"Lansdale is an immense talent." - Booklist. Small-town juvenile delinquents, Pentecostal snake-handlers, zombies, psychopaths, and assorted freaks populate these witty and gritty tales of horror by a master of the genre. Joe R. Lansdale's debut collection of short stories was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction, and two of its tales received Stoker awards.
Author Biography
The author of more than forty novels and numerous short stories, Joe R. Lansdale has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted into a 2002 film and his Hap and Leonard detective stories are being developed into a Sundance Channel series. Lansdale's numerous honors include eight Bram Stoker Awards.
