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OverviewDeadwood meets Cthulhu in this wild and profane Western romp featuring zombies, werewolves, evil spirits, and one pissed-off gunslinging preacher. The Wild West has never seen the likes of the Reverend Jebidiah Mercer, a hard man wielding a burning Bible in the battle between God and the devil, in an endless struggle he's not sure he cares who wins. With its five stories laced with fast-paced action, nonstop humor, and spine-tingling horror, Deadman's Road is your ride to hell, in which a vengeful shaman curses a town by conjuring a seemingly unstoppable army of the undead; an ill-advised shortcut leads to a bees' nest of terror; a man stands condemned, not for murdering his wife but for raising the Lovecraftian horror that killed her; a woman is attacked by werewolves and left for dead in a ghost town; and a mining camp faces off with a horde of cannibalistic fiends. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joe R Lansdale , Susan Hanfield , Stefan RudnickiPublisher: Skyboat Media Imprint: Skyboat Media Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 14.70cm Weight: 0.177kg ISBN: 9781483006871ISBN 10: 1483006875 Publication Date: 13 May 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsIt's the mixture of horror, humor, and action elements that makes this collection a must-read for fans of dark literature. -- BuzzyMag.com Joe R. Lansdale is the undisputed master of East Texas gothic horror, and his dime novel sensibilities make this marriage of Westerns and horror stories a perfect fit. Deadman's Road features Lansdale's trademark dark humor and skin-crawling mastery of description, steeping these stories in both historical detail and stomach-churning intensity. -- San Francisco Book Review Reverend Jebediah Mercer rides through the haunted backwoods of post-Civil War Texas, battling werewolves and eldritch horrors in the name of his cruel and distant Old Testament God in five creepy, gory, and dark pulpy yarns by Southern horror author Lansdale. In 'Dead in the West, ' Mercer fights zombies, a stereotypical 'Indian curse, ' and his own damaged faith, a good bit of pulpy fun spun around a nougat of bitter religion. In 'Deadman's Road, ' the mercenary preacher hunts down a ghoul on a haunted stretch of road; 'The Dark Down There' pits him and a boisterous, sensual ex-cook against an army of kobolds; and in 'The Crawling Sky' he tackles an eldritch monster. -- Publishers Weekly Author InformationJoe R. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including Rusty Puppy, the Edgar-award winning The Bottoms, Sunset and Sawdust, and Leather Maiden. He has received nine Bram Stoker Awards, the American Mystery Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas. Susan Hanfield was a 2017 Audie Award finalist in the Young Adult category for The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough. Her work has also been recognized with a Voice Arts Awards nomination in 2016 and as an Audie Award finalist in 2015 and 2014. She has recorded approximately seventy titles thus far, and comes from a strong classical theater background, bringing deep characterizations to all of her work. Her audiobook titles span many genres, including young adult, historical fiction, faith-based inspirational, fantasy, paranormal romance, science fiction, classics, and nonfiction. In addition to recording audiobooks, she can be seen in film, on stage, and in commercials. Stefan Rudnicki is an avid audiobook narrator, receiving numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine. He is also a Grammy-winning audiobook producer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |