Odd Lot: Stories to Chill the Heart

In any storytelling, but especially in fantasy/horror, there is one thing that is critically important if you want to have your toenails curl and leave holes in your bedspread from gripping it convulsively when reading before sleep. It is that you have to care about the characters or else who cares what happens to them Steve Burt is a Master at Creating Real Folks, Folks You Like, Folks You Want to Scream at So They Dont Go Into That Dark Room Alone. Couple that with an imagination that won't quit and a storytelling style that grabs you by the shirt front and pulls you in, and you'd better fasten your seat belt before reading Odd Lot, Because you're in for a heck of a ride! Book jacket.

Steve Burt's odd and eerie tales have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies in the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland. Six received Honorable Mentions in various editions of the genre's prestigious anthology. The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. Steve's "non-weird" writing appears in such diverse places as Reader's Digest, Writer's Digest, Down East, Church Worship, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. His ten other books include the surprise hit, A Christmas Dozen: Christmas Stories to Warm the Heart, for which he was profiled by Writer's Digest. He now writes full time and keeps busy with hundreds of appearances and public readings each year. Steve lives in Norwich, Connecticut with his wife, Jo Ann and their dog Opie