The Unkillable Frank Lightning by Josh Rountree ISBN: 978-1-61696-436-8 (print); 978-1-61696-437-5 (digital) Published: 15 July 2025 Available Format(s): digital, trade paperback Paste Magazine Most Anticipated Horror Books of Summer 2025 Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Week This Is Horror Books to Look Out For Bloody Disgusting Best Horror Books of 2025 The Lineup’s Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses 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. In this riveting historical horror novel, Frankenstein 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. Download Press Kit
