Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader is one of the rarer compilations of
Joe R. Lansdale's short works. It has only been published once, exclusively by the Quality Paperback Book Club in
trade paperback form in 1994.[1][2]
It contains:
Introduction
The Drive-In (A Novel) [full reprinting] (nominated for
Bram Stoker Award)
By Bizarre Hands {originally published in Hardboiled #9 (1988)}
Drive-In Date {originally published in Night Visions 8 (1991)}
The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance (winner of
Bram Stoker Award) {originally published in Dark at Heart, ed.
Joe & Karen Lansdale (1992)}
The Fat Man and the Elephant {originally published in By Bizarre Hands (1989)}
A Hard-On for Horror: Low Budget Excitement (non-fiction) {extended from shorter version, probably published in 1985 in Twilight Zone Magazine, or at some point in 1992}
Hell Through A Windshield (non-fiction) {extended from shorter version published in Twilight Zone Magazine, Mar/Apr 1985}
Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader is one of the rarer compilations of
Joe R. Lansdale's short works. It has only been published once, exclusively by the Quality Paperback Book Club in
trade paperback form in 1994.[1][2]
It contains:
Introduction
The Drive-In (A Novel) [full reprinting] (nominated for
Bram Stoker Award)
By Bizarre Hands {originally published in Hardboiled #9 (1988)}
Drive-In Date {originally published in Night Visions 8 (1991)}
The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance (winner of
Bram Stoker Award) {originally published in Dark at Heart, ed.
Joe & Karen Lansdale (1992)}
The Fat Man and the Elephant {originally published in By Bizarre Hands (1989)}
A Hard-On for Horror: Low Budget Excitement (non-fiction) {extended from shorter version, probably published in 1985 in Twilight Zone Magazine, or at some point in 1992}
Hell Through A Windshield (non-fiction) {extended from shorter version published in Twilight Zone Magazine, Mar/Apr 1985}