Cover artist Mark A. Nelson Language English Publication date 1999 | Country United States Publisher Subterranean Press Originally published 2002 Page count 271 | |
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Media type Print - Limited edition Hardcover, Trade Hardcover Preceded by High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale Followed by A Little Green Book of Monster Stories Genres Novel, Horror, Short story collection, Speculative fiction Similar Joe R Lansdale books, Horror books | ||
The Lost Lansdale Series is a series of four books by Joe R. Lansdale. None of the books in the Lost Lansdale series will ever be re-issued in any form including paperback. All have long since sold out.
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Waltz of Shadows (Series #1)
Waltz of Shadows: a novel of suspense is a crime/mystery novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is the first volume in the Lost Lansdale series of books published by Subterranean Press. This book was printed as both a limited edition and a trade hardcover.
Plot summary
Hank and Beverly Small own a chain of video stores in the East Texas town of Imperial City. Hank has a black sheep nephew named Bill who often calls his uncle when he needs money or is in trouble. One morning Bill calls and Hank figures it's just another plea for money or he's in trouble with the cops. Hank figures it's no big deal. He has never been so wrong. Bill has fallen into trouble with a pair of vicious, sadistic murderers and the local police cannot be trusted. So Hank looks up his long estranged older brother Arnold for help. But the two killers, Fat Boy and Snake, are already onto them and the Smalls are framed for having child pornography and led down a path of brutal murder and sexual assault. This novel portrays scenes of brutality that are common in a Joe R. Lansdale story. For a while there doesn't seem to be any way the protagonists will be able to survive the likes of Fat Boy and Snake.
Something Lumber This Way Comes (Series #2)
Something Lumber This Way Comes is a children's book written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is volume 2 of the lost Lansdale series of books published by Subterranean Press. The title is inspired by Ray Bradbury's classic novel Something Wicked This Way Comes. The story is inspired by Lansdale's horror novel The Nightrunners.
This book was published as both a limited and lettered edition. This book was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the "Work for Younger Readers" category in 1999.
Plot summary
One day young Jimmy notices a creepy looking old house that seemed to suddenly appear on his block of well–manicured lawns and maintained homes. The house really gives him the creeps, but his parents seem oblivious to its even being there. So he and his friend Bob set out to find out what they can about the house and its seemingly evil presence.
For a Few Stories More (Series #4)
For a Few Stories More is a limited edition collection of extremely rare stories by American author Joe R. Lansdale, which he decided to publish to prove that not everything he wrote was as great as what is widely available. The book was published as Volume 4 of Subterranean Press's Lost Lansdale series in 2002. This book has long since sold out.
The title is a pun, referring to Sergio Leone's film For a Few Dollars More. Previously Lansdale anthologies were published under the titles A Fist Full of Stories (and Articles) and The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent, also referring to movies by the Italian director.
As limited as the original printing was (1000 copies) there was an even more limited (lettered, 52 copies) edition which included the otherwise unpublished young-adult novel Shadow Time, about vampires.
The collection includes:
Unpublished stories
Obscurities