Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader is a compilation of Joe R. Lansdale's short works. It has only been published once, exclusively by the Quality Paperback Book Club in trade paperback form in 1994.

It contains:

Introduction The Drive-In (A Novel) [full reprinting] (nominated for Bram Stoker Award) By Bizarre Hands {originally published in Hardboiled #9 (1988)} Drive-In Date {originally published in Night Visions 8 (1991)} The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance (winner of Bram Stoker Award) {originally published in Dark at Heart, ed. Joe & Karen Lansdale (1992)} The Fat Man and the Elephant {originally published in By Bizarre Hands (1989)} A Hard-On for Horror: Low Budget Excitement (non-fiction) {extended from shorter version, probably published in 1985 in Twilight Zone Magazine, or at some point in 1992} Hell Through A Windshield (non-fiction) {extended from shorter version published in Twilight Zone Magazine, Mar/Apr 1985} The Job {originally published in Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto (1989)} Mister Weed-Eater {originally published by (James) Cahill Press (1993)} Night They Missed the Horror Show (winner of Bram Stoker Award) {originally published in Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow (1988)} On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks (winner of Bram Stoker Award) {originally published in Book of the Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (1989)} The Phone Woman {originally published in Night Visions 8 (1991)} The Pit {originally published in The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman (1987)} The Steel Valentine {originally published in By Bizarre Hands (1989)} Steppin' Out, Summer, '68 {originally published in Night Visions 8 (1991)} Tight Little Stitches In A Dead Man's Back {originally published in Nukes, ed. John Maclay (1986)} Trains Not Taken {originally published in RE:AL, Spring 1987} Wild Bill's Body (excerpt from the novel The Magic Wagon)

This compilation contains nothing exclusive.

References

External links Author's Official Website