High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. LansdaleThis collection of Joe R. Lansdale stories represents the best of the Lansdale genrea strange mixture of dark crime, even darker humor, and adventure tales. The stories are varied in setting and theme, but they are all pure Lansdaleeerie, amusing, and occasionally horrific. In The Pit, modern gladiators square off against one another using Roman methods. An alternate history tale called Trains Not Taken shows Buffalo Bill as an ambassador and Wild