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The best of Joe R. Lansdale

Call Number

  • FICTION LANS (CEN)

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : Tachyon, 2010.

Physical Description

369 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary

Stories in this collection are populated by characters such as zombies, Godzilla, and wise-cracking down-on-their-luck types who are caught up in bizarre incidents and mundane desires. Marked by elements of horror, suspense, black humor, and Texas, these stories are vintage Lansdale.

Contents

  • Crucified dreams : introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
  • Godzilla's twelve-step program
  • Bubba Ho-Tep
  • Mad dog summer
  • Fire dog
  • The big blow
  • Duck hunt
  • Incident on and off a mountain road
  • The events concerning a nude fold-out found in a Harelequin romance
  • White mule, spotted pig
  • On the far side of the Cadillac Desert with dead folks
  • Not from Detroit
  • Cowboy
  • Steppin' out, summer '68
  • Fish night
  • Hell through a windshield
  • Night they missed the horror show.

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