The spirit of the Biblical sorcerer Simon Magus possesses a young man who grows up to become a Messianic figure
When magician Paul Mathewson was 13 years old he became possessed by the spirit of Biblical sorcerer Simon Magus. In 2009 with Simon's help Paul becomes a headliner at the Excalibur Hotel, but then things turn sour for Simon's plans far exceed merely becoming a headliner. After curing a blind girl on live television Simon becomes the center of a storm of controversy. The controversy grows as his cures and other miracles become more spectacular. Magicians label him a fraud and the Christian fundamentalists declare him to be the Anti-Christ. Even Paul begins to wonder about that as he begins to piece together the prophecies of Nostradamus, the Book of Revelations and Mayan prophecy.
Grab those side-irons, saddle up and join former Civil War sharpshooter Luther Henry for a ride into pure terror, western-style…think ‘Wild Wild West’ meets ‘The X-Files’.
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
