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DAWN IN DAMNATION by Clark Casey

“A cast of delightfully distinctive, authentically funny outlaws, butting heads in a lazy afterlife saloon somewhere between heaven and hell define the setting of Casey’s weird western debut.” --Publishers Weekly
“Bitingly Funny.” —Vampires.com
“Fueled by an out-of-this-world imagination, Clark Casey combines vampires, werewolves, the meanest of the mean, and the dumbest of the dumb into a very readable paranormal western.”
—John Neely Davis, author of The Chapman Legacy
WELCOME TO DAMNATION . . . where every living soul is as dead as a doornail. Except one.
Buddy Baker is a dead man. Literally. After gunning down more men than Billy the Kid—and being hung by a rope necktie for his crimes—the jolly, fast-drawing fugitive reckoned he’d earned himself a nonstop ticket to hell. Instead, he finds himself in Damnation: a gun-slinging ghost town located somewhere between heaven and hell.
There are no laws in Damnation. Only two simple rules: If you get shot, you go directly to hell. If you stay alive without shooting anyone for one year, you just might get into heaven.
Hardened outlaws pass the time in the saloon playing poker and wagering on who will get sent to hell next, while trying not to anger the town’s reclusive vampire or the quarrelsome werewolves. Buddy winds up in everyone’s crosshairs after swearing to protect a pretty gal who arrives in Damnation pregnant. Her child might end up a warm-blooded meal for the supernatural residents, or it could be a demon spawn on a mission to destroy them all.
“Bitingly Funny.” —Vampires.com
“Fueled by an out-of-this-world imagination, Clark Casey combines vampires, werewolves, the meanest of the mean, and the dumbest of the dumb into a very readable paranormal western.”
—John Neely Davis, author of The Chapman Legacy
WELCOME TO DAMNATION . . . where every living soul is as dead as a doornail. Except one.
Buddy Baker is a dead man. Literally. After gunning down more men than Billy the Kid—and being hung by a rope necktie for his crimes—the jolly, fast-drawing fugitive reckoned he’d earned himself a nonstop ticket to hell. Instead, he finds himself in Damnation: a gun-slinging ghost town located somewhere between heaven and hell.
There are no laws in Damnation. Only two simple rules: If you get shot, you go directly to hell. If you stay alive without shooting anyone for one year, you just might get into heaven.
Hardened outlaws pass the time in the saloon playing poker and wagering on who will get sent to hell next, while trying not to anger the town’s reclusive vampire or the quarrelsome werewolves. Buddy winds up in everyone’s crosshairs after swearing to protect a pretty gal who arrives in Damnation pregnant. Her child might end up a warm-blooded meal for the supernatural residents, or it could be a demon spawn on a mission to destroy them all.

About the Author
Clark Casey is the author of DAWN IN DAMNATION, the first volume in a paranormal western series. He has also written three novellas: THE JESUS FISH AND SLAUGHTER BIRD, PALE MALE AND THE INFERTILE GIRL, and THE PERFECT DEFECTIVE. He was born in New York and currently resides in Northern California.
Clark Casey is the author of DAWN IN DAMNATION, the first volume in a paranormal western series. He has also written three novellas: THE JESUS FISH AND SLAUGHTER BIRD, PALE MALE AND THE INFERTILE GIRL, and THE PERFECT DEFECTIVE. He was born in New York and currently resides in Northern California.