#HorrorFroLibraries Giveaway: The Unkillable Frank Lightning

Today I have an ARC of a book that I wanted to review for Booklist but someone else beat me to it. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American Library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Mike from Ohio. Now on to this week's giveaway.  

Josh Rountree wowed readers with his debut novel, The Legend of Charlie Fish, when it came out in 2023. It made the Locaus Recommended Reading List and was named one of Thebes books of the year by the Los Angeles Public Library.

When I received an ARC for his follow up, The Unkillable Frank Lightning, I immediately contacted my editor at Booklist and asked to review it. Alas, the person who reviewed his debut had grabbed dibs on this one immediately. But here's the thing, that says a lot about Rountree and his unique brand of historical horror. Here is the info on The Unkillable Frank Lightning:

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.

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.

This book comes out on 7/15/25. Thank you to Tachyon Publications for the ARC.

You want to pre-order this one ASAP. 

Enter now and you are entered going forward.

Starting next week I will have many of the big name books I reviewed in the June issues of Booklist and Library Journal. Enter now and you are entered going forward. And forward includes Chuck Tingle, Cass Khaw, Alma Katsu, Hailey Piper, Eric LaRocca, Philip Fracassi, and MORE (including Joe Hill and my book). 

Good luck!