Bestsellers Guaranteed

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First edition (publ. Ace Books)
Cover art by Mark Ferrari

Bestsellers Guaranteed is a collection of short fiction by American writer Joe R. Lansdale, published in May 1993. [1] [2]

Contents

All of the stories (except for "Events Concerning ...") in this collection were printed the previous year in Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy , but this collection had a larger print run. These collections are the only collections which include "Pentecostal Punk Rock", and "The White Rabbit" has only subsequently been printed in the extremely limited edition A Little Green Book of Monster Stories .

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References

  1. "Bestsellers Guaranteed by Joe R. Lansdale". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  2. Bestsellers Guaranteed by Joe R. Lansdale.