John Lansdale: 11 books

Sixguns and zombies, a chicken eating werewolf, deals with the devil, and things that go bump in the night. John Wayne never had to deal with these kind of shenanigans, or these kinds of rowdies. But Joe R. Lansdale and John L. Lansdale aren't afraid, partner. They make this kind of material their...

Horse of a Different Color a Mecana Novel by John L. Lansdale In this horrific detective tale, someone is leaving murdered and mutilated bodies in a Dallas suburb, using the same techniques found in a Houston crime scene the previous year. When another body is found in Dallas, it seems certain...

The BookVoice Publishing Pocket Stories series continues with this heart-warming short story from John L. Lansdale. Emergency Christmas tells the story of the Albright family at Christmastime, and the guest who surprises them just in time for the holiday. Along the way, the Albrights discover sometimes...

THE MECANA SERIES continues in this action-packed follow-up to WHEN THE NIGHT BIRD SIGNS and HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR TWISTED JUSTICE a Mecana novella by John L. Lansdale Newlywed private detectives Thomas Mecana and Darcie Connors have barely shaken their honeymoon jetlag before...

“LONG WALK HOME really touched and gripped me. A great bittersweet story of light and shadow about growing up in a time gone by. I loved it.” – Joe R. Lansdale Ten-year-old Trenton O’Rourke’s life was changed forever during the summer of 1944. He and his family lived on a fading farm...

A "page-turner...Those who like their thrillers with a heavy dose of violent action will be satisfied." - Publishers Weekly A "straight-ahead thriller...it's about action, and there's plenty of that. Check it out." - Bill Crider Washington cover-ups. Crooked CIA...

In 1968, the world experienced a brand-new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero’s landmark movie Night of the Living Dead. The newly dead rose to attack the living. Not as vampires or werewolves. This was something new . . . and terrifying. Since then, zombies have invaded every aspect...

Antiques dealer Megan Fields is young, smart and beautiful. Everything the devil seeks in his personal possessions. After a gift from a client starts to turn her world upside-down, Megan seeks help from her best friend Carol and a local college professor. Together, the three find that even a seemingly-innocent...

If the Western town of Falling Rock isn’t dangerous enough due to drunks, fast guns and greedy miners, it gets a real dose of ugly when a soulless, dynamite-loving bounty hunter named Smith rides into town to bring back a bounty, dead or alive—preferably dead. In the process, Smith...

This collection of thirty-eight terrifying tales of serial killers at large, written by the great masters of the genre, plumbs the horrifying depths of a deranged mind and the forces of evil that compel a human being to murder, gruesomely and methodically, over and over again. From Hannibal...

The Ghoulunatics – The Vault-Keeper, the Old Witch, and everyone's favorite, The Crypt-Keeper are back to offer their twisted takes on "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," the "Twilight"series, and Guitar Hero! The cover-featured Stinky Dead Kid stars in two tales - - one that explains exactly...