The Condemnation of Crow

The Weird Adventures of Lone Crow #2

by Joel Jenkins, Joshua Reynolds (Contributor)

Join Lone Crow as he travels the demon-haunted trails and byways of the Americas, uncovering lost temples and blood-soaked gods. He rides from the frozen tundra of Canada to the haunted crypts of New Orleans, and into the everlasting mountains of the Utah Territories, where strange terrors have been called forth by the unrighteous.

In the shadowed corners of the promised land, battling man and fiends which were never meant to stride the mortal coil, now is the condemnation of Crow.

294 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2017

About the author

Former ghost impersonator, rock vocalist, and now novelist living in the rain-soaked shadows of the Great Northwest.

Reviews

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This second volume of Crow's Tales contains the following stories~
1. True Love
2. The Shaman
3. The Vorpal Tomahawk
4. Blood for the Jaguar
5. The Summoner's Sacrifice
6. The Suicide Ride
7. Dead Before Sunrise
8. It Fell From the Nighted Sky
9. The Third Death of Henry Antrim
10. The Condemnation of Crow
Unlike the first volume, this set features stories that are light on other-worldly horror and far more realistic as well as gritty. They are multi-layered, reflecting the reality of those times in a nuanced manner. Above all, they are tragic in an ironic manner.
These are very good stories that act as solid examples of storytelling for new-pulp writers.
Recommended.

[Mark Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the original Conan stories, Robert E. Howard had a planned-out chronology but chose to leap around in it as if they were reminisces of an old man pulled randomly from his memories. Jenkins uses the same technique here as we learn bits of Lone Crow's adventures from early to late in his career. We meet familiar faces such as Shotgun Fergusson and Six-Gun Susannah Johnson, as well as historical figures such as Temple Houston, Wyatt Earp, and Luke Short. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson figure in one tale, and there's a Charles St. Cyprian & Ebe Gallowglass story by Josh Reynolds which tangentially links up to the Lone Crow chronicles.

[Toddball · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.

The 2nd installment in the Lone Crow series. Personally, I think the Lone Crow stories transcend genre. I love the setting (weird west), and the characters are great. The story Condemnation of Crow alone is worth the price of admission. Joel Jenkins is a great writer, and I hope we haven’t seen the last of Lone Crow.