Cosmic Interruptions, Blood In The Gears, Wet JuJu & Gothic Wounds (Signed & Numbered Limited Set) by Joe R. Lansdale
Cosmic Interruptions, Blood In The Gears, Wet JuJu & Gothic Wounds by Joe R. Lansdale,
Published by SST
Signed & Numbered Limited Edition 4 Book Set
Each book is Hand Signed by Joe R. Lansdale with matching number
Cosmic Interruptions is a collection of speculative fiction by Joe R. Lansdale. The stories here have been grouped as part of a four part set, this first volume loosely falling into the speculative fiction, science fiction, and off-beat fantasy realm. The stories range from alternate universes to dark futures to the warping of time and space, and a variety of unclassifiable items. There is action, humor, whimsy, and a large dollop of what was once called A Sense of Wonder. Future volumes will gather tales of crime and mystery fiction, horror and East Texas Gothic, and historical and western stories. This is a unique chance to gather not only Lansdale’s popular stories, but some that are lesser known and should be known more broadly.
Table of Contents:
Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale Bill the Little Steam Shovel In the Cold Dark Time Duck-Footed Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back Trapped in the Saturday Matinee Letter From the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches Starlight, Eye Bright Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock Trains Not Taken Fish Night Bar Talk On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks Personality Problems Morning, Noon and Night Godzilla's Twelve-Step Program The Fat Man The Gruesome Affair of the Electric Blue Lightning The Dump After the War Hell Through a Windshield The Tall Grass Big Man: A Fable The Shaggy House King of the Cheap Romance Rex The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down: A Dime Novel Goodies Way Down There
Blood in the Gears is the second in a four volume set of stories by Joe R. Lansdale. Each, as best is possible, covers a certain branch of his career. While none of the volumes neatly fit into a box, this volume attempts to point to those stories of his that contain the elements of crime, mystery and suspense. Some of them are creepy, some bloody, some strange, all powerful and unique. Well know stories and lesser known tales rub shoulder to shoulder here, and when they do, the friction causes blood to drip into the story gears. These are the results of the raw and contradictory elements of flesh, and blood, and bones that make up the human machinery.
Table of Contents: Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale Drive-In Date The Phone Woman Dirt Devils The Steel Valentine Naked Angel Billie Sue The Job Master of Misery The Ears Everybody Plays the Fool Bestsellers Guaranteed Rainy Weather Booty and the Beast I Tell You It’s Love Shooting Pool Private Eye Hot in December The Devil’s Pants The Shadows, Kith and Kin Old Charlie The Drunken Moon The Old Man in the Motorized Chair The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance Six-Finger Jack Walks Incident On and Off a Mountain Road Santa at the Café
Wet JuJu: A ravenous cowboy hat-wearing mummy invades a rest home where possibly Elvis and John Kennedy reside, and it’s up to them to protect their home and stop its stealing of souls. A top hat wearing, razor-carrying demon from another dimension is found in an old house. An iconic bear with a taste for sex and mayhem meets an unsuspecting traveler on an airplane. A sentient set of false teeth with an insatiable appetite goes on a rampage. A Halloween monster that folds and fits in the trunk of a very strange car driven by nuns, pursues a carload of smart-ass teenagers. A gunslinger meets a peculiar set of ghosts and werewolves in an abandoned town. A black detective hunts for a lost recording tied to a deal with the devil, blues music, and a Lovecraftian creature with soul-claiming designs. A survivor of a zombie apocalypse hangs Christmas decorations. The ghost of an alien space traveler resides deep underground and can only be stopped by Dana Roberts, an expert at dealing with the supernormal.These are just a few of the stories in WET JUJU. Horror and weird tales, oddities that cling to the brain, lurk within the pages of this enormous volume of Lansdale goodness. Everything you need for happy nightmares.
Table of Contents: Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale Mr. Bear By the Hair of the Head My Dead Dog, Bobby The Folding Man The Hunt: Before, and After the Aftermath Family Once Upon A Time God of the Razor What Happened To Me The Bleeding Shadow Death Before Bed A Visit with Friends Christmas with the Dead The White Rabbit Dread Island Dog Dead Sister The Gentleman's Hotel In the Mad Mountains The Redheaded Dead A Hard-On For Horror: Low Budget Excitement The Case of the Angry Traveler Boots Regular Sex and Admiration An Arrow in the Air Dog, Cat, and Baby Levitation Bubba Ho-Tep Hanging Apocalypse Love Doll: A Fable December King of Shadows The Bones that Walk Hole The Junkyard Chompers Huitzilopochtli Torn Away
Gothic Wounds oozes stories of grim doings in the Southern climes of East Texas, with a few stories outside the usual Lansdale realm.
Meet
real life horrors and old mythologies in these dark and sometimes
humorous and satirical stories of adventures and mysteries, suspense and
strange moments in the backwoods.
Get out your hip boots and
your skeeter spray, and you might want to bring a horse and saddle for
when the tales move out West, but most importantly bring your
imagination.
Read about a bizarre mule race, a movie
projectionist’s obsession with a beautiful young woman that leads to a
violent event. Venture onto the Sabine River with Hap and Leonard and
find a sunken boat full of death and treasure. Meet a blind man with a
weed eater who has nefarious plans. Follow the path of a World War
soldier returning home only to find home isn’t what it used to be. Meet a
wrestler well past his prime who grapples with an opponent over a
long-lost love. Go down into a pit and watch two brave men in a mad, mad
world, fight for a championship that ends in death for one of them.
Then drive on out to Geronimo’s grave and battle a dangerous bank
robber. Then have a sip of blood and Lemonade, as we learn of an event
in the past of one of Lansdale’s best-known characters, Hap Collins.
And
there’s more. So, pull up a chair, seat yourself with a big glass of
ice tea or a Dr Pepper, and have a stack of vanilla cookies close at
hand for sustenance. Crack this book full of the unexpected, and dive
in.
The storytelling water is fine.
Table of Contents: Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale White Mule, Spotted Pig The Projectionist In the River of the Dead Hide and Horns Mad Dog Summer Cowboy Mr. Weed-Eater The Stars are Falling Dead on the Bones Solderin’ The Fat Man and the Elephant Night They Missed the Horror Show The Big Blow Steppin’ Out, Summer ’68 Blood and Lemonade The Pit Wrestling Jesus The Sabine was High Driving to Geronimo’s Grave By Bizarre Hands