<p>2011 Readers Favorite Award Winner for 'Horror Fiction' The Butcher&#39;s Boy (The Ballad of Billy Badass) Is a Paranormal/Murder-Mystery/Chiller.</p>

<p>Thirty-one years ago, Buxly the Butcher went on trial for killing his entire family. Now Janet, a newly divorced nurse has unknowingly purchased the place where the crime took place.</p>

<p>What happens when her eleven year old son and their overprotective Rottweiler learn that the place is haunted by the victims of that grisly act?</p>

<p>Can young Michael fight through the madness and terror to figure out what really happened so long ago?</p>

<p>If he does, maybe the tormented souls can be put to rest, but if he fails, he just might become one of them. With only the help of his babysitter, a burned out house painter, and his dog, Lucy Fur, Michael is about to try.</p>

<p>The only problem is, not everyone is who they seem to be, even the dead.</p>