Background
Jack Cady was born on March 20, 1932, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. He was the son of Donald Victor and Pauline Lucille Cady. He had two sisters.
2301 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40292, United States
After serving in the United States Coast Guard from 1952 to 1956, Jack Cady earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Louisville in 1961.
(Years earlier, John Tracker fled the insanity of his fami...)
Years earlier, John Tracker fled the insanity of his family and their house, a centuries-old monstrosity that his grandfather Theophilus rigged full of hallucinatory tricks and vicious death traps designed to capture the Devil. Now middle-aged, John receives word that the place is to be demolished to make way for a freeway, and he decides to revisit it with his girlfriend Amy Griffith before its destruction. But when a blizzard traps them inside the house, they will be forced to contend with the dangers hidden within: strange time-shifts, murderous traps, and something evil that stalks the halls in the form of John's grandmother Vera. As the terror mounts, John and Amy will make the horrifying discovery that Theophilus's mad ambition to trap the Devil may have succeeded only too well ...
https://www.amazon.com/The-Well-Jack-Cady-audiobook/dp/B07BY458L6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Well+Jack+Cady&qid=1611148706&s=books&sr=1-1
1981
(Singleton wasn't a simple man; he merely has simple needs...)
Singleton wasn't a simple man; he merely has simple needs, and he speaks them simply. He hauls cargo across the United States, and lives a life that many would classify as that of a drifter. But Singleton chose the road. He chose the endless hauling and empty destinations. Not because he was fleeing any sort of stable, constant life, but because he was working. And working was all he knew. Much like Hemingway and Steinbeck, Cady wrote about the condition of the American working man. Singleton is both a memoir of and a meditation on the open road, written by the writer the Atlanta Constitution calls "a lasting voice in modern American literature."
https://www.amazon.com/Singleton-Jack-Cady-ebook/dp/B07QC6F3ZF/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Singleton+Jack+Cady&qid=1611149189&s=books&sr=1-1
1981
(Supposedly a true story framed in the format of a novel, ...)
Supposedly a true story framed in the format of a novel, The Jonah Watch is based on Jack Cady's experiences while serving on a Coast Guard cutter off the coast of Maine. Trapped on an icebound cutter, the crew of the Adrian are haunted by apparitions, and the resulting terror and paranoia make for a claustrophobic tale of initiation and survival. Supposedly a true story framed in the format of a novel, The Jonah Watch is based on Jack Cady's experiences while serving on a Coast Guard cutter off the coast of Maine. Trapped on an icebound cutter, the crew of the Adrian are haunted by apparitions, and the resulting terror and paranoia make for a claustrophobic tale of initiation and survival.
https://www.amazon.com/Jonah-Watch-Jack-Cady/dp/1630230022
1982
(McDowell returns to his ancestral home in the South and f...)
McDowell returns to his ancestral home in the South and finds it haunted by the ghost of a uniform-clad Confederate ancestor, who has been waiting to settle accounts from the past.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/McDowells-Ghost-Jack-Cady/dp/0877953430
1982
(What if you could make things vanish, purely with a simpl...)
What if you could make things vanish, purely with a simple effort of your mind? What would you do? Who would want to control that power? Jack Cady, in The Man Who Could Make Things Vanish, releases a long pent-up everyman rage against a system that is designed to terrorize, inhumanize, and degrade the human experience. The secret organization behind this villainy is given a name here--Mobilier--and the only thing that can stop it from complete world domination is one man. Cady, an outspoken critic of the military industrial complex and over-reaching government action, turns his considerable talents to pose a scathing "What if?" that is still terrifyingly relevant and cautionary today as it was when the book was first released more than thirty-five years ago. Introduction by Dale Bailey, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Could-Make-Things-Vanish/dp/1933846828/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Man+Who+Could+Make+Things+Vanish&qid=1611149724&s=books&sr=1-1
1983
(The dream always started the same... Psychology Meredith ...)
The dream always started the same... Psychology Meredith Morgan understands the how and why of dreams. She understands that dreams are how our subconscious mind tells us things we are too busy to notice. It was a nearly senseless dream... She understands that some see dreams as prophetic, as the future reaching back and giving us a clue as to what is to come. Some see dreams as open doors through which the past can claw its way into the present. Dreams are where time and space collapse. Meredith awoke... But dreams are dreams, and when you wake up, the people you meet in your dreams shouldn't still be with you...
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Dreaming/dp/B00NVM6HII/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Dark+Dreaming+Pat+Franklin&qid=1611150182&s=books&sr=1-1
1991
(Molly Snow arrives in the coastal town of Surfbreak to re...)
Molly Snow arrives in the coastal town of Surfbreak to research its past. It was here that one brave explorer ventured long ago - and here that he died. Molly wants to know what happened to Alfred Aowl... and why the maps he drew of the region depict places that don't exist. But her interest in Aowl and his feud with the Indians resurrects dark forces only a shaman could understand.
https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-of-the-Wolf/dp/B00R507IRG/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Embrace+of+the+Wolf+Pat+Franklin&qid=1611150240&s=audible&sr=1-1
1993
(Joel-Peter, an itinerant preacher, and a dark gray cat ar...)
