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The Box

By: Jack Ketchum
Narrated by: Jack Ketchum
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The box is Jack Ketchum's 1994 Bram Stoker Award-winning story. It has been anthologized, reprinted, and now it is available for the first time in digital.

This is a live recording of the author, narrating his award-winning story, in the way only Jack Ketchum can....

©1994 Dallas Mayr (P)2014 David N. Wilson
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Frustratingly great

Not your normal Ketchum, this is free of brains and blood, but that’s mean that it’s not cerebral and boiling. Starts interestingly and snowballs fast, this classic Ketchum bluntness that’s so perfectly crafted, you’ll want to know what’s in the box too.

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Curiosity can be a dangerous thing

Pandora’s box unleashed horrible things into the world. This strangers box decimated a family. A look into the box revealed things about life and death that no child should eve leave know and creates a hunger that cannot be satisfied.
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It is worth the credit..

I bought this expecting a full sized book. I didn't look at the audio length when I got it. I found it while searching for splatterpunk. it is not splatterpunk.
The Box is well written, to the point, and an excellent story. It was 21 minutes long and worth every penny and every minute.
Get this short story. It is worth it.

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Dread!

Wow what a gut punch of a story! Jack Ketchum was such a writing powerhouse.

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What’s in the box

Mysterious and depressing this short story packs a punch
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I don't know what to think of it

This is a story that I feel will get better with time the longer I think about it and the message.

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SCRATCH A SON AND YOU ALWAYS GET HIS DAD

I AM NOT HUNGRY
This is not scary, like most of Ketchum's writing. It is depressing. I like JK's writing, but this did not make me HUNGRY for more.

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OK Story

I'm not sure why so many people are confused by what was in the box since the son tells his father exactly what was in the box. This story might be thought of as a lesson along the lines of Albert Camus's philosophy and the key to understanding it is to contrast the fathers ravenous hunger at the end with his children's lack of hunger throughout.

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What a great short story

What a great short story. Keeps you guessing and wanting more. Wondering what was in the box but not wanting to know at the same time

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This would have been a great novel.

Great short story. could have been a great novel. it grabbed me right away. It also made me sad when it ended.

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