Mad Dog Summer
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Mad Dog Summer, is a collection of short stories by Joe R. Lansdale
, first published in 2004 in a limited edition by Subterranean Press
. It was reissued in paperback in 2006 by Golden Gryphon.
It contains:
An early, extremely limited pressing had the script for the graphic novel Red Range, as well as the other "Hap and Leonard" story "Death by Chili".
Joe R. Lansdale
Joe R. Lansdale is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense...
, first published in 2004 in a limited edition by Subterranean Press
Subterranean Press
Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction...
. It was reissued in paperback in 2006 by Golden Gryphon.
It contains:
- "Mad Dog Summer" (won a Bram Stoker AwardBram Stoker AwardThe Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
) {originally published in 999: New Stories of Horror & Suspense, ed Al SarrantonioAl SarrantonioAl Sarrantonio is an American horror and science fiction author who has published, over the past thirty-five years, more than forty-five books and eighty short stories...
(1999)} - "The Mule Rustlers" {originally published in The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. Freed and Malloy (2001)}
- "O’Reta: Snapshot Memories" {originally published in Mothers and Sons, ed. Jill Morgan (2000)}
- "Rainy Weather" (won a Bram Stoker AwardBram Stoker AwardThe Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
) (shorter version of what became The Big Blow) {originally published in Cemetery Dance #30 (1998)} - "Screwup" (co-wr: Karen Lansdale) {originally published in Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg (1999)}
- "The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down" {originally published in The Long OnesThe Long OnesThe Long Ones is a rare compilation of novellas by Joe R. Lansdale, which are too long to be "short stories", but too short to be "novels". It was apparently only printed once, in hardcover form, in 1999.-Contents:...
(2000)} - "Veil's Visit" (a Hap and Leonard story) {originally published in Veil's Visit (2001)}
- "Way Down There" {first publication}
An early, extremely limited pressing had the script for the graphic novel Red Range, as well as the other "Hap and Leonard" story "Death by Chili".