events of 9/11. These well-told tales are proof that quiet horrors wrought by a skilled writer can make powerful reading. (Feb. 28)
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Closing Time and Other Stories
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Gauntlet Pr, Colorado Springs, 2007
ISBN 10: 1887368906
ISBN 13: 9781887368902
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Harry O. Morris (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unused copy. This copy has some light cover edge wear. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. arc uncorrected proof pages CLOSING TIME AND OTHER STORIES is Jack Ketchum's collection of 19 stories that have never been published together before. The book contains "Closing Time" (Ketchum's Bram Stoker Award winning novella), hard-to-find recent stories and one original, previously unpublished story, "Hotline" To further enhance the collection, Ketchum wrote an afterword for each story. Returns Damned If You Do Station Two Elusive Papa The Fountain Do You Love Your Wife? (original and unpublished) At Home With the VCR Those Rockports Won't Get You Into Heaven Olivia: A Monologue Brave Girl Honor System Lighten Up Hotline Monster Consensual Seascape Snarl, Hiss, Spit, Stalk Closing Time. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 044737
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Harry O. Morris (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unused copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Illustrated endpapers, sewn in marker. CLOSING TIME AND OTHER STORIES is Jack Ketchum's collection of 19 stories that have never been published together before. The book contains "Closing Time" (Ketchum's Bram Stoker Award winning novella), hard-to-find recent stories and one original, previously unpublished story, "Hotline" To further enhance the collection, Ketchum wrote an afterword for each story. Returns Damned If You Do Station Two Elusive Papa The Fountain Do You Love Your Wife? (original and unpublished) At Home With the VCR Those Rockports Won't Get You Into Heaven Olivia: A Monologue Brave Girl Honor System Lighten Up Hotline Monster Consensual Seascape Snarl, Hiss, Spit, Stalk Closing Time. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 046763
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ISBN 10: 1887368906
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Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
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Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Harry O. Morris (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unused copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Illustrated endpapers, sewn in marker. CLOSING TIME AND OTHER STORIES is Jack Ketchum's collection of 19 stories that have never been published together before. The book contains "Closing Time" (Ketchum's Bram Stoker Award winning novella), hard-to-find recent stories and one original, previously unpublished story, "Hotline" To further enhance the collection, Ketchum wrote an afterword for each story. Returns Damned If You Do Station Two Elusive Papa The Fountain Do You Love Your Wife? (original and unpublished) At Home With the VCR Those Rockports Won't Get You Into Heaven Olivia: A Monologue Brave Girl Honor System Lighten Up Hotline Monster Consensual Seascape Snarl, Hiss, Spit, Stalk Closing Time. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 047979
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ISBN 10: 1887368906
ISBN 13: 9781887368902
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Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
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Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Harry O. Morris (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unused copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Illustrated endpapers, sewn in marker. CLOSING TIME AND OTHER STORIES is Jack Ketchum's collection of 19 stories that have never been published together before. The book contains "Closing Time" (Ketchum's Bram Stoker Award winning novella), hard-to-find recent stories and one original, previously unpublished story, "Hotline" To further enhance the collection, Ketchum wrote an afterword for each story. Returns Damned If You Do Station Two Elusive Papa The Fountain Do You Love Your Wife? (original and unpublished) At Home With the VCR Those Rockports Won't Get You Into Heaven Olivia: A Monologue Brave Girl Honor System Lighten Up Hotline Monster Consensual Seascape Snarl, Hiss, Spit, Stalk Closing Time. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 047978