Writer of the Purple Rage

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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 T. 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.