Joel-Peter, an itinerant preacher, and a dark gray cat arrive in Point Vestal, a cursed town on the edge of the Pacific, where ghosts walk among the living and time behaves strangely.
https://www.amazon.com/Off-Season-Victorian-Sequel/dp/0312135742/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=The+Off+Season+Jack+Cady&qid=1611150383&s=books&sr=1-2
1995
(Death upsets the quiet equilibrium and rustic charm of a ...)
Death upsets the quiet equilibrium and rustic charm of a small town on the Washington State peninsula when a well-intentioned blacksmith performs an unexpected civic duty for the town. While the blacksmith’s actions remove a pernicious evil that had taken up residence along the nearby canal, the death of the predator allows a more ancient evil to slip into the waters of the canal. The townsfolk find themselves drawn into a vortex of dark uncertainty and shadow-stricken morality as investigators uncover secrets long thought buried... The Hauntings of Hood Canal is a ghostly tale of the dark side of the quintessential American small town, and it is written by an author the Tulsa World says “has patented a hard-edged folksy narrative that conceals within its intricate voice the imminence of the supernatural.” Included in this edition are two additional stories that further illustrate the mystery and marvel of Jack Cady’s rural narrative voice.
https://www.amazon.com/Hauntings-Hood-Canal-Jack-Cady-ebook/dp/B07VQT7LSQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+haunting+of+hood+canal&qid=1611151476&s=books&sr=1-1
2001
(Ghosts of Yesterday is a stunning collection by multiple-...)
Ghosts of Yesterday is a stunning collection by multiple-award-winning author Jack Cady The Off Season, The Haunting of Hood Canal. Cady captures the sights and emotions of America, from the Pacific Northwest ("Jeremiah") to the streets of San Francisco ("The Lady With the Blind Dog"), to the Midwest-heartland ("Halloween 1942"), along the roads and highways in between ("The Ghost of Dive Bomber Hill"), and back into the history of the American Southeast ("The Time That Time Forgot"). The stories that makeup Ghosts of Yesterday are detailed and realistic portraits of the world that, despite (and perhaps because) of their authenticity, manage to convey a sense of wonder and fantastic, where anything is possible. The characters and places that Cady brings to life demonstrate clearly why he is one of the most versatile and respected writers today... His stories will move you and change the way you look at the world.
https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Yesterday-Jack-Cady-ebook/dp/B07H46W8Q1/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Ghosts+of+Yesterday+Jack+Cady&qid=1611151589&s=books&sr=1-2
2003
Jack Cady was born on March 20, 1932, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. He was the son of Donald Victor and Pauline Lucille Cady. He had two sisters.
After serving in the United States Coast Guard from 1952 to 1956, Jack Cady earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Louisville in 1961.
The 1960s saw Jack Cady jump from job to job, including work as a truck driver, auctioneer, and social-security claims representative, among other odd jobs. These various occupations helped him gain a wide variety of experiences. however, which made good material for his writings. At first, these were in the form of short stories that ranged from horror to mainstream but were often difficult to classify, which some critics have cited as the reason why Cady never managed to gain a large audience.
He did, however, garner many awards, starting with an Atlantic Monthly "First" award in 1965 and other short-story awards. His short fiction was also frequently anthologized, and this led to a successful position as a creative writing teacher at the University of Washington in Seattle from 1968 to 1972. Cady also found some stability in his career as co-owner of a landscaping company in Port Townsend and was briefly the editor and publisher of the Port Townsend Journal in the mid-1970s.
Cady's short story collections began to see publication in the 1970s with books such as The Burning and Other Stories (1973) and Tattoo and Other Stories (1978); by the 1980s, he was publishing horror novels, including The Well (1980), McDowell's Ghost (1982), Embrace the Wolf (1993) and The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel (1995). He was also the author of the dystopian science-fiction novel The Man Who Could Make Things Vanish (1983). He taught creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University, where he said he spent "13 happy years before retirement."
(What if you could make things vanish, purely with a simpl...)
1983(Years earlier, John Tracker fled the insanity of his fami...)
1981(Death upsets the quiet equilibrium and rustic charm of a ...)
2001(Joel-Peter, an itinerant preacher, and a dark gray cat ar...)
1995(McDowell returns to his ancestral home in the South and f...)
1982(Supposedly a true story framed in the format of a novel, ...)
1982(Ghosts of Yesterday is a stunning collection by multiple-...)
2003(Singleton wasn't a simple man; he merely has simple needs...)
1981(Molly Snow arrives in the coastal town of Surfbreak to re...)
1993(The dream always started the same... Psychology Meredith ...)
1991Jack Cady was a fervent believer in the value of history as a tool to understanding both politics and writing.
In 1977 Jack Cady married fellow writer Carol Orlock. He had four children from a previous marriage.