Crucified Dreams
By Joe R. Lansdale (Editor)
(Tachyon Publications, Paperback, 9781616960032, 384pp.)
Publication Date: February 2011
Categories: Fantasy - Short Stories, Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
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Crossing noir with the supernatural, this luridly visceral anthology attacks polite society and plunges into the unthinkable horrors lurking in its underbelly. Searching for some beauty in a time of increasing poverty and neglect, the desperate are all the more menacing, and in a brief moment, ordinary people turn into something far less human. Offering stylish yet savage tales of private dicks, serial killers, lurking demons, and femme fatales, these surreal and often bloody tales provide glimpses into sinister worlds that mirror our own. Boasting an intriguing assortment of stories from celebrated authors such as Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, and the infamous editor himself, each gritty and sensational undertaking proves that being human is a far cry from being civilized.
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of 30 novels, including Bad Chili, The Bottoms, Lost Echoes, and Mucho Mojo, and more than 200 short stories, nonfiction articles, and comic books. His novel, Bubba Hotep, was made into a major motion picture and he is the winner of seven Bram Stoker Awards, the British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Award. He is a writer in residence and teacher at Stephen F. Austin University. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas.
"[Lansdale’s story] is filled with well-wrought characters, black humor, knife-sharp dialogue, and enough violence to make even the most jaded Quentin Tarantino aficionado sit up and smile." —Washington Times
"Like gold standard writers Elmore Leonard and the late Donald Westlake, Joe R. Lansdale is one of the more versatile writers in America." —Los Angeles Times
"Lansdale's been hailed, at varying points in his career, as the new Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner-gone-madder, and the last surviving splatterpunk." —Austin Chronicle
"A terrifically gifted storyteller." —Washington Post Book Review
"A zest for storytelling and a gimlet eye for detail." —Entertainment Weekly
"A cult figure." —People Magazine
"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." —www.bookgasm.com
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