In the Red Desert of Wyoming there is a ghost town called Dust. A family of color, the Porters, buy the land and decide to make a western-themed resort. Except, weird events keep occurring. The atmosphere is strange. And when the guests do finally come, they're in for more than they ever bargained for.

Inspired by The Dark Tower series by Stephen King and western films, this novel is a love letter to standoffs on the hardpan.

"No Strangers to Pain takes on the horror western genre and filters it through grime, grindhouse sensibilities, and a bloody beating heart. This novel is a fun rollicking romp through an old town called Dust. Watch out, there's a new literary outlaw in town and his name is Sean Malia Thompson." ?Grant Wamack, author of The Scarecrows Will Watch Over Us

"No Strangers to Pain is what you get when you mix a western, a ghost story, and unresolved personal trauma in a blender. The result is a car crash that is impossible to look away from. Sean Malia Thompson writes damaged characters with so much heart you cannot help but get invested in their stories and damage." ?Richard Gerlach, Staring into the Abyss podcast

"No Strangers to Pain is an unapologetically pulpy collision of American frontier and supernatural dread which Thompson clearly had a hell of a fun time writing. If you like memorably creepy locations, foul-mouthed, badass undead cowboys, and legitimate family trauma, you'll have a hell of a time reading it." ?Brandon Barrows, Mustang Award-winning author of The Darker the Night