Lansdale, Joe R.

When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start.

When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start.

Recently orphaned, Jack Parker witnesses his grandfather's murder and his sister's kidnapping by bank robbers while traveling to his uncle's farm in East Texas and vows revenge.

Thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell reaches the end of innocence in the summer of 1958 after he discovers a cache of old love letters in the burned-out ruins behind his parents' drive-in theater, and embarks on an investigation that leads to the discovery of old secrets, passion, racism, and murder.

When Harry Crane discovers the mutilated body of a young African-American woman, he unwittingly unleashes a storm of fear, racial animosities, and violence in Depression era East Texas.

An anthology of fourteen short stories that explore new directions and dimensions in Western fiction.

Teenagers Sue Ellen, Terry and Jinx dig up the body of their friend May Lynn in order to burn her body and spread her ashes in Hollywood but while on their journey they are chased by the sherrif who is after the money they stole for the trip and a legendary killer who just wants them dead.

When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start.