Clown William

When William's father kicks him out of his Kansas home, no one-including William-thinks he'll amount to much. William suffers from an ailment that causes him to twitch uncontrollably. Of course, this is strange behavior to folks on the frontier. Needless to say, it's tough for William to make friends. William's strange tic insults an outlaw. Forced to defend himself, William discovers his condition gives him phenomenal speed and accuracy with a six-gun. In Trinidad, Colorado, William struggles to keep out of the way of two railroad giants fighting to control the town. He wants to pick up and leave. But he has a new friend and she needs his help. William just wants to fit in somewhere. But people keep picking on him. People with guns. Clown William is a Silver Winner in the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards ("IPPY" Awards), Winner of the Arizona Authors' Association Literary Award, and Finalist in the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards and the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The Clown William series is a Bronze Winner for Best Fiction Series in the 2019 IPPYs. The third book in the series, Clown William and the Wind of Vengeance, is now available. Learn more at ingramelliott.com/clownwilliam.

A reluctant 1870s gunslinger with Tourette's and a quick draw . . . When William escorts the lady Emily over the mountains and into Lincoln, New Mexico, he finds her brother John in a battle for survival in the infamous Lincoln County War. The sheriff and his posse of hired killers, secure under the protection of the courts and the governor, have a stranglehold on the town. Eastern newspapers called Lincoln's main street "the most dangerous street in American." And that was before William arrived. Clown William and the Lincoln County War is the Winner of the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards for Western Fiction and the Clown William series is a Bronze Winner for Best Fiction Series in the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). The first book in the series, Clown William, is Winner of the Arizona Authors' Association Literary Award, Silver Winner in the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards ("IPPY" Awards), and a Finalist in both the 13th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards and the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The third book in the series, Clown William and the Wind of Vengeance is now available! Learn more at ingramelliott.com/clownwilliam.

A reluctant 1870s gunslinger with Tourette's and a quick draw... While the battle for Lincoln, New Mexico, rages on, William is consumed by his own war against Jesse Evans, the man he blames for the loss of his friends and the start of his life as a gunfighter. But, when William finds Jesse at his most vulnerable - jailed with a gunshot wound - he can't justify pulling the trigger. A gunfight must be fair. William braves hostile military territory to orchestrate his archenemy's release - only to discover he has become the prime target for an army of bounty-motivated gunslingers. The hunter is now the hunted and William must weigh whether revenge will give him the peace of mind he has been seeking. Can William defeat his internal tornado before he becomes one of its victims?