Deadman's Crossing by Joe R. Lansdale, a collection of Weird Western tales about preacher Reverend Jebidiah Mercer is on sale for
$1.99 at Amazon US.
Lansdale is a very talented author, but his books and stories are always a little off. If you ever saw the fun Bruce Campbell movie Bubba Ho-Tep, that was a Lansdale story.
Included in this collection:
Deadman's Road
The Gentleman's Hotel
The Crawling Sky
The Dark Down There
Quote:
The Wild West has never seen the likes of Reverend Jebidiah Mercer, a hard man wielding a burning Bible and a bottle of whiskey in the battle between God and the Devil. Frankly, he’s not sure he gives a damn who wins.
As the not-so-good Reverend tangles with a Lovecraftian horror and joins a renegade named Flower to battle a horde of cannibalistic fiends, only this is certain: Mercer’s blasphemous journey is laced with relentless action, terrifying evil, and nonstop humor.
This supernatural epic of the Old West that never was will leave you heartily cheering for the good guys—if you can just figure out who the good guys are.
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