Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be by Joe R. Lansdale
“Grease Trap” in Creature Features, 1994 (art by Ted Naifeh)
“Shootout at Ice Flats” in Supergirl Annual #1, 1996 (with Neal Barrett Jr.; art by Robert Branishi and Stan Woch)
“The Elopement” in Weird War Tales #2 (of 4), July 1997 (art by Sam Glanzman, DC)
“The Initiation” in Gangland #4 (of 4), Sept. 1998 (with Rick Klaw; art by Tony Salmons)
“Betrothed” in Flinch #5, Oct. 1999 (art by Rick Burchett, DC/Vertigo)
“The Split” in Strange Adventures #3 (of 4), Jan. 2000 (art by Richard Corben)
“Red Romance” in Flinch #11, May 2000
“Brer Hoodoo” in Flinch #13, July 2000 (art by Tim Truman)
“Devil’s Sombrero” in Weird Western Tales #2 (of 4), May 2001
“Steam Rider: The Steam-Powered Heart” in Amazing Fantasy #20, June 2006
“Mice and Money” in Marvel Romance Redux #5 (subtitle “Love Is a Four Letter Word”), June 2006 (reprinted in Mighty Marvel Romance paperback)
“Gunhawk: Midnight Gun” in Strange Westerns Starring the Black Rider, Aug. 2006 (art by Rafa Garres); reprinted in Mighty Marvel Westerns hardcover
“Moonlight Sonata” in Tales from the Crypt #7, Aug. 2008 (art by Chris Noeth)
Adaptations of previously published stories, by Lansdale unless noted
Dead in the West, 1993, 2 issues (adapted by Neal Barrett Jr.; art by Jack Jackson; covers by Tim Truman)
By Bizarre Hands, 1994, 3 issues (adaptations by Neal Barrett Jr. and Jerry Prosser; art by Phil Hester and Dean Rohrer)
Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe Lansdale, 1996
“Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland” (adapted by Rick Klaw; art by Doug Potter) (First publication at RevolutionSF, 2001; first book publication in Geek Confidential: Echoes From the 21st Century, 2003, by Rick Klaw)
Lansdale & Truman’s Dead Folks, 2003, 3 issues (from the story “On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks”)
The Drive-In, 2003, 4 issues (adapted by Chris Golden; art by Andres Guinaldo)
By Bizarre Hands, 2004, 6 issues (adaptations by Neal Barrett Jr., Keith Lansdale, and Rick Klaw; art by Dheeraj Verma, Armando Rossi, and Andres Guinaldo)
The Drive-In 2, 2006, 4 issues (adapted by Neal Barrett Jr.; art by Andres Guinaldo)
“Incident on and off a Mountain Road” in Masters of Horror #1–2, 2006 (adapted by Chris Ryall)
Anthologies edited
The Best of the West, 1989
New Frontier, 1989
Razored Saddles, 1989 (with Pat Lobrutto)
Dark at Heart, 1991 (with Karen Lansdale)
Weird Business: A Horror Comics Anthology, 1995 (with Richard Klaw)
The West That Was, 1994 (with Thomas Knowles)
Wild West Show, 1994 (with Thomas Knowles)
The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners, 2004
Retro-Pulp Tales, 2006
Lords of the Razor, 2006
Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard, 2006 (with Scott A. Cupp)
Son of Retro Pulp Tales, 2009 (with Keith Lansdale)
Crucified Dreams, 2010
The Urban Fantasy Anthology, 2011 (with Peter S. Beagle)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOE R. LANSDALE IS the author of over forty novels and three hundred short pieces—fiction, nonfiction, essays, and reviews. He has written numerous screenplays and teleplays. Among those are scripts for Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, animated short films for DC Showcase, and the animated film Son of Batman. His work has been filmed by others, including the films Bubba Ho-Tep, Cold in July, Christmas with the Dead, “Incident on and off a Mountain Road” for Showtime’s Masters of Horror, and the Sundance television series Hap and Leonard, based on his popular crime novels. Other works of his are in preproduction, including The Pit, The Thicket, with Peter Dinklage, and The Bottoms, coproduced and directed by fellow Texan Bill Paxton. Other novels and stories are under option.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, among them the Edgar for Best Crime Novel, the Herodotus for Best Historical Crime Novel, the Inkpot Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for literature, the British Fantasy Award, the Golden Lion Award for contributions to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, ten Bram Stokers, one of which is a Lifetime Achievement Award, the Grandmaster of Horror Award, and the Mid-South Award. He is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and is writer-in-residence at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is the founder/grandmaster of Shen Chuan, Martial Science, and Shen Chuan Family System and has been recognized by the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He teaches private lessons at his dojo in Nacogdoches, Texas, and conducts occasional martial arts seminars and camps.
His children are Keith Lansdale, also an author and screen and comic writer, and Kasey Lansdale, professional musician, writer, and actress. Lansdale lives in Nacogdoches with his wife Karen, writer, editor, and manager. He has a pit bull named Nicky, who does not write or do anything artistic. So far.
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