Writer of the Purple Rage
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Author | Joe R. Lansdale |
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Cover artist | Mark A. Nelson |
Language | English |
Genre | Short story collection |
Publisher | Cemetery Dance Publications |
Publication date | 1994 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print hardcover, limited edition, paperback |
Preceded by | Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994) |
Followed by | A Fistfull of Stories (and Articles) (1996) |
Writer of the Purple Rage is a collection of short works by American author Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1994. It was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the "Fiction Collection" category. The title is a play on the Philip José Farmer novella "Riders of the Purple Wage", and before that, the Zane Grey novel Riders of the Purple Sage.[1][2]
Contents
- "Bubba Ho-Tep" (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award; originally published in The King Is Dead, ed. Paul M. Sammon, 1994)
- "By Bizarre Hands: play version" (originally published in Cold Blood, ed. Richard Chizmar, 1991)
- "The Diaper" or "The Adventure of the Little Rounder" (originally published in Nova Express Summer 1990)
- "Drive-In Date" (originally published in Night Visions 8, 1991)
- "Everybody Plays the Fool" (originally published in Thunder’s Shadow Collector’s Magazine February 1993)
- "Godzilla's Twelve Step Program" (first publication)
- "Hard On For Horror" (non-fiction; extended from shorter version)
- "In the Cold, Dark Time" (originally published in Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990)
- "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" (originally published in Night Visions 8, 1991)
- "Love Doll: A Fable" (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award; originally published in Borderlands 2, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, 1991)
- "The Man With Two Lives" (first publication)
- "Mister Weed-Eater" (originally published by Cahill Press, 1993)
- "The Phone Woman" (originally published in Night Visions 8, 1991)
- "Pilots" (with Dan Lowry; originally published in Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Greenberg, 1989)
- "Steppin' Out, Summer, '68" (originally published in Night Visions 8, 1991)
This is the only collection which includes the short stories "The Diaper", "Everybody Plays the Fool", "Love Doll: A Fable" and "The Man With Two Lives", as well as the play version of "By Bizarre Hands".
References
External links
Author's Official Website: http://joerlansdale.com
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