Bumper Crop

Last updated
Bumper Crop
Bumper Crop.jpg
Author Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist John Picacio
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Short story collection
Publisher Golden Gryphon Press
Publication date
2004
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages199
ISBN 1-930846-24-X
Preceded by A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003) 
Followed by Mad Dog Summer and other Stories (2004) 

Bumper Crop is a collection of short stories by Joe R. Lansdale published in 2004 by Golden Gryphon Press. In his introduction, he cites it as the companion piece to High Cotton, because he had so many stories which didn't quite fit in with the "Best of" but were more like "personal favorites." Initially issued as a hardcover, it has been reissued as a trade paperback. [1] [2]

Contents

In his introduction, Lansdale explains that the term bumper crop refers to a harvest which is so plentiful that it exceeds all expectations; the excess harvest is the "bumper crop." [3]

Stories collected

TitleOriginally published in
Forward: The Remains of My Days ...
God of the RazorGrue #5, 1987
The Dump Twilight Zone Magazine, July 1981
Fish NightSpecter! ed. Bill Pronzini (1982)
Chompers Twilight Zone Magazine, July 1982
The Fat ManThe Horror Show, January 1987
On a Dark OctoberThe Horror Show, Spring 1984
The Shaggy HouseThe Horror Show, Fall 1986
The Man Who DreamedThe Horror Show, Fall 1984
Walks Cemetery Dance , Fall 1997
Last of the Hopeful The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent (1997)
Duck HuntAfter Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant (1986)
Down by the Sea Near the Great Big RockMasques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson (1984)
I Tell You It's LoveModern Stories (1983)
Pilots [co-authored with Dan Lowry]Stalkers, ed. Gorman & Greenberg (1989)
In the Cold, Dark TimeDark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990
Bar TalkNew Blood #7 (1990)
Listen Twilight Zone Magazine, May/June 1983
Personality Problem Twilight Zone Magazine, January/February 1983
A Change of Lifestyle [co-authored with Karen Lansdale] Twilight Zone Magazine, November/December 1984
The Companion [co-authored with Keith and Kasey Joe Lansdale]Great Writers & Kids Write Spooky Stories, ed. Greenberg, Morgan & Weinberg (1995)
Old CharlieThe Saint Magazine, August 1984
Billie Sue A Fistfull of Stories (1996)
Bestsellers GuaranteedEspionage Magazine, May 1985
Fire DogThe Silver Gryphon, ed. Gary Turner & Marty Halpern (2003)
Cowboy The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent (1997)
Master of MiseryWarriors of Blood and Dream, ed. Roger Zelazny & Greenberg (1995)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe R. Lansdale</span> American novelist, martial arts instructor

Joe Richard Lansdale is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense, he has also written comic books and screenplays. Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television. He is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and eleven Bram Stoker Awards.

Glenn Chadbourne is an American artist. He lives in Newcastle, Maine. He is best known for his work in the horror and fantasy genres, having created covers and illustrated books and magazines for publishers such as Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, and Earthling Publications. Mr. Chadbourne is known for his sense of humour and down to earth manner, as well as the stark honesty of his work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cemetery Dance Publications</span>

Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992. They later expanded to encompass a magazine and website featuring news, interviews, and reviews related to horror literature.

<i>High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale</i>

High Cotton is a collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale, initially published in 2000. In his introduction, Lansdale cites it as the "Best of Lansdale", and has called this work a companion piece to the 2004 collection Bumper Crop. Initially issued as a hardcover, it has been reissued as a trade paperback.

<i>Private Eye Action, as You Like It</i> Short story collection

Private Eye Action, as You Like It is a collection of short stories from early in the careers of Joe R. Lansdale and Lewis Shiner, published in a limited edition by Crossroads Press in 1998. They have never been made available in other collections and are now extremely rare.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mojo Press</span> Defunct American small press

Mojo Press was a small press which primarily published science fiction, horror, and western books and graphic novels between 1994 and 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christmas with the Dead (short story)</span>

"Christmas with the Dead" is a short story about a zombie apocalypse by author Joe R. Lansdale. It was published as a chapbook in a limited edition and has been adapted to film.

<i>Mucho Mojo</i>

Mucho Mojo Is a mystery/crime novel by American author Joe R. Lansdale. This is the second in Lansdale's Hap and Leonard series of crime novels.

