Seventeen Executions of Signore Don Vashta

Sixteen executions have failed. The seventeenth is about to begin.
Beal devoted his life to the study of eliminating convicted felons, but the notorious Don Vashta is the greatest challenge any executioner can face: an immortal criminal who always rises from the dead to sin again.
A short story chapbook about a job that turns into a friendship, and a friendship that becomes an obsession.