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. The title is a play on the Philip José Farmer novella "Riders of the Purple Wage", and before that, the Zane Grey novel Riders of the Purple Sage.

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."