Books published by publisher Burt Creations (Steven E. Burt)

Grand Prize Winner, 2019 New York Book Festival Awards2019 Mom's Choice Awards gold medalistFrom Bram Stoker Award-winning author Steve Burt comes a new novel for adults and teens.Could Things Get Any Weirder in Wells, Maine?Working at Annie's Book Stop, Keegan has read plenty of mysteries. But she's never been part of one. Until now.It starts when someone—or some THING—burglarizes a different local bookstore, Toil & Trouble, stealing an obscure book of little interest except possibly to a collector.It gets stranger when someone appearing to be a hunchbacked nun comes to Annie's Book Stop to order a reprint of the same book—and two books on local graveyards! But before they can be picked up, a robed and hooded figure breaks into Annie's after hours and rifles through the special-orders shelf. Is there more to this book than meets the eye?More questions come up, but the most important one is: Can Keegan survive long enough to unravel the big secrets of her small town?

Now in print, ebook, and downloadable audio book. Winner of the 2010 Mom's Choice Award for excellence in family-friendly literature, the Moonbeam Children's Book Award silver, the Hollywood, NY, London, Paris, San Francisco, and New England Book Festival Awards, the 2010 and 2011 Beach Book Festival golds, and several others.An Adventure That's Out of This World. And In It. Free Camp, which somehow became known as FreeK Camp, is for special kids. But just how special most people will never know. Two vans are on their way to the camp in rural Maine, their passengers just starting to get acquainted. One van makes it. The other mysteriously disappears. Now each