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-...
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Excellent episode with a lot of wonderful shoutouts!
@joshrountree.bsky.social
@sadiehartmann.bsky.social
@scaresshapedus.bsky.social
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@scaresshapedus.bsky.social
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The Scares That Shaped Us
Books Podcast · Updated Weekly · A podcast about horror writers and the stories that made them. Join host Matthew Jackson as he talks to some of the biggest names in horror about the scary stories tha...
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January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Excellent episode with a lot of wonderful shoutouts!
@joshrountree.bsky.social
@sadiehartmann.bsky.social
@scaresshapedus.bsky.social
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@joshrountree.bsky.social
@sadiehartmann.bsky.social
@scaresshapedus.bsky.social
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“Hate and war, the only things we got today.”
The Clash called it in 1977, and nothing ever changes.
💀
The Clash called it in 1977, and nothing ever changes.
💀
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“Hate and war, the only things we got today.”
The Clash called it in 1977, and nothing ever changes.
💀
The Clash called it in 1977, and nothing ever changes.
💀
New year, new game!
January 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM
New year, new game!
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My goal for 2026 is to land an agent!
I have a slasher novel called NIGHT OF THE SKULL about three teens who rob the local millionaire slumlord to save their families and find a legendary, long-vanished slasher hiding in the basement.
YA/A crossover, fun, scary, needs a good home!
#HorrorSky
I have a slasher novel called NIGHT OF THE SKULL about three teens who rob the local millionaire slumlord to save their families and find a legendary, long-vanished slasher hiding in the basement.
YA/A crossover, fun, scary, needs a good home!
#HorrorSky
a man standing on the porch of a white house at night
ALT: a man standing on the porch of a white house at night
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December 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My goal for 2026 is to land an agent!
I have a slasher novel called NIGHT OF THE SKULL about three teens who rob the local millionaire slumlord to save their families and find a legendary, long-vanished slasher hiding in the basement.
YA/A crossover, fun, scary, needs a good home!
#HorrorSky
I have a slasher novel called NIGHT OF THE SKULL about three teens who rob the local millionaire slumlord to save their families and find a legendary, long-vanished slasher hiding in the basement.
YA/A crossover, fun, scary, needs a good home!
#HorrorSky
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as 2025 draws to a close
we just want to say thank you
thank you for reading
for sharing
for joining the deadlands
for subscribing to fantasy
for checking out our novellas
and our blog
for all the things you are and do 🖤
we just want to say thank you
thank you for reading
for sharing
for joining the deadlands
for subscribing to fantasy
for checking out our novellas
and our blog
for all the things you are and do 🖤
December 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
as 2025 draws to a close
we just want to say thank you
thank you for reading
for sharing
for joining the deadlands
for subscribing to fantasy
for checking out our novellas
and our blog
for all the things you are and do 🖤
we just want to say thank you
thank you for reading
for sharing
for joining the deadlands
for subscribing to fantasy
for checking out our novellas
and our blog
for all the things you are and do 🖤
TFW you’re waiting on beta reader feedback for your new fantasy novel, wondering all the while if it’s the best thing you’ve written, or if it’s total garbage. 😀
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
TFW you’re waiting on beta reader feedback for your new fantasy novel, wondering all the while if it’s the best thing you’ve written, or if it’s total garbage. 😀
Check out this Best of 2025 list from one of the kindest and coolest people in all of bookdom. Thanks Peg!!!
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Please check out my Substack I did for a deep dive into my top ten!
Please check out my Substack I did for a deep dive into my top ten!
Deep dive into my top ten of 2025
I wanted to write an article and take time to go into why I chose the books I did, so I’m including a little summary and my feelings on each book.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Check out this Best of 2025 list from one of the kindest and coolest people in all of bookdom. Thanks Peg!!!
A reminder, you can still get 30% off The Legend of Charlie Fish and The Unkillable Frank Lightning, directly from @tachyonpub.bsky.social!!
December 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A reminder, you can still get 30% off The Legend of Charlie Fish and The Unkillable Frank Lightning, directly from @tachyonpub.bsky.social!!
