{"product_id":"the-unkillable-frank-lightning-9781616964368","title":"The Unkillable Frank Lightning","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn this riveting historical horror novel, \u003c\/i\u003eFrankenstein\u003ci\u003e is vividly reimagined in the Wild West. With equal parts Cormac McCarthy, Mary Shelley, and Stephen Graham Jones, Rountree deftly navigates the terrible aftermath of love and death.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Weird and heartfelt and hard to pull your eyes away from.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Graham Jones, author of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatherine Coldbridge is a complicated woman: A doctor, an occultist, and, briefly, a widow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaching 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJosh Rountree is a novelist and short story writer who writes across multiple genres, and focuses mostly on horror and dark fantasy. His novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Charlie Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, released by Tachyon Publications to wide acclaim in 2023, selected for the \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Reading List and named one of Los Angeles Public Library's best books of the year. More than seventy of Rountree's short stories have been published in a variety of venues, including \u003ci\u003eThe Deadlands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeneath Ceaseless Skies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBourbon Penn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRealms of Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePseudoPod\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWeird Horror\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy \u0026amp; Horror\u003c\/i\u003e. Several collections of his short fiction have been published, most recently, \u003ci\u003eDeath Aesthetic\u003c\/i\u003e. Rountree lives in the greater Austin, Texas, metropolitan area with his lovely wife of many years and a pair of half-feral dogs who command his obedience.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415307649298,"sku":"9781616964368","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e4ace04-e76c-4a03-850e-7d85811c12a0.jpg?v=1751132986","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-unkillable-frank-lightning-9781616964368","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}