By Bizarre Hands Rides Again

by Joe R. Lansdale

By Bizarre Hands Rides Again is a collection of short stories and two novellas. It is a re-issue of his first short story collection with a new introduction, four additional stories, illustrations, and a different cover.

Contents:
New introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
Original introduction by Lewis Shiner
Morning, Noon, and Night (new story)
Fish Night
The Pit
Duck Hunt
By Bizarre Hands
The Steel Valentine
I Tell you It's Love
Letters From the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches
Boys Will be Boys
The Fat Man and the Elephant
Hell Through a Windshield
Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock
Trains Not taken
Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back
The Windstorm Passes
Night They Missed the Horror Show
On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks (novella)
Starlight, Eye Bright (new story)
Not From Detroit (additional story)
King of Shadows (additional novella)

360 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2010

About the author

Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror," and he adapted his short story "Christmas with the Dead" to film hisownself. The film adaptation of his novel Cold in July was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Sundance Channel has adapted his Hap & Leonard novels for television.

He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of short stories and two novellas by Joe. R. Lansdale. Four of which are new to this collection.

Contents

New introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
Original introduction by Lewis Shiner
Morning, Noon, and Night (new story)
Fish Night
The Pit
Duck Hunt
By Bizarre Hands
The Steel Valentine
I Tell you It's Love
Letters From the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches
Boys Will be Boys
The Fat Man and the Elephant
Hell Through a Windshield
Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock
Trains Not taken
Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back
The Windstorm Passes
Night They Missed the Horror Show
On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks (novella)
Starlight, Eye Bright (new story)
Not From Detroit (additional story)
King of Shadows (additional novella)

This hardcover is copy 88 of 300 and is signed by Joe R. Lansdale and Lewis Shiner.

There were also 26 lettered editions with a custom leather slipcase produced.

[John Morrissey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A MUST HAVE COLLECTION.