Writer of the Purple Rage

Writer of the Purple Rage is a collection of short works by Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1994, which is one of the few places to find his famous short story "Bubba Ho-Tep." It was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the "Fiction Collection" category.

It contains:
*"Bubba Ho-Tep" (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) {originally published in "The King Is Dead", ed. Paul M. Sammon (1994)}
*"By Bizarre Hands": play version" {originally published in "Cold Blood", ed. Richard Chizmar (1991)}
*"The Diaper" or "The Adventure of the Little Rounder" {originally published in "Nova Express" Summer 1990}
*"Drive-In Date" {originally published in "Night Visions 8" (1991)}
*"Everybody Plays the Fool" {originally published in "Thunder’s Shadow Collector’s Magazine" Feb 1993}
*"Godzilla's Twelve Step Program" {first publication}
*"Hard On For Horror" (non-fiction) {extended from shorter version, probably publishes in "Twilight Zone Magazine" 1985, or at some point in 1992}
*"In the Cold, Dark Time" {originally published in "Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990"}
*"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" {originally published in "Night Visions 8" (1991)}
*"Love Doll: A Fable" (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) {originally published in "Borderlands 2", ed. Thomas F. Monteleone (1991)}
*"The Man With Two Lives" {first publication}
*"Mister Weed-Eater" {originally published by Cahill Press 1993}
*"The Phone Woman" {originally published in "Night Visions 8" (1991)}
*"Pilots" (co-wr: Dan Lowry) {originally published in "Stalkers", ed. Ed Gorman & Greenberg (1989)}
*"Steppin' Out, Summer, '68" {originally published in "Night Visions 8" (1991)}

This is the only collection which includes the short stories "The Diaper," "Everybody Plays the Fool," "Love Doll: A Fable," and "The Man With Two Lives," as well as the play version of "By Bizarre Hands." It is also the easiest place to find the story "Bubba Ho-Tep" and the non-fiction piece "Hard On For Horror."