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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The first edition of ''Off Season'' leaves unresolved the fate of [[spoiler: the clan leader's penis after Marjie bites it off]]. The mystery is resolved in the unexpurgated edition: [[spoiler:she spits it out. In an afterword, Ketchum expresses amusement that the original publishers presumably found the prospect of her having swallowed it to be less disturbing.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The first edition of ''Off Season'' leaves unresolved the fate of [[spoiler: the clan leader's penis after Marjie bites it off]]. off.]] The mystery is resolved in the unexpurgated edition: [[spoiler:she spits it out. In an afterword, Ketchum expresses amusement that the original publishers presumably found the prospect of her having swallowed it to be less disturbing.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The first edition of ''Off Season'' leaves unresolved the fate of [[spoiler: the clan leader's penis after Marjie bites it off.]].off]]. The mystery is resolved in the unexpurgated edition: [[spoiler:she spits it out. In an afterword, Ketchum expresses amusement that the original publishers presumably found the prospect of her having swallowed it to be less disturbing.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: the The first edition of ''Off Season'' leaves unresolved the fate of [[spoiler: the clan leader's penis after Marjie bites it off.]]. The mystery is resolved in the unexpurgated edition [[spoiler:: she edition: [[spoiler:she spits it out. In an afterword, Ketchum expresses amusement that the original publishers presumably found the prospect of her having swallowed it to be less disturbing.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: Ketchum's final story "Endgame" has [[spoiler:the Woman and the rest of her clan definitively killed off, albeit with the implication there may be living offspring still out there.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: Ketchum's final story "Endgame" has [[spoiler:the Woman and the rest of her clan definitively killed off, albeit with the implication there may be living offspring still out there.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: the first edition of ''Off Season'' leaves unresolved the fate of [[spoiler: the clan leader's penis after Marjie bites it off.]]. The mystery is resolved in the unexpurgated edition [[spoiler:: she spits it out. In an afterword, Ketchum expresses amusement that the original publishers presumably found the prospect of her having swallowed it to be less disturbing.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: the first edition of ''Off Season'' leaves unresolved the fate of [[spoiler: the clan leader's penis after Marjie bites it off.]]. The mystery is resolved in the unexpurgated edition [[spoiler:: she spits it out. In an afterword, Ketchum expresses amusement that the original publishers presumably found the prospect of her having swallowed it to be less disturbing.]]
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* ''Cow'' (2012)
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* ''Cow'' (2012)(2012, co-written with Lucky [=McKee=])
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The series is named for the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River which is inhabited by a family of savage cannibals.
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* SequelFirst: Due to rights issues, ''Off Season'' was never adapted and the film series only included the sequels.
* SequelFirst: Due to rights issues, ''Off Season'' was never adapted and the film series only included the sequels.
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* KilledOffForReal: Ketchum's final story "Endgame" has [[spoiler:the Woman and the rest of her clan definitively killed off, albeit with the implication there may be living offspring still out there.]]
* SequelFirst: Due to rights issues, ''Off Season'' was never adapted and the film series only included the sequels.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: Ketchum's final story "Endgame" has [[spoiler:the Woman and the rest of her clan definitively killed off, albeit with the implication there may be living offspring still out there.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: Ketchum's final story "Endgame" has [[spoiler:the Woman and the rest of her clan definitively killed off, albeit with the implication there may be living offspring still out there.]]]]
* SequelFirst: Due to rights issues, ''Off Season'' was never adapted and the film series only included the sequels.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unnamed_3_74.jpg]] The ''Dead River'' series is comprised of three books and related short stories/novellas written by Creator/JackKetchum (and co-written by Lucky [=McKee=] on with a few occasions).
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* EnfantTerrible: Many of the cannibals present in the series are still children.
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* CreatorCameo: Ketchum has a cameo in the film adaptation for ''Offspring''.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Both ''Offspring'' and ''The Woman'' depict 'civilized' human characters as being more monstrous and depraved than the cannibals who are just following their own nature.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Both ''Offspring'' and ''The Woman'' depict 'civilized' human characters as being more monstrous and depraved than the cannibals who are just following their own nature.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unnamed_3_74.jpg]] The ''Dead River'' series is comprised of three books and related short stories/novellas written by Creator/JackKetchum (and co-written by Lucky [=McKee=] on a few occasions).
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The ''Dead River'' series is comprised of three books and related short stories/novellas written by Creator/JackKetchum (and co-written by Lucky [=McKee=] on a few occasions).
The second two books were adapted into films.
!! Novels
* ''Off Season'' (1980; an unexpurgated edition was released in 1999)
* ''Offspring'' (1991)
* ''Literature/TheWoman'' (2010, co-written with Lucky [=McKee=])
!! Short stories/novellas
* ''Winter Child'' (1998)
* ''Cow'' (2012)
* ''Endgame'' (2015)
!! Films
* ''Offspring'' (2009)
* ''The Woman'' (2011)
* ''Film/{{Darlin}}'' (2019)
Note: ''Darlin''' is an original story from Creator/PollyannaMcIntosh and not based on any prior source material.
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!!The series provides examples of:
* TheAtoner: Peters in ''Offspring'' serves as this, hoping to redeem himself for his accidental killing of [[spoiler:Nick]] in the previous novel.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Famously done with ''Off Season'' as the publisher made Ketchum remove most of the gore and give it a happier ending. An uncut version was released almost twenty years later.
* ChildByRape: The cannibal clan keeps an unlucky man known as the 'cow' who is kept alive and used (against their will) to produce offspring.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As of now, ''Endgame'' is only available in the limited edition of ''Off Season'' that is now out of print.
* IconicSequelCharacter: The Woman first appears in the sequel ''Offspring'' and becomes the central figure of the franchise in later installments.
* ImAHumanitarian: A given in a series featuring cannibals.
* KilledOffForReal: Ketchum's final story "Endgame" has [[spoiler:the Woman and the rest of her clan definitively killed off, albeit with the implication there may be living offspring still out there.]]
The second two books were adapted into films.
!! Novels
* ''Off Season'' (1980; an unexpurgated edition was released in 1999)
* ''Offspring'' (1991)
* ''Literature/TheWoman'' (2010, co-written with Lucky [=McKee=])
!! Short stories/novellas
* ''Winter Child'' (1998)
* ''Cow'' (2012)
* ''Endgame'' (2015)
!! Films
* ''Offspring'' (2009)
* ''The Woman'' (2011)
* ''Film/{{Darlin}}'' (2019)
Note: ''Darlin''' is an original story from Creator/PollyannaMcIntosh and not based on any prior source material.
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!!The series provides examples of:
* TheAtoner: Peters in ''Offspring'' serves as this, hoping to redeem himself for his accidental killing of [[spoiler:Nick]] in the previous novel.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Famously done with ''Off Season'' as the publisher made Ketchum remove most of the gore and give it a happier ending. An uncut version was released almost twenty years later.
* ChildByRape: The cannibal clan keeps an unlucky man known as the 'cow' who is kept alive and used (against their will) to produce offspring.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As of now, ''Endgame'' is only available in the limited edition of ''Off Season'' that is now out of print.
* IconicSequelCharacter: The Woman first appears in the sequel ''Offspring'' and becomes the central figure of the franchise in later installments.
* ImAHumanitarian: A given in a series featuring cannibals.
* KilledOffForReal: Ketchum's final story "Endgame" has [[spoiler:the Woman and the rest of her clan definitively killed off, albeit with the implication there may be living offspring still out there.]]
