First in Stories to CHill the Heart series. Single-author story collection of (New England) ghost & psychic mysteries. Silver medalist, Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Mystery/Suspense Book 2001. Honorable Mention for Best Horror Book 2001 in ForeWord Awards competition. Six Honorable Mentions Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. Honorable Mention, Writer's Digest Year's Best Self-Published (Genre Fiction) Book.
Nine stories of the bizarre and supernatural, crossing the mystery/suspense and horror genres. Benjamin Franklin Award (silver) for Best Mystery/Suspense, ForeWord Awards Honorable Mention for Best Horror, Writer's Digest Honorable Mention, Year's Best Self-Published (Genre Fiction) Book.
Excerpt
I visited Vermont when I was ten. I'll never go back.
(opening line from "Garden Plot")
Professional Reviews
Dread Magazine
Steve Burt's work keeps you guessing with a savvy blend of unusual characters and unexpected situations. Just when you think you have the story cornered, you'll find it's sneaked up and gripped you by the back of the neck instead. -BIll Hughes, editor
Black Petals Horror/Sci Fi Magazine
Odd Lot is sure to be a winner and a good read. With chilling stuff like "The Mason's Leech" and good, offbeat speculative fiction like "Casino Night," how could it not be? At Black Petals we're always glad to see Mr. Burt's byline. -Kenneth James Crist, editor
All Hallows, Magazine of the Ghost Story Society
Steve Burt has a firm grasp of the unsettling and the uncanny...His stories are set in a recognisable world, but they never go in the obvious direction, preferring instead to take off down dark alleys and twisting roads which leave the reader shivering and looking nervously into dark corners when the book is closed. -Barbara Roden, editor
Book eight in my Belinda Lawrence Classic Mysteries. Mysteries confront amateur sleuths, Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby in the Somerset village of Milford.
Among the eccentrics is the shadowy Madam Malefic.