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"What's in the box?!"
"WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!"
"WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!"
WORRY BOX COVER REVEAL AND PRESALE!
WORRY BOX is the story of a family who has a foster child with terrible intrusive thoughts who moves into a house that suffers from problems of its own.
It arrives from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social on Sept 22, 2026 Use code PREORDER2025 at B&N for 25-35%
WORRY BOX is the story of a family who has a foster child with terrible intrusive thoughts who moves into a house that suffers from problems of its own.
It arrives from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social on Sept 22, 2026 Use code PREORDER2025 at B&N for 25-35%
December 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"What's in the box?!"
"WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!"
"WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!"
Go get it!!!!!
WORRY BOX COVER REVEAL AND PRESALE!
WORRY BOX is the story of a family who has a foster child with terrible intrusive thoughts who moves into a house that suffers from problems of its own.
It arrives from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social on Sept 22, 2026 Use code PREORDER2025 at B&N for 25-35%
WORRY BOX is the story of a family who has a foster child with terrible intrusive thoughts who moves into a house that suffers from problems of its own.
It arrives from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social on Sept 22, 2026 Use code PREORDER2025 at B&N for 25-35%
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Go get it!!!!!
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100% on my list of favorites this year!
So delighted to see The Unkillable Frank Lightning on this list of Best Horror Books of 2025 from @cinemachords.bsky.social!!
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025: Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
Horror, much like grief, refuses to stand still. It morphs with the times, reflecting our collective anxieties back to us in freshly monstrous forms. In 2025, the genre feels especially vital – not si...
cinemachords.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
100% on my list of favorites this year!
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Another best year mention for @joshrountree.bsky.social's THE UNKILLABLE FRANK LIGHTNING!
Through the end of the year, you can pick this & everything in the @tachyonpub.bsky.social catalog for 30% off! Use code YEAREND30
tachyonpublications.com
(In full disclosure, this was a Klaw-edited work)
Through the end of the year, you can pick this & everything in the @tachyonpub.bsky.social catalog for 30% off! Use code YEAREND30
tachyonpublications.com
(In full disclosure, this was a Klaw-edited work)
So delighted to see The Unkillable Frank Lightning on this list of Best Horror Books of 2025 from @cinemachords.bsky.social!!
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025: Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
Horror, much like grief, refuses to stand still. It morphs with the times, reflecting our collective anxieties back to us in freshly monstrous forms. In 2025, the genre feels especially vital – not si...
cinemachords.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Another best year mention for @joshrountree.bsky.social's THE UNKILLABLE FRANK LIGHTNING!
Through the end of the year, you can pick this & everything in the @tachyonpub.bsky.social catalog for 30% off! Use code YEAREND30
tachyonpublications.com
(In full disclosure, this was a Klaw-edited work)
Through the end of the year, you can pick this & everything in the @tachyonpub.bsky.social catalog for 30% off! Use code YEAREND30
tachyonpublications.com
(In full disclosure, this was a Klaw-edited work)
So delighted to see The Unkillable Frank Lightning on this list of Best Horror Books of 2025 from @cinemachords.bsky.social!!
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025: Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
Horror, much like grief, refuses to stand still. It morphs with the times, reflecting our collective anxieties back to us in freshly monstrous forms. In 2025, the genre feels especially vital – not si...
cinemachords.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So delighted to see The Unkillable Frank Lightning on this list of Best Horror Books of 2025 from @cinemachords.bsky.social!!
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
cinemachords.com/cinemachords...
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.
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The Unkillable Frank Lightning
The Unkillable Frank Lightning - Kindle edition by Rountree, Josh. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Unkillable Frank Lightning.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0F8...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0F8...
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My true Christmas wish - the thing I hold most hopeful in my heart - is that each and every one of you has a better 2026 than you had in 2025. May the fates be generous and kind and you all receive the blessings you all so richly deserve. Merry Christmas and much love to you all.
