Jack Cady

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Jack Andrew Cady (born March 20, 1932 in Columbus , Ohio , † January 14, 2004 in Port Townsend , Washington ) was an American author of science fiction , fantasy and horror novels, short stories and novels.

Life

Cady worked from 1952 for four years for the Coast Guard in Maine before he began studying at the University of Louisville , which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1961. He got by with various odd jobs, from auctioneers to truck drivers, which later provided the material for his stories. He typed his first (unpublished) novel on the bench of his truck with an old typewriter . The first success soon set in, and he won the Atlantic Monthly 'First' Award in 1965 for the short story The Burning . His first book The Burning & Other Stories , published in 1972, contains this short story and others that have already been published in renowned American anthologies .

Cady did not actually make writing his profession until 1974 when he moved to Washington and accepted a position as a creative writing teacher at the University of Washington . He taught this subject at several universities across the United States before returning to Washington at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma , where he taught until his retirement in 1992.

Cady was never a comfortable writer, covering a wide variety of subjects and genres, and despite his class, could not achieve consistent commercial success. Even so, he remained productive until his death and published seven books with four different publishers in the last decade alone.

In his private life, Cady was married twice, his second marriage to the author Carol Orlock, and had four children from his first marriage.

Awards

bibliography

Novels
  • The Well (1981)
  • McDowell's Ghost (1981)
  • The Jonah Watch (1981)
  • Singleton (1981)
  • The Man Who Could Make Things Vanish (1982)
  • Dark Dreaming (1991; as Pat Franklin)
  • Embrace of the Wolf (1993; as Pat Franklin)
  • Inagehi (1994)
  • Street (1994)
  • The Off Season (1995)
  • The Hauntings of Hood Canal (2001)
  • Ghostland (2001)
  • The Rules of '48 (2008)
Collections
  • The Burning & Other Stories (1973)
  • Tattoo (1978)
  • The Sons of Noah & Other Stories (1992)
  • The Night We Buried Road Dog (1994)
  • Ghosts of Yesterday (2003)
  • Phantoms: Collected Writings, Volume 1 (2015)
  • Fathoms: Collected Writings, Volume 2 (2016)
Short stories

1967:

  • Ride the Thunder (1967)

1973:

  • The Art of a Lady (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • The Burning (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • The Forest Ranger (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • The Girl in the Orange Hat (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • I Take Care of Things (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • Land (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • Play Like I'm Sheriff (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • The Shark (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • Text and Notes on a Sermon Preached in Harlan, Ky., Bluefield, West Va., Hamilton, Ohio, and Elsewhere (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • Thermopylae (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • The Troll (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )
  • With No Breeze (1973, in: Jack Cady: The Burning & Other Stories )

1978:

  • Flying Home (1978, in: Jack Cady: Tattoo )
  • James Jones (1978, in: Jack Cady: Tattoo )
  • Now We Are Fifty (1978, in: Jack Cady: Tattoo )
  • The Priest (1978, in: Jack Cady: Tattoo )
  • Tattoo (1978, in: Jack Cady: Tattoo )
  • Term (1978, in: Jack Cady: Tattoo )

1988:

1990:

  • Resurrection (1990, in: Charles G. Waugh, Frank D. McSherry Jr. and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Western Ghosts: Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from the American West )
  • The Curious Candy Store (in: Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7: Spring 1990 )

1991:

  • The Sons of Noah (in: Omni, January 1991 )
  • A Sailor's Pay (1991, in: Charles L. Grant (Ed.): Final Shadows )

1992:

  • The Patriarch (1992, in: Jack Cady: The Sons of Noah & Other Stories )
  • Tinker (1992, in: Jack Cady: The Sons of Noah & Other Stories )

1993:

  • The Night We Buried Road Dog (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1993 )

1994:

  • Our Ground and Every Fragrant Tree Is Shaded (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1994 )

1995:

  • Point Vestal (in: Pirate Writings, # 8 1995 )

1996:

  • The Bride: A Romance (in: Century, Number 4, January-February 1996 )
  • Kilroy Was Here (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1996 )
    • German: Kilroy was here. Translated by Cecilia Palinkas. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): Werewolf in sheep's clothing. Heyne SF&F # 6314, 1999, ISBN 3-453-14985-8 .

1998:

  • Daddy Dearest (1998, in: Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): The UFO Files )
  • The Best Left Neglected Library of Dry Facts (1998, in: Jack Cady: The Night We Buried Road Dog )

2000:

  • Jeremiah (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2000 )

2002:

  • Weird Row (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2002 )

2003:

  • The Ghost of Dive Bomber Hill (2003, in: Jack Cady: Ghosts of Yesterday )
  • Israel and Ernest (2003, in: Jack Cady: Ghosts of Yesterday )
  • Jacket Copy (2003, in: Jack Cady: Ghosts of Yesterday )
  • The Lady With the Blind Dog (2003, in: Jack Cady: Ghosts of Yesterday )
  • Support Your Local Griffin (2003, in: Jack Cady: Ghosts of Yesterday )
  • The Time That Time Forgot (2003, in: Jack Cady: Ghosts of Yesterday )
  • Truck Gypsy Blues (2003, in: Jack Cady: Ghosts of Yesterday )
  • The Twenty-Pound Canary (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003 )
  • Seven Sisters (2003, in: Ellen Datlow (Ed.): The Dark: New Ghost Stories )
  • The Parable of Satan's Adversary (in: Talebones # 27, Winter 2003 )
  • Miss Molly's Manners: A Book of Etiquette for Dogs (2003; with Carol Orlock)

2004:

  • Fog (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2004 )

2005:

  • The Souls of Drowning Mountain (2005, in: Kealan Patrick Burke (Ed.): Taverns of the Dead )

2016:

  • A Poet in the School: or, The Mystery of the Missing Mouse (2016, in: Jack Cady: Fathoms: Collected Writings, Volume 2 )
  • The Sounds of Silence (2016, in: Jack Cady: Fathoms: Collected Writings, Volume 2 )
  • Wintering (2016, in: Jack Cady: Fathoms: Collected Writings, Volume 2 )
  • Welcome Sweet Springtime (2016, in: Jack Cady: The Hauntings of Hood Canal )
Non-fiction
  • The American Writer: Shaping a Nation's Mind (1985)
  • Dear friends, being a letter to the IRS wherein the author explicates his non-compliance with certain Federal tax regulations and details a number of inalienable rights (1986)

literature

Web links
personal data
SURNAME Cady, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cady, Jack Andrew (full name); Franklin, Pat (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2004
Place of death Port Townsend , Washington