Lost Lansdale Series Explained

The Lost Lansdale Series is a series of four books by Joe R. Lansdale.

Waltz of Shadows (Series #1)

Waltz of Shadows
Author:Joe R. Lansdale
Cover Artist:Mark A. Nelson
Country:United States
Language:English
Publisher:Subterranean Press
Pub Date:1999
Media Type:Print - Limited edition Hardcover, Trade Hardcover
Pages:271
Isbn:1-892284-29-4
Preceded By:Freezer Burn (1999)
Followed By:Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999)

Waltz of Shadows: a novel of suspense is a crime/mystery novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is the first volume in the Lost Lansdale series of books published by Subterranean Press. This book was printed as both a limited edition and a trade hardcover.[1]

Plot summary

Hank and Beverly Small own a chain of video stores in the East Texas town of Imperial City. Hank has a black sheep nephew named Bill who often calls his uncle when he needs money or is in trouble. One morning Bill calls and Hank figures it's just another plea for money or he's in trouble with the cops. Hank figures it's no big deal. He has never been so wrong. Bill has fallen into trouble with a pair of vicious, sadistic murderers and the local police cannot be trusted. So Hank looks up his long estranged older brother Arnold for help. But the two killers, Fat Boy and Snake, are already onto them and the Smalls are framed for having child pornography and led down a path of brutal murder and sexual assault. This novel portrays scenes of brutality that are common in a Joe R. Lansdale story. For a while there doesn't seem to be any way the protagonists will be able to survive the likes of Fat Boy and Snake.[2] [3]

Something Lumber This Way Comes (Series #2)

Something Lumber This Way Comes
Author:Joe R. Lansdale
Illustrator:Doug Potter
Cover Artist:Doug Potter
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Novel
Publisher:Subterranean Press
Pub Date:October 1999
Pages:80
Isbn:1-892284-33-2
Preceded By:Waltz of Shadows (1999)
Followed By:The Big Blow (2000)

Something Lumber This Way Comes is a children's book written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is volume 2 of the lost Lansdale series of books published by Subterranean Press. The title is inspired by Ray Bradbury's classic novel Something Wicked This Way Comes. The story is inspired by Lansdale's horror novel The Nightrunners.[4]

This book was published as both a limited and lettered edition. This book was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the "Work for Younger Readers" category in 1999.[5]

Plot summary

One day young Jimmy notices a creepy looking old house that seemed to suddenly appear on his block of well–manicured lawns and maintained homes. The house really gives him the creeps, but his parents seem oblivious to its even being there. So he and his friend Bob set out to find out what they can about the house and its seemingly evil presence.[6] [7]

Blood Dance (Series #3)

Blood Dance
Author:Joe R. Lansdale
Illustrator:Mark A. Nelson
Cover Artist:Mark A. Nelson
Country:United States
Language:English
Exclude Cover:yes
Genre:Novel
Publisher:Subterranean Press
Pub Date:March 2000
Pages:203
Isbn:1-892284-66-9

Blood Dance is a novel of Western fiction written by American author Joe R. Lansdale.[8] It is volume 3 of the Lost Lansdale series of books published by Subterranean Press. At the time of publication in March 2000, the publisher stipulated that this would be the only edition of this book the author would ever allow.[9] It was published in a limited hardback edition of 1,000 signed/numbered copies and 12 to 18 signed/lettered editions in traycase. An original piece of Mark A. Nelson's art was to be bound into each custom-made traycase.[10]

For a Few Stories More (Series #4)

For a Few Stories More
Author:Joe R. Lansdale
Cover Artist:Mark A. Nelson
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Short story collection
Publisher:Subterranean Press
Pub Date:2002
Media Type:Print hardcover, limited edition
Pages:326
Isbn:1-931081-30-1
Preceded By:High Cotton (2000)
Followed By:A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003)

For a Few Stories More is a limited edition collection of extremely rare stories by American author Joe R. Lansdale, which he decided to publish to prove that not everything he wrote was as great as what is widely available. The book was published as Volume 4 of Subterranean Press's Lost Lansdale series in 2002.[11] This book has long since sold out.[12]

The title is a pun, referring to Sergio Leone's film For a Few Dollars More. Previously Lansdale anthologies were published under the titles A Fist Full of Stories (and Articles) and The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent, also referring to movies by the Italian director.

As limited as the original printing was (1000 copies) there was an even more limited (lettered, 52 copies) edition which included the otherwise unpublished young-adult novel Shadow Time, about vampires.

The collection includes:

Unpublished stories

Obscurities

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lansdale. Joe. Waltz of Shadows. Subterranean Press. 24 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130920223655/http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/waltz_of_shadows_the_lost_lansdale_volume_one. 20 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Goodreads. Waltz of Shadows Review. 25 September 2013.
  3. Book: Lansdale, Joe R.. Waltz of Shadows. July 1999. 9781892284297. 27 September 2013.
  4. Web site: Something Lumber This Way Comes—The Lost Lansdale Volume Three by Joe Lansdale — Subterranean Press . 2013-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006231325/http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/something_lumber_this_way_comes_the_lost_lansdale_volume_three . 2013-10-06 . dead .
  5. Web site: Lansdale . Joe R. . Bram Stoker Nominee . 25 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080113132337/http://www.horror.org/stokerwinnom.htm . 13 January 2008 .
  6. Web site: Publication: Something Lumber This Way Comes. isfdb.org.
  7. Web site: Goodreads. Something Lumber This Way Comes Review. 25 September 2013.
  8. Web site: Publication: Blood Dance .
  9. Web site: Subterranean Press Blood Dance .
  10. Web site: Subterranean Press Blood Dance .
  11. Web site: About Us — Subterranean Press . Subterraneanpress.com . 2012-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810202942/http://subterraneanpress.com/about/ . 2012-08-10 .
  12. Web site: For a Few Stories More. Joe R. Landale. Lost Lansdale Series. Subterranean Press. 24 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130920152951/http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/for_a_few_stories_more_the_lost_lansdale_volume_four. 20 September 2013. dead.