A Little Emerald Book of Ephemera

Book excerpt: The fifth in Little Book Series II is Jack Ketchum's A Little Emerald Book of Ephemera, a delightful collection of essays, opinions, reflections, and even a few poems. Included in this collection: "A Week in the Work-Life of a Nonessential Author" "Barflies" "Remembering Charlie" "Afterword to Tales from a Darker State" "On Writing The Girl Next Door" "Afterword to the Movie Tie-In Edition of The Girl Next Door" "Introduction to the Filmscript of The Girl Next Door" "On The Lost" "Foreword to Cover" "Afterword to Hide and Seek" "Afterword to Old Flames" "On Writing Joyride" "Afterword to Only Child aka Strangehold" "Afterword to the Unexpurgated Off Season" "On Writing Offspring" "Talked to God" "Introduction to The Crossings" "Afterword to Sleep Disorder" "Elvis Ku" "The I'm Not Sam Blogs" "On John Carpenter's The Thing"