The best of Joe R. Lansdale
By: [Joe R. Lansdale]
Publisher: Tachyon
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9781892391940
Subjects: Monsters; Fiction
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Crucified dreams : introduction by Joe R. Lansdale --; title: Godzilla's twelve-step program --; title: Bubba Ho-Tep --; title: Mad dog summer --; title: Fire dog --; title: The big blow --; title: Duck hunt --; title: Incident on and off a mountain road --; title: The events concerning a nude fold-out found in a Harelequin romance --; title: White mule, spotted pig --; title: On the far side of the Cadillac Desert with dead folks --; title: Not from Detroit --; title: Cowboy --; title: Steppin' out, summer '68 --; title: Fish night --; title: Hell through a windshield --; title: Night they missed the horror show.