The Visitor (review)

By Jack Ketchum

(Review by Renée Fredes)

Award-winning American author Jack Ketchum has made a great contribution to the horror genre. He has written the short story called “The Visitor” which belongs to a collection called “Zombies: encounters with hungry dead”. This short story deals with death and dead bodies rising again. “The Visitor” tells the story of a man, Will, whose wife has been bitten by a friend in her collarbone. At hospital she dies but Will continues visiting the same bed where she has died. During several visits he sees terrible things like mutilated bodies and dead people rising. In spite of that, Will pretends that all is well but this day something different happens.

“The Visitor” is a compelling story that holds young adults attention to the end, where there is a final unexpected twist. I highly recommend it for those who like this type of genre.