Hell's Bounty

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Hell's Bounty
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Art by Tim Truman
Author Joe R. Lansdale and John L. Lansdale
Cover artist Timothy Truman
LanguageEnglish
Genre Horror fiction
Publisher Subterranean Press
Publication date
2016
Publication placeUnited States
Media type ebook, hardcover, limited edition
Pages190
ISBN 978-1-596-06-745-5
Preceded by Fender Lizards (2015) 

Hell's Bounty is a horror novel written by American brothers Joe R. Lansdale and John L. Lansdale. It takes place in the old western town of Falling Rock. Bounty hunter Smith (no first name given) sets off a chain of events as he searches for one bad hombre Quill. He is blown to hell, literally, where he makes a deal with a bartender Snappy, who is really Satan. He will save Smith from the bowels of hell if he returns to Falling Rock and stops Quill who has made a deal with the "Old Ones" who are so evil even Satan can't abide. Smith teams up with a whip snapping redhead whore named Payday, a legless man called Undertaker, and a whisky drinking doctor to stop Quill who has turned into a winged demon and has turned the people of the town into ghouls to try to stop Smith and his band from ruining his plans. [1]

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Publisher's information

This book was published by Subterranean Press as an e-book and a limited edition. The limited edition has sold out. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Lansdale, Joe R and John L. "Hell's Bounty". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. Subterranean Press. "Hell's Bounty". Subterranean Press. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. Hell's, Bounty. "Joe R. and John L. Lansdale". Cemetery Dance Online. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.