Cosmic Interruptions

Dust jacket illustration by Vincent Chong.

"Reading Joe R. Lansdale is like listening to a favorite uncle who just happens to be a fabulous storyteller" — Dean Koontz

Cosmic Interruptions is a collection of speculative fiction by Joe R. Lansdale. The stories here have been grouped as part of a four part set, this first volume loosely falling into the speculative fiction, science fiction, and off-beat fantasy realm. The stories range from alternate universes to dark futures to the warping of time and space, and a variety of unclassifiable items. There is action, humor, whimsy, and a large dollop of what was once called A Sense of Wonder. Future volumes will gather tales of crime and mystery fiction, horror and East Texas Gothic, and historical and western stories. This is a unique chance to gather not only Lansdale’s popular stories, but some that are lesser known and should be known more broadly.

Contents:

• Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
• Bill the Little Steam Shovel
• In the Cold Dark Time
• Duck-Footed
• Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back
• Trapped in the Saturday Matinee
• Letter From the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches
• Starlight, Eye Bright
• Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock
• Trains Not Taken
• Fish Night
• Bar Talk
• On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks
• Personality Problems
• Morning, Noon and Night
• Godzilla's Twelve-Step Program
• The Fat Man
• The Gruesome Affair of the Electric Blue Lightning
• The Dump
• After the War
• Hell Through a Windshield
• The Tall Grass
• Big Man: A Fable
• The Shaggy House
• King of the Cheap Romance
• Rex
• The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down: A Dime Novel
• Way Down There