The Girl Next Door

Locus Publishing has released the first Chinese translation of one of Jack's books, expanding the reach of The Girl Next Door even further into Asia (Japanese and Korean editions are also available).

Tails of Wonder and Imagination, is a new anthology from Ellen Datlow, published by Night Shade Books.

Jack's story Returns is featured alongside works by Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Neil Gaiman, Graham Joyce, and more!

The Trade Paperback Edition is now available!

Dziewczyna Z Sasiedztwa and more news from Poland...

Hot off the presses, is a beautiful edition of Dziewczyna Z Sasiedztwa (The Girl Next Door), from Poland. Yet another stunning cover that helps pay off the karmic debt of the infamous "cheerleader" edition of the original paperback.

In other news from Poland, Jack will be attending Dni Fantastyki, in Wrocław, from June 25-27. A little about the event:

Dni Fantasyki was founded in 2003, and is held every year in the beautiful baroque castle of Leśnica. It is visited by thousands of people from around the country. The event centers around everything connected with fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, with literature being the main focus. As well as lectures and speeches given by the authors, Dni Fantastyki offers film screenings, discussion panels, book presenations and other more informal events. Every year a prominent figure from within these fields is selected to be a special guest. In the past few years, Dni Fantastyki has been visited by Graham Masterton, Alastair Reynolds, and other prominent European writers.

Dni Fantastyki is organized by CK "Zamek", a non-profit organization, with the help of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Urząd Miasta (Town Hall) in Wrocław.

New Foreign Editions!

Two new foreign language editions of Jack's books have recently been published.

First is a Korean edition of The Girl Next Door, from Lightning-Rod Books, with a beautiful and thought provoking cover. This one looks great on the book shelf with the other recent editions of this gut-wrenching classic.

Also available, is Wahnsinn, the German translation of Stranglehold/Only Child. Once again, Heyne Verlag delivers a killer translation, and a stunning edition.

e-books - COMING SOON!

Tentative news about e-book editions of some of Jack's books, courtesy of Leisure Press...

E-book editions of Cover, and Old Flames are currently in the works, and will be available soon. Older titles, including Off Season, Offspring, The Girl Next Door, and Peacable Kingdom have a tentative timeframe of June, with She Wakes, possibly later after that.

Watch this space for more details!

La Ragazza della Porta Accanto

Gargoyle Publishing in Italy, has released Jack's first Italian translation, of The Girl Next Door ("La Ragazza della Porta Accanto"), complete with yet another beautiful cover, and a foreward by Stephen King.

ISBN: 9788889541371

...braaaiiiins...

It's Halloween, which means it's zombie time (though, honestly, when isn't it zombie time?)! John Skipp has published a massive new anthology called Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead. Featured in the anthology is Jack's story The Visitor. Other contributors include Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, and Poppy Z. Brite.

If ever there was an anthology to add to your zombie shelf, this would be it.

For the Completists..

Looking to fill in the gaps in your collection? Have some extra room on your Ketchum-shelf?

Jack's Complete Bibliography is now online, and current up to his 2009 publications!

This is as comprehensive as it gets, and is the definitive guide to all things Jack Ketchum.

New International Editions

Mondolibri Publishing has recently published an Italian translation of Red, in a stylish new edition.

For the interested collector, copies seem to be available at a fairly reasonable price at Euroclub.it.

Also available, is the new German translation of Offspring, titled Beutegier. Heyne Hardcore has released yet another stunning translation.

Book Excerpt Widgets

Dorchester Publishing (the parent company for Leisure Press) has introduced a new website Widget that allows people to browse select titles that they publish.

Jack's latest mass-market paperback, Cover, has been selected as one of these titles, and is now browseable here at Jack Ketchum dot Net.

As Dorchester creates Widgets for more titles, I will add them to the website as well.

Cover - covered

Leisure Press has recently reissued Jack's 1987 novel, Cover as a mass-market paperback.

"Lee is a veteran who came back from the war a changed man. He's haunted and scarred. And his grip on reality is weakening, especially since his wife and son left him. He keeps to himself, deep in the woods. But today he's not alone. A group of weekend campers have intruded on his fragile world. For Lee this means he's back in the war. For the unsuspecting visitors it means a fight to stay alive."

This new edition also includes a Foreward by Jack, and an Afterword by Thomas Tessier.

To read an excerpt from Cover, click here.

DarkScribe magazine's Martel Sardina weighs in with a review.

Broken on the Wheel of Sex - Special Offer

For the month of June, Overlook Connection Press is offering a 15% discount for the visitors to the Official Jack Ketchum Website, for the release of the limited and sterling editions of Broken on the Wheel of Sex.

Simply enter coupon code BrokenSex15 when placing your order!

In addition to the signed limited of Broken, Overlook Connection is also offering a red alligator bound slipcase as an extra option to protect your book. You can also use this coupon to order the slipcase!!

For more information about Broken on the Wheel of Sex, click here.

French News

Continuing with the quality work of their French editions of Une Fille Comme les Autres (The Girl Next Door), and Morte Saison (Off Season), L'Ombre de Bragelonne has recently published Benoit Domis's translation of Stranglehold/Only Child, titled Fils Unique.

Like the other editions, this is a trade paperback.

Lest there be any doubt as to just how good these editions are, Morte Saison was recently awarded the 2009 Prix Masterton Award for best translated work.

Old Flames

"When her lover betrays her and dumps her coldly, Dora's mind begins to crack.

"She tracks down her old high school love to recapture what she might have had.

"He's married with a family now, but Dora isn't about to let that stop her..."

Old Flames is the latest novella from Jack, and is available as a gorgeous limited edition hardcover from Cemetery Dance, and as a mass-market paperback from Leisure Press (where it is coupled with Right to Life).

Old Flames also made Stephen King's "Best of 2008" List!