Synopses & Reviews
By turns absurd, hilarious, and terrifying, this outrageous collection features the best writings of the high priest of Texan weirdness. Odd-ball detectives, malicious rocks, spectral prehistoric fish, and vampire hunters permeate these vividly detailed stories. Featuring cult-classic award-winning tales such as Night They Missed the Horror Show” and Mad Dog Summer,” along with nonfiction forays into drive-in theaters and low budget films, this dynamic retrospective represents the broad spectrum of Lansdales career. Bubba Hotep”the tale of Elvis, John F. Kennedy, and a soul-sucking mummy, which was made into an award-winning filmis included along with the acclaimed novella, On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks,” and never before collected works. Original, compelling, and downright odd, this unforgettable compilation is essential reading for fans of horror, mystery, and southern gothic.
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"Lansdale is an American original with a storytelling style distinctively his own." Publishers Weekly
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"Indisputably one of horror's most revered craftsmen." Booklist Online
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"Quirky, genre-hopping . . . wide ranging collection . . . running the gambit from horror to western to outright satire." Examiner.com
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Like 10-alarm chili, Lansdale is pretty strong stuff. . . . He has become a cult figure.” People magazine
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A zest for storytelling and a gimlet eye for detail.” Entertainment Weekly
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Lansdale is a storyteller in the Texas tradition of outrageousness . . . but amped up to about 100,000 watts.” Houston Chronicle
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A folklorists eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace.” New York Times Book Review
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"A must-have book for the lover of the weird, the champion of the bizarre and the fan of the outrageous. If you are looking for a unique experience that will leave you equal parts stunned and nostalgic, frightened and amused, look no further." Fatally Yours
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Always entertaining, champion storyteller Lansdale shares his best weird yarns in this terrific collection.... This is a great introduction to the raunchy, cheerfully unclassifiable East Texan bon vivant.”
Publishers Weekly
Let this volume introduce you to his uncensored, unfiltered world. He is a writer deserving of a wide and appreciative audience.”
The Guardian
Indisputably one of horrors most revered craftsmen.”
Booklist
Synopsis
Godzillas in a twelve-step program. A soul-sucking Mummy stalks Elvis and John F. Kennedy. Joe Bob Briggs has a moral dilemma: If your girlfriend turns zombie on you, what do you do?
And thats the tame stuff.
In this red-hot collection from world-champion Mojo storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, youll find his best, most outrageous stories. The high priest of Texan weirdness does it all: horror, mystery, satire, suspense, and even Westerns. Prepare to be offended, shocked, and cackling like a crazed redneck.
Featuring five Bram Stoker Awardwinning stories, this career retrospective contains some of Lansdales rarer work, his nonfiction forays into drive-in theaters and B-movies, and the novella Bubba Ho-Tep, later made into a cult-classic major motion picture.
Come on inthe weirdness is fine.
About the Author
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than thirty novels, including the Edgar Awardwinning Hap and Leonard mystery series (Mucho Mojo, Two Bear Mambo) and the New York Times Notable Book The Bottoms. More than two hundred of his stories have appeared in such outlets as Tales From the Crypt and Pulphouse, and his work has been adapted for The Twilight Zone and Masters of Horror. Lansdale has written several graphic novels, including Batman and Fantastic Four. He is a tenth-degree black belt and the founder of the Shen Chuan martial art.