The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale

＂In this career horror retrospective, World Horror Grandmaster Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-tep; Hap and Leonard) tackles racism and human cruelty as deftly as he conjures demon nuns and Elder Gods. Featuring an original introduction from Joe Hill, this much-anticipated volume showcases the best of Lansdale’s terrifying short stories--menacing, astute, and wildly inappropriate.＂--Provided by publisher.

World Horror Grandmaster Joe R. Lansdale has received eleven Bram Stoker Awards as well as, the Edgar, Raymond Chandler, British Fantasy, Spur, Golden Lion, and Inkpot Awards. Lansdale has written more than forty novels and four hundred shorter works. His novels include the fourteen novel Hap & Leonard series, Dead in the West, The Nightrunners, The Drive-In, Cold in July, The Bottoms, The Thicket, Moon Lake, and The Donut Legion. His short story collections include four volumes in the Hap & Leonard series, Terror Is Our Business (with Kasey Lansdale), Things Get Ugly, and The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team. He has edited fifteen anthologies, including Weird Business (with Richard Klaw) and Crucified Dreams. Lansdale’s works that have been adapted for film treatments include Bubba Ho-Tep, the Hap and Leonard TV series (starring James Purefoy and Michael K. Williams), and Cold in July; ＂Incident On and Off a Mountain Road＂ for Masters of Horror; as well as stories for Love, Death + Robots and Creepshow. He has also written graphic novels for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, and others.

Joe R. Lansdale lives with his wife, Karen, in Nacogdoches, Texas.