Josh Rountree

Josh Rountree is a Texas novelist and short-story writer. His novel The Legend of Charlie Fish was included on the Locus Recommended Reading List and named one of Los Angeles Public Library’s Best Books of the Year. More than 70 of his short stories have been published in a variety of venues, including The Deadlands, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Bourbon Penn, Realms of Fantasy, PseudoPod, Weird Horror, and The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. Several collections of his short fiction have been published, including Fantastic Americana and, most recently, Death Aesthetic, featuring tales of death and transformation.

Rountree lives in Austin with his lovely wife of many years and a pair of half-feral dogs who demand his obedience. His new book is The Unkillable Frank Lightning.

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The Unkillable Frank Lightning

Catherine Coldbridge is a complicated woman: A doctor, an occultist, and, briefly, a widow.

In 1879, Private Frank Humble, Catherine's husband, was killed in a Sioux attack. Consumed by grief, she used her formidable skills to resurrect him. But Frank lost his soul after the reanimation, and disappeared after a killing spree. Unable to face her failure and its murderous consequences, Catherine fled to grieve.

Twenty-five years later, Catherine has decided she must make things right. She travels back to Texas with a pair of hired killers ready to destroy Frank. But Frank has remade himself as the Unkillable Frank Lightning, traveling with the Wild West Show.

Reaching for a last chance at redemption, Frank and Catherine are at an impasse. As time runs out, their final choices may result in considerable bloodshed.

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Josh Rountree

The Unkillable Frank Lightning

The Unkillable Frank Lightning

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