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November 7, 2019

If you have yet to read a Lansdale book then DEADMAN’S ROAD would be an excellent place to start

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized b&n sci-fi & fantasy blog, campfire radio theater, creepshow, deadman's road, elizabeth story, incident on and off a mountain road, Joe R. Lansdale, John Picacio, sam reader, shudder, the best of joe r lansdale, the companion, the grimdragon, Travis J. Elston

THE GRIMDRAGON praises Joe R. Lansdale’s DEADMAN’S ROAD.

My favorite from this collection was Dead in the West, which is the
first & longest story, made up of over half of the book. It’s this
tale that defines the Reverend & why he is the way that he is. It
gives you an idea of what you can expect going forward. Of the shorter
stories, I loved The Dark Down There, the final adventure. These two
bookends are the strongest, in my opinion. However, the middle sections
are still great fun & sure to put you in a groovy mood!

DEADMAN’S ROAD is a delightfully pulpy, wickedly funny, satisfying read.

Saddle up, because you are in for one helluva ride!

CAMPFIRE RADIO THEATER offers an audio rendition of “Incident On and Off a Mountain Road,” which can be found in THE BEST OF JOE R. LANSDALE.

Sam Reader at B&N SCI-FI & FANTASY BLOG delivers A Reader’s Guide to Shudder’s Revival of Creepshow.

“The Companion” by Joe R. Lansdale

Long considered a master of Southern-flavored horror and crime
fiction, Joe R. Lansdale’s story hits the ground running with a wild
boar attack that leads to a fisherman named Harold releasing an animated
scarecrow bent on his murder.

For more info about DEADMAN’S ROAD, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art “The Quick and the Undead” by Travis J. Elston
Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about THE BEST OF JOE R. LANSDALE, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Picacio

March 5, 2019

Tachyon tidbits featuring Nick Mamatas, Kelley Armstrong, Joe R. Lansdale, and Michael Blumlein

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized bloody disgusting, brad miska, christopher brown, creepshow, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, interview, Joe R. Lansdale, kasey lansdale, keith lansdale, kelley armstrong, malvern books, michael blumlein, Nick Mamatas, nightmare, reading, the companion, the glottal stop, the people's republic of everything, the roberts, we are all monsters here

The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

Nick Mamatas, Kelley Armstrong (photo: Kathryn Hollinrake), Joe R. Lansdale (Ulf Andersen/Getty Images), and Michael Blumlein

NIGHTMARE (FEB. 2019 (ISSUE 77) offers a reprint of Nick Mamatas’ “The Glottal Stop,” which first appeared in THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF EVERYTHING.

Dating cis was rough, no doubt. For any woman, but especially for Beatriz Almonte, a living meme who had several years ago made a mistake and gained the attention of a secret bulletin board full of trolls for whom harassing her was a vocation not dissimilar from the priesthood. She had no more free background checks left on Spinstr, but was bored and horny enough to do without just this once and press *sm00ch* on some guy’s face. Another mistake.

That same issue of NIGHTMARE delivers an excerpt from “We Are All Monsters Here” by Kelley Armstrong.

So disappointing. After decades of movies and TV shows and books filled with creatures by turns terrifying and tempting, it was a guarantee that the real thing could never live up to the hype. We knew that. Yet we were still disappointed.

When the first stories hit the news—always from some distant place we’d never visited or planned to visit—the jokes followed. Late-night comedy routines, YouTube videos, Internet memes … people had a blast mocking the reality of vampires. The most popular costume that Halloween? Showing up dressed as yourself and saying, “Look, I’m a vampire.” Ha-ha.

Brad Miska for BLOODY DISGUSTING reports on the inclusion of “The Companion” by Joe R., Kasey, and Keith Lansdale in the forthcoming ShudderTV show Creepshow.

Production Weekly reports that Matt Venne (Stephen King’s “Bag of Bones”, Acts of vengeance, “Fear Itself”: Pelts) will write the “Creepshow” episode “The Companion”, which is based on the 1995 short story by Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Jo Lansdale, and Keith Lansdale.

“13-year-old Harold decides to explore the long-abandoned farm of the late Raymond Brenner, and finds that he’s got a new Companion: a murderous, indestructible scarecrow.”

At his recent event at Malvern Books, Michael Blumlein read from THE ROBERTS.

And then was interviewed by Christopher Brown.

For more info on THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF EVERYTHING, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Elizabeth Story

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Cover design by Elizabeth Story