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Josh Rountree
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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.
Pinned
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 - 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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Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
They shot the guy dead and scattered like roaches.
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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They murder a man in cold blood and wait around to watch him die. There is no hell hot enough. Abolish DHS. Impeach, convict, remove. Trials as soon as possible.
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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"abolish ICE and prosecute everyone involved" is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Trials for every ICE member.
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
ANOTHER FUCKING MURDER. FUCK THESE FASCISTS. FUCK ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?

ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.

I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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I want every ICE agent to end up on trial. I want them to have every good thing snatched from their lives. I want them to experience all the fear they inflicted upon people just trying to live their lives. And I want them remembered as the disgraces they always were.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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any democrat who expresses any support for ice must step down from office immediately

or we will force them out
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I have a story in this anthology of Phantom of the Opera tales. “Now We Sing the Killing Sing” is one of the trippiest things I’ve written. Check it out!

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Final Curtain
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, the Opera ghost has i...
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January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
…I am going, I am going, where streams of whiskey are flowing…
January 24, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Love this, Gabino.

Ancient Egypt, the Bronze Age Collase, the undead, a found family, linguistic skullduggery, meditations on grief and life, and a kickass adventure besides, To Conquer Death is out and available and up for many awards!

#FridayReads
#booksky

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Home - R.M.
Richard H Moon TO CONQUER DEATH“There is no afterlife. Just survival—or ashes.” Contact Check it out on Netgalley Available on StoryGraph Leave a review on Goodreads Order your copy now! Bookshop Atmo...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Short stories, terrifying events and something more sinister lurking in the shadows. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0578...
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Thanks, Gabino!

I've got a horror book coming out this summer. It has hungry malls, killer security guards, anomalous security systems, and one minimum wage worker who is sick and tired of it.

It's only getting this one print run, too!

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January 23, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Thank you Gabino! My debut poetry collection, Time Travel Is Easy, examines queer embodiment and the trauma of life in the Anthropocene. Plus it has a lot of dinosaurs. It’s available on Amazon and pay-what-you-want on Itch. #FridayReads

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Time Travel Is Easy by Rick Hollon
Poems of Deep Time, queer embodiment, and life in the late Anthropocene.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Thanks, Gabino!

Looking for wintry vibes and lots of steam to melt the ice?
The Throneless King trilogy has you covered.

books2read.com/AncientHero
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January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm
What if Aurora was Maleficent's daughter?
🌙 Sleeping Beauty retelling
☀️ Epic fantasy adventure with strong dialogue
🌙 Powerful female characters
☀️ Bi/Pan women
🌙 Tele-pathy, - kinesis, & - portation
☀️ Found families

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Servants of the Moon and Sun
Visit Amazon's Servants of the Moon and Sun Page and shop for all Servants of the Moon and Sun books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Servants of the Moon and Sun
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January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Thank you always for doing these 💜

My collection of speculative short stories, Every Galaxy a Circle, just came out!
Every Galaxy a Circle
Check out Every Galaxy a Circle - <p>An Intriguing Journey through the Cosmos of Human Experience</p><p></p><p>In <em>Every Galaxy a Circle</em>, Chloe N. Clark masterfully intertwines memories, ghost...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Thanks for these!

If you like gore and are okay with the pacing being slow before you get to the real horror, then my workplace creature feature Unfold might be for you. It's also my bday, so this makes for a good present to me :)

phoenixvoicespublishing.com/unfold

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Unfold | Phoenix Voices Publishing
ISBN: 9798349618871Release Date: December 15, 2025Blake Buckley and her colleagues continue to hit roadblocks in trying to improve the environment of Unfold, the leading research company that employs ...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Thanks for this!

If anyone wants an epic wintry setting and cozy vibes to curl up with this weekend, check out my secondary world urban fantasy about a group of roommates forced to pull off a heist!

books2read.com/Zimanges
mcburnell.itch.io/zimanges
January 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Thanks, Gabino! I'll have a short story about food, fairies and racist neighbours, out in "Oaths and Offerings", an anthology of folklore by @carnyxpress.co.uk, to be released in June.

Readers can sign up for the Carnyx Press newsletter to learn when pre-orders are available:

buttondown.com/carnyx
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Thanks, Gabino!

I have two novellas with, between them, something for everyone. A little sex, a little drama, verse for the casual enthusiast, some tasteful gore, some "messed up stuff" as a blurber said. Guess which book has which!
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January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM