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]
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 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 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][failed verification] This book has long since sold out.[12]
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
"Depression"
"A Halloween Story" (written under the pseudonym Josephine Richards)
^For a Few Stories More, Joe R. Landale. "Lost Lansdale Series". Subterranean Press. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
