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The Crawling Sky

Joe R. Lansdale

First published July 2009
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Reverend Jedidiah Mercer

Synopsis

Reverend Jedidiah Mercer rides into a small hole in the woods town called Wood Tick following his god-quest (the Old Testament GOD, not that lovey-dovey New Testament god either!) to see a young man locked in the jail-wagon and kids throwing rocks at him. His crime? Being crazy. After risking food poisoning by eating "with" the sheriff the Reverend frees the young man and rides with him to his squat-homestead to investigate the wild story of a monster that ate his common-law wife.

Notes

Jedidiah still gets in as JeBidiah sometimes...

Publications (16)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2009 Son of Retro Pulp Tales Subterranean Press Anthology 11
July 2009 Son of Retro Pulp Tales Subterranean Press Anthology 11
October 2010 Deadman's Road Subterranean Press Collection 215
May 2011 Subterranean Online, Spring 2011 Subterranean Press MAGAZINE 3
September 2011 The Book of Cthulhu Night Shade Books Anthology 381
September 2011 The Book of Cthulhu Night Shade Books Anthology
July 2012 Deadman's Crossing Tachyon Publications Collection
October 2012 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23 Robinson Anthology 342
October 2012 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23 Robinson Anthology
October 2012 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23 Running Press Anthology 342
August 2013 Deadman's Road Tachyon Publications Collection 215
May 2014 Deadman's Road Skyboat Media Collection
September 2015 Far-Fetched Fables, Limited Edition: Joe R. Lansdale District of Wonders MAGAZINE
May 2022 The Book of Cthulhu Night Shade Books Anthology |22
October 2024 In the Mad Mountains: Stories Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft Tachyon Publications Collection 159
October 2024 In the Mad Mountains: Stories Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft Tachyon Publications Collection |7