Dead in the West [Kindle Edition]

Joe R. Lansdale (Author)

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Mud Creek, Texas is doing alright—a real, thriving little community with a hotel, a café and a church, in addition to the livery and saloon. Seems like just the right sort of place for Reverend Jebidiah Mercer to pitch a tent and hold a revival. They shouldn’t have gotten together and lynched that Indian medicine man, though. They really shouldn’t have done that. It’s a good thing the Reverend can shoot, because in the dark of night, the dead of Mud Creek are rising… and they’re hungry.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 253 KB
• Publisher: Gere Donovan Press; 1.0 edition (October 11, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005V55PLS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,954 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff, but preface misleading, December 14, 2011

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This review is from: Dead in the West (Kindle Edition)

This is, as you'd imagine, a good and fun zombie western shoot-em-up with a twist of redemption. There are many reviews for the story itself around the net, but that sentence pretty much sums it up. Unfortunately, the preface appears to have been written for Deadman's Road, since in it Lansdale says that included are all of the Jeb Mercer stories. Well, this kindle edition only includes the single novel, not the short stories. Just FYI.

5.0 out of 5 stars Mojo Storytelling., December 28, 2011

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This review is from: Dead in the West (Kindle Edition)

Dead in the West drew me in from the very beginning. I read this Lansdale classic in two sittings. The setting was so vivid the town of Mud Creek came to life instantly. Not to mention the characters were the ones you enjoy rooting for, and the bad guys were truly of that sort. If you're looking for something in the Western genre with a flare of Supernatural and Horror, Dead in the West will not disappoint.

Reverend Mercer is a God loving gunslinger, which isn't of the norm. He isn't afraid of violence if it means upholding his set of values. In turn, he is the only one who can stop what's happening in the small town. Along the way, there isn't a dull moment. Reading this novel felt like Joe R Lansdale was telling me the story himself. I would recommend it along with any of Lansdale's works.