Josh Rountree
@joshrountree.bsky.social
Fantasy / Horror / SciFi / Whatever
The Unkillable Frank Lightning
The Legend of Charlie Fish
Death Aesthetic
Stories in The Deadlands, PseudoPod, Bourbon Penn, and other cool places.
The Unkillable Frank Lightning
The Legend of Charlie Fish
Death Aesthetic
Stories in The Deadlands, PseudoPod, Bourbon Penn, and other cool places.
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Josh Rountree
@joshrountree.bsky.social
· Jul 15
The Unkillable Frank Lightning - Tachyon Publications
[STARRED REVIEW] “Like Elmore Leonard by way of Mary Shelley, Josh Rountree’s Western spin on Frankenstein is a propulsive, haunting adaptation.” —Bookpage In this riveting historical horror novel, Fr...
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It’s alive!! Alive!!!
The Unkillable Frank Lightning is officially released today. So excited for you to finally meet Catherine and Frank and all the others.
Please help me spread the word, and thanks to all the folks who have already embraced this book. ⚡️
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The Unkillable Frank Lightning is officially released today. So excited for you to finally meet Catherine and Frank and all the others.
Please help me spread the word, and thanks to all the folks who have already embraced this book. ⚡️
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
Hook ‘em Horns!!!
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hook ‘em Horns!!!
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November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Snag any @tachyonpub.bsky.social book for 30% off, including The Legend of Charlie Fish and The Unkillable Frank Lightning. Go stock up!!!
Trying to decide whether a beloved character lives or dies. 😈
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trying to decide whether a beloved character lives or dies. 😈
And so, it begins.
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And so, it begins.
Managed another 300 words this morning!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Managed another 300 words this morning!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
I’m nearing the end of this novel I’m writing. I’m at that wonderful point where it’s pretty much consuming my brain. Every time I can sneak ten minutes, thirty minutes, an hour, I’m back in front of my laptop. Writing is so much dang fun!
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I’m nearing the end of this novel I’m writing. I’m at that wonderful point where it’s pretty much consuming my brain. Every time I can sneak ten minutes, thirty minutes, an hour, I’m back in front of my laptop. Writing is so much dang fun!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
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November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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When we say everything, we mean everything!
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When we say everything, we mean everything!
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"Fear is the mind-killer…..
Where the fear has gone
there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
Heads up, #DUNE Fans: Mailing list members are getting first dibs on my DUNE graphite originals right now. If you want in, hit me up. 👀
Where the fear has gone
there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
Heads up, #DUNE Fans: Mailing list members are getting first dibs on my DUNE graphite originals right now. If you want in, hit me up. 👀
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Fear is the mind-killer…..
Where the fear has gone
there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
Heads up, #DUNE Fans: Mailing list members are getting first dibs on my DUNE graphite originals right now. If you want in, hit me up. 👀
Where the fear has gone
there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
Heads up, #DUNE Fans: Mailing list members are getting first dibs on my DUNE graphite originals right now. If you want in, hit me up. 👀
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
That’s 88000 words in the rear view on my novel in progress. Getting pretty close to the end now.
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
That’s 88000 words in the rear view on my novel in progress. Getting pretty close to the end now.
Need more monsters in your life? How about “Creature From the Black Lagoon set during the great Galveston hurricane of 1900” or “Frankenstein but it’s a western?”
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Need more monsters in your life? How about “Creature From the Black Lagoon set during the great Galveston hurricane of 1900” or “Frankenstein but it’s a western?”
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Oh hey, I have a new short story coming soon in the Final Curtain anthology, tales about The Phantom of the Opera! Mine’s called “Now We Sing the Killing Song” and if you’ve been keeping up with my western monster stories, this is one of them!
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Final Curtain | Lethe Press
edited by Steve Berman A mysterious dirge in human form, Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera is both man and monster, the villain of one of the more famous novels of the early 20th century. Fittingly...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oh hey, I have a new short story coming soon in the Final Curtain anthology, tales about The Phantom of the Opera! Mine’s called “Now We Sing the Killing Song” and if you’ve been keeping up with my western monster stories, this is one of them!
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For the morning crowd.
My son’s girlfriend was recently diagnosed with cancer. She’s a really awesome person and could use some help. Details are in the photo. Any help, even spreading the word, would be so appreciated. Can’t wait to see her kick cancer’s ass!
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For the morning crowd.
My son’s girlfriend was recently diagnosed with cancer. She’s a really awesome person and could use some help. Details are in the photo. Any help, even spreading the word, would be so appreciated. Can’t wait to see her kick cancer’s ass!
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My son’s girlfriend was recently diagnosed with cancer. She’s a really awesome person and could use some help. Details are in the photo. Any help, even spreading the word, would be so appreciated. Can’t wait to see her kick cancer’s ass!
All set up at Then & Now Bookshop in Galveston! I’ll be here selling and signing books for the next few hours.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
All set up at Then & Now Bookshop in Galveston! I’ll be here selling and signing books for the next few hours.
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In Galveston at Then & Now Bookshop
In Galveston at Then & Now Bookshop
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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In Galveston at Then & Now Bookshop
In Galveston at Then & Now Bookshop
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I was 100% thinking about this book as I watched GDT's Frankenstein last week.
Do yourself a favor and pick it up!
Do yourself a favor and pick it up!
Need more Frankenstein in your life?
The Unkillable Frank Lightning has black magic and gunfights and secret occult orders and, yeah, a few people cheating death.
Just $7.99 for the digital copy.
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The Unkillable Frank Lightning has black magic and gunfights and secret occult orders and, yeah, a few people cheating death.
Just $7.99 for the digital copy.
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The Unkillable Frank Lightning
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November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I was 100% thinking about this book as I watched GDT's Frankenstein last week.
Do yourself a favor and pick it up!
Do yourself a favor and pick it up!
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Check out my viscerally cinematic dark fantasy/horror novel, THE MONSTERS AMONG US, which recently won the Firebird Book Award and has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award!
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November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Check out my viscerally cinematic dark fantasy/horror novel, THE MONSTERS AMONG US, which recently won the Firebird Book Award and has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award!
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Thank you as always, Gabino!
My second novel, #Pyres is picking up new reviews and readers, but I'd still love more people to check it out! 🔥🔥🔥
Books2read.com/pyresnovel
My second novel, #Pyres is picking up new reviews and readers, but I'd still love more people to check it out! 🔥🔥🔥
Books2read.com/pyresnovel
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thank you as always, Gabino!
My second novel, #Pyres is picking up new reviews and readers, but I'd still love more people to check it out! 🔥🔥🔥
Books2read.com/pyresnovel
My second novel, #Pyres is picking up new reviews and readers, but I'd still love more people to check it out! 🔥🔥🔥
Books2read.com/pyresnovel
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November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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