December 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My true Christmas wish - the thing I hold most hopeful in my heart - is that each and every one of you has a better 2026 than you had in 2025. May the fates be generous and kind and you all receive the blessings you all so richly deserve. Merry Christmas and much love to you all.
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Go Josh!!!!!
Holy crap! The Unkillable Frank Lightning made the list of best books of 2025 from @bloody-disgusting.com. I’m so grateful to be included here, and thankful to all the folks who helped champion this book.
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
The Best Horror Books of 2025!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* This was a great year for horror in all forms, but if you like your horror on the page, it was an especially exhilarating 2025. Many of the bes...
bloody-disgusting.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Go Josh!!!!!
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For a small book set in the north of England, GOOD BOY has made a good few lists this year.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
New at @bloody-disgusting.com, my list of the best horror books of 2025, featuring @sgj.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, and MORE!
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
The Best Horror Books of 2025!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* This was a great year for horror in all forms, but if you like your horror on the page, it was an especially exhilarating 2025. Many of the bes...
bloody-disgusting.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For a small book set in the north of England, GOOD BOY has made a good few lists this year.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
Reposted by Josh Rountree
I like seeing @joshrountree.bsky.social's cover as that header image. and, honored to be included:
New at @bloody-disgusting.com, my list of the best horror books of 2025, featuring @sgj.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, and MORE!
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
The Best Horror Books of 2025!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* This was a great year for horror in all forms, but if you like your horror on the page, it was an especially exhilarating 2025. Many of the bes...
bloody-disgusting.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I like seeing @joshrountree.bsky.social's cover as that header image. and, honored to be included:
Reposted by Josh Rountree
New at @bloody-disgusting.com, my list of the best horror books of 2025, featuring @sgj.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, and MORE!
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
The Best Horror Books of 2025!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* This was a great year for horror in all forms, but if you like your horror on the page, it was an especially exhilarating 2025. Many of the bes...
bloody-disgusting.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New at @bloody-disgusting.com, my list of the best horror books of 2025, featuring @sgj.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, and MORE!
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
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It's cool to be reading down an article of recent horror books going "Yes, ha ha ha YES" sickos style because they're all bangers and then stumble onto your own among them 🤩
A GAME IN YELLOW is in fantastic company here with BLACK FLAME, BAT EATER, and more 💛
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
A GAME IN YELLOW is in fantastic company here with BLACK FLAME, BAT EATER, and more 💛
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's cool to be reading down an article of recent horror books going "Yes, ha ha ha YES" sickos style because they're all bangers and then stumble onto your own among them 🤩
A GAME IN YELLOW is in fantastic company here with BLACK FLAME, BAT EATER, and more 💛
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
A GAME IN YELLOW is in fantastic company here with BLACK FLAME, BAT EATER, and more 💛
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
Holy crap! The Unkillable Frank Lightning made the list of best books of 2025 from @bloody-disgusting.com. I’m so grateful to be included here, and thankful to all the folks who helped champion this book.
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
The Best Horror Books of 2025!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* This was a great year for horror in all forms, but if you like your horror on the page, it was an especially exhilarating 2025. Many of the bes...
bloody-disgusting.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Holy crap! The Unkillable Frank Lightning made the list of best books of 2025 from @bloody-disgusting.com. I’m so grateful to be included here, and thankful to all the folks who helped champion this book.
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
The fabled Christmas jackalope!
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The fabled Christmas jackalope!
“What begins as The Searchers meets Frankenstein ends as Unforgiven meets The Magicians. A dark, brooding meditation on both what we’ll do for love, and the callous indifference of the hardened souls of the early West.”
—C. Robert Cargill
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
—C. Robert Cargill
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
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...
tachyonpublications.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“What begins as The Searchers meets Frankenstein ends as Unforgiven meets The Magicians. A dark, brooding meditation on both what we’ll do for love, and the callous indifference of the hardened souls of the early West.”
—C. Robert Cargill
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
—C. Robert Cargill
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
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AWWW YEAH
Another 2025 book we really love: @joshrountree.bsky.social 's Summer in the House of the Departed!
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
December 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
AWWW YEAH