Bumper Crop is a collection of short stories by Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense...

 published in 2004. In his introduction, he cites it as the companion piece to High Cotton

High Cotton

High Cotton is a collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale, initially published in 2000. In his introduction, Lansdale cites it as the "Best of Lansdale", and has called this work a companion piece to the 2004 collection Bumper Crop....

, because he had so many stories which didn't quite fit in with the "Best of" but were more like "personal favorites."

In his introduction, Lansdale explains that the term bumper crop

Bumper crop

In agriculture, a bumper crop refers to a particularly productive harvest yielded for a particular crop.Example: "With all the rain we've had over the last few months, we are expecting a bumper crop this year."...

 refers to a harvest which is so plentiful that it exceeds all expectations; the excess harvest is the "bumper crop."

Stories collected

Title	Originally published in
Forward: The Remains of My Days ...
God of the Razor	Grue #5, 1987
The Dump	Twilight Zone Twilight zone -Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...  Magazine, July 1981
Fish Night	Specter! ed. Bill Pronzini Bill Pronzini Bill Pronzini is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories....  (1982)
Chompers	Twilight Zone Twilight zone -Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...  Magazine, July 1982
The Fat Man	The Horror Show, January 1987
On a Dark October	The Horror Show, Spring 1984
The Shaggy House	The Horror Show, Fall 1986
The Man Who Dreamed	The Horror Show, Fall 1984
Walks	Cemetery Dance, Fall 1997
Last of the Hopeful	The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent This is a collection of early stories from Joe R. Lansdale's career, published in 1997, many of which were never published before and none of which have ever been collected before ....  (1997)
Duck Hunt	After Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant Charles L. Grant Charles Lewis Grant was a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called "dark fantasy" and "quiet horror." He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews, and Deborah Lewis.Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection...  (1986)
Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock	Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson J. N. Williamson Gerald Neal Williamson wrote and edited horror stories under the name J. N. Williamson.Born in Indianapolis, IN he graduated from Shortridge High School. He studied journalism at Butler University. He published his first novel in 1979 and went on to publish more than 40 novels and 150 short...  (1984)
I Tell You It's Love	Modern Stories (1983)
Pilots [co-authored with Dan Lowry]	Stalkers, ed. Gorman Edward Gorman Ed Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....  & Greenberg Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...  (1989)
In the Cold, Dark Time	Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990
Bar Talk	New Blood #7 (1990)
Listen	Twilight Zone Twilight zone -Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...  Magazine, May/June 1983
Personality Problem	Twilight Zone Twilight zone -Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...  Magazine, January/February 1983
A Change of Lifestyle [co-authored with Karen Lansdale]	Twilight Zone Twilight zone -Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...  Magazine, November/December 1984
The Companion [co-authored with Keith and Kasey Joe Lansdale]	Great Writers & Kids Write Spooky Stories, ed. Greenberg Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida... , Morgan & Weinberg (1995)
Old Charlie	The Saint Magazine, August 1984
Billie Sue	A Fistfull of Stories A Fistfull of Stories (and Articles) A Fistfull of Stories is a collection of short work by Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1996, which contains more non-fiction work than any of the other collections, as well as short stories some of which are exclusive to this collection....  (1996)
Bestsellers Guaranteed	Espionage Magazine, May 1985
Fire Dog	The Silver Gryphon, ed. Gary Turner Gary Turner Gary "Two Horns" Turner is an English professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist who fought in the Cage Rage and K-1 promotions. Turner was the K-1 UK Grand Prix champion in 2003 and 2004...  & Marty Halpern (2003)
Cowboy	The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent This is a collection of early stories from Joe R. Lansdale's career, published in 1997, many of which were never published before and none of which have ever been collected before ....  (1997)
Master of Misery	Warriors of Blood and Dream, ed. Roger Zelazny & Greenberg Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida... (1995)