"The Mason's Leech," a classic Steve Burt horror story, appears in the latest issue of My Legacy (#35, Fall 2002). Named an Honorable Mention in St Martins' prestigious anthology, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, the award-winning story is excerpted from Burt's Odd Lot: Stories to Chill the Heart, which won the Ben Franklin Award (silver medal) in May 2002 for Best Mystery/Suspense Book of the Year.
A frequent radio guest, Burt reads his horror stories n stations around the country during October. To learn what stations he'll be on for Halloween (the Where to See Steve page), check his website.
In the end they'll all be dancin'--all them ones that didn't die.... Dance with me in the shadows amidst the lightning and the thunder, and all that nu-cu-lar debris. See the big bang from the other side, and then open that cellar door. Go down into
The Butcher's Boy
- 2011 Readers Favorite Award Silver Medal Winner in Horror - Fiction
A Paranormal/Chiller by Michael Robb
Thirty-one years ago, Buxly the Butcher went to trial for killing h