Publisher's Synopsis
"Lansdale is an immense talent." - Booklist. Small-town juvenile delinquents, Pentecostal snake-handlers, zombies, psychopaths, and assorted freaks populate these witty and gritty tales of horror by a master of the genre. Joe R. Lansdale's debut collection of short stories was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction, and two of its tales received Stoker awards.