· The Nightrunners – Joe R. Lansdale Tor – (First published ) This book is nasty. It’s about a gang of horribly messed up teenagers trying to kill their teacher. They’re spurred on by the God of the Razor, a particularly unpleasant interdimensional entity who likes seeing people bleed. The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale (): Head-On Collision Smashing in Your Guts. Everybody remembers their first Joe R. Lansdale story. Mine was "Night They Missed the Horror Show," which I read in the anthology Splatterpunks in January (its first appearance was in 's Silver Scream but I must've missed it somehow).Author: Will Errickson. Joe R. Lansdale's "The Nightrunners" is the literary equivalent of a slasher movie and, like "TCM," it is not interested in gratuitous titillation. There's a precise purpose behind its savagery. It. It's no great insight that many slasher movies are essentially rape fantasies packaged for audiences of teenage boys/5.
Lansdale wrote The Nightrunners in the early 's. It predates the serial killer glut, and is definitely a product of that time, but holds up really well. The story is genuinely creepy and a great read. When Lansdale had trouble selling The Nightrunners, he cannibalized the novel for material for several short stories, these are included as well. The Nightrunners. Joe R. Lansdale. Paperback. List Price: * * Individual store prices may vary. Description. In the field of country noir--the dark side of rural and small-town America--Lansdale staked his claim to East Texas with The Nightrunners. A '66 Chevy bears down on the countryside, with a carful of vicious teenagers and evil of. American author Joe R. Lansdale is well known and well regarded for his unique brand of comic-book fantasy and horror. Having written for some of the biggest names in comic-book publishing, such as DC comics, he's created a name for himself that is well established within the industry.
The Nightrunners. by Joe R. Lansdale. In this series, Grady Hendrix, author of Horrorstör, and Will Errickson of Too Much Horror Fiction are back to uncover the best (and worst) horror paperbacks. The Nightrunners – Joe R. Lansdale Tor – (First published ) This book is nasty. It’s about a gang of horribly messed up teenagers trying to kill their teacher. They’re spurred on by the God of the Razor, a particularly unpleasant interdimensional entity who likes seeing people bleed. The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale (): Head-On Collision Smashing in Your Guts. Everybody remembers their first Joe R. Lansdale story. Mine was "Night They Missed the Horror Show," which I read in the anthology Splatterpunks in January (its first appearance was in 's Silver Scream but I must've missed it somehow).
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