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On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks

Joe R. Lansdale

First published July 1989
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

Was also the basis for a 3-issue miniseries of comic books from Avatar Press in 2003.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1989 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Winner
1990 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Winner
1990 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (35)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1989 Book of the Dead Bantam Books Anthology 298
July 1989 Book of the Dead Mark V. Ziesing Anthology 249
July 1989 Book of the Dead Mark V. Ziesing Anthology 249
December 1989 By Bizarre Hands Mark V. Ziesing Collection 201
December 1989 By Bizarre Hands Mark V. Ziesing Collection 201
1991 On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks Roadkill Press Chapbook
September 1991 By Bizarre Hands Avon Books Collection 197
November 1991 Book of the Dead Bantam Books Anthology 298
February 1992 By Bizarre Hands New English Library Collection
1993 The Mammoth Book of Zombies Robinson Anthology 476
November 1993 The Mammoth Book of Zombies Carroll & Graf Anthology 476
1994 Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader Quality Paperback Book Club Collection 369
1995 The Giant Book of Zombies Parragon Anthology 476
January 2000 The Long Ones Necro Publications Collection 57
February 2007 Weird Tales, February-March 2007 Wildside Press MAGAZINE 66
2009 Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead Tess Press Anthology 315
September 2009 Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead Black Dog & Leventhal Anthology 315
2010 By Bizarre Hands Rides Again Morning Star Collection 247
January 2010 The Best of Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon Publications Collection 269
February 2010 The Best of Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon Publications Collection |11
August 2011 The Urban Fantasy Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology 365
August 2011 The Urban Fantasy Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology |22
August 2012 Extreme Zombies Prime Books Anthology 13
August 2012 Extreme Zombies Prime Books Anthology
April 2013 The Mammoth Book of Zombies Robinson Anthology 559
April 2013 The Mammoth Book of Zombies Robinson Anthology |27
June 2013 Zombies! Tales of the Walking Dead Skyhorse Publishing Anthology 559
June 2016 By Bizarre Hands Dover Publications Collection |17
July 2016 By Bizarre Hands Dover Publications Collection
October 2018 Cosmic Interruptions Short, Scary Tales Publications Collection |14
June 2021 Cosmic Interruptions Subterranean Press Collection |14
July 2024 Weird Tales, No. 369 Weird Tales, Inc. MAGAZINE 62
July 2024 Weird Tales, No. 369 Blackstone Publishing MAGAZINE |62
October 2025 The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon Publications Collection
October 2025 The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon Publications Collection |9