Tachyon Publications: Crucified Dreams, Joe R. Lansdale, ed.


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			Joe R. Lansdale, ed.

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	Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels, including the Edgar Award-winning Hap and Leonard mystery series (Mucho Mojo, Two Bear Mambo), and the New York Times Notable Book, The Bottoms. Over 200 of his stories have appeared in outlets such as Tales From the Crypt and Pulphouse, and his work has been adapted for The Twilight Zone and Masters of Horror. Lansdale has written graphic novels including Batman and Fantastic Four and is the writer-in-residence at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is a tenth-degree black belt and the founder of the Shen Chuan martial art. Lansdale lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, which suits him just fine, thank you very much.

Crucified Dreams

by Joe R. Lansdale, ed.

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Trade paperback / 384 pp. / February 2011 / 978-1-61696-003-2

Where dreams become nightmares

A naïve young woman witnesses a brutal murder and discovers the soul-deadening price of being a New Yorker. The family man quits smoking with the sinister assistance of a family-friendly corporation. A truck driver takes a simple shortcut, and lands in a living hell and a battle to the death. An aging Hollywood screenwriter’s career is on the wane until he reinvents himself as a less principled man.

Crucified Dreams reaches down through the gutters into the shadowy depths of the imagination. These are the savage tales that unite noir with horror and the ordinary with the unfathomable. Combing the urban, the paranormal, and the downright terrifying, these award-winning stories go where your deepest fears—and inner demons—are already realized.

Table of Contents
Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
The Whimper of Whipped Dogs by Harlan Ellison®
The Monster by Joe Haldeman
The Mojave Two-Step by Norman Partridge
Front Man by David Morrell
Interrogation B by Charlie Huston
The Quickening by Michael Bishop
The Evening and the Morning and the Night by Octavia E. Butler
Love in Vain by Lewis Shiner
Beast of the Heartland by Lucius Shepard
Coffins on the River by Jeffrey Ford
Game Night at the Fox and Goose by Karen Joy Fowler
Copping Squid by Michael Shea
Access Fantasy by Jonathan Lethem
Singing on a Star by Ellen Klages
Quitters, Inc. by Stephen King
Nightbeat by Neal Barrett, Jr.
Window by Bob Leman
The Pit by Joe R. Lansdale
Loss by Tom Piccirilli

"...prime pieces by respected genre writers. Readers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror will find something within their respective (or overlapping) tastes to enjoy."
-Hellnotes

"Spanning more than 35 years, and pulled from a wide variety of horror, fantasy, mystery, and science fiction publications, [the stories] reflect a uniform standard of excellence by which any writer would want to measure his own work."
-Locus

"...this is one of those rare anthologies where you’ll want to read each and every contribution....put yourself in the capable hands of Lansdale as he guides you through his wonderfully twisted sensibilities and tastes in reading"
-Bookgasm