<i>Veils Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard</i>

Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard is a collection of stories and excerpts by American author Joe R. Lansdale featuring his longtime protagonists Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. The eponymous first story was co-written by longtime Lansdale friend Andrew Vachss and ends with Lansdale "interviewing" his two heroes. This book was published by Subterranean Press as a limited edition hardcover and trade paperback and is long out of print. The interview and the stories "Veil's Visit" and "Death by Chili" were reprinted in the collections Hap and Leonard (2016) and The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2018).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kasey Lansdale</span> American singer-songwriter

Kasey Lansdale is an American country music singer-songwriter from Nacogdoches, Texas. Lansdale is also known for her work as an author, editor, actress, and producer, as well as host and founder of the East Texas Songwriter's Workshop. Her full-length debut album Restless was released on August 20, 2013, on Blue Siren Records; it was co-produced by Mike Clute and Kasey Lansdale. The Executive Producer is John Carter Cash.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hap and Leonard</span> Fictional character

Hap and Leonard are two fictional amateur investigators and adventurers created by American author Joe R. Lansdale. They are the main characters in a series of twelve novels, four novellas, and three collections of stories and excerpts. They are two very different men and the best of friends, and now work together as private investigators for Hap's girlfriend Brett Sawyer. Together they always wind up in a lot of trouble with various criminal types in the fictional town of LaBorde, in East Texas and often find themselves attempting to solve various unpleasant and brutal crimes. Both men are well versed in the martial arts. The novels were adapted into a 2016–2018 TV series, produced by SundanceTV. The duo were partially inspired by The Hardman series by the late Ralph Dennis.

<i>The Best of Joe R. Lansdale</i>

The Best of Joe R. Lansdale is a collection of short stories published exclusively by Tachyon Publications as a trade paperback in 2010. This collection contains many classic short fiction published by Mr. Lansdale over the last 20 years and contains many of his most popular and famous works.

<i>By Bizarre Hands Rides Again</i> Collection of stories by Joe R. Lansdale

By Bizarre Hands Rides Again is a collection of short stories and two novellas written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is a re-issue of his first short story collection with a new introduction, four additional stories, illustrations, and a different cover. It is limited to 300 numbered copies and 26 lettered editions with a custom leather slipcase.

<i>Son of Retro Pulp Tales</i>

Son Of Retro Pulp Tales is a collection of short fiction edited by Joe R. Lansdale and his son Keith Lansdale. Continuing in the same vein as the earlier book titled Retro Pulp Tales, these stories are more in the tradition of early pulp stories in cheap magazines and pre-1960s horror films. This book was published exclusively by Subterranean Press.

<i>Trapped in the Saturday Matinee</i>

Trapped in the Saturday Matinee is a collection of short stories written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. In the introduction Mr. Lansdale states "This collection gathers together some early work, which I like, and it also contains stories, for one reason or another, missed their audience. There are also newer material that I treasure, some that has never been gathered under one roof, and there are others written specifically for this volume."

<i>Bleeding Shadows</i>

Bleeding Shadows is a short story collection by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It was published by Subterranean Press on 28 November 2013. This volume contains 30 short stories that span Lansdale's extensive career. This book is the largest collection of Mr. Lansdale's short stories available to date.

The Lost Lansdale Series is a series of four books by Joe R. Lansdale. None of the books in the Lost Lansdale series will ever be re-issued in any form including paperback. All have long since sold out.

<i>A Pair of Aces</i>

A Pair of Aces is a collection of novellas and screenplays written by American author Joe R. Lansdale and Neal Barrett Jr. At this time it is only available as an Amazon Kindle e-book. For the first time he writes a screenplay for his classic horror novel The Nightrunners.

<i>Miracles Aint What They Used To Be</i>

Miracles Ain't What They Used To Be Plus... is a 2016 collection of memoirs and essays by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It includes Lansdale's essays on how he came to be an author, and on his inspirations, personal beliefs, ideas for the vast amount of published work he has done over his 40 years of writing novels, short stories, novellas, and comic books.

<i>Terror is Our Business</i>

Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts' Casebook of Horrors is a collection of short stories written by American authors Joe R. Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale. It chronicles the stories of Dana Roberts, an investigator of paranormal activities. This is one of several times Joe and daughter Kasey have written about their heroine. This collection was published by Cutting Block Books as a trade paperback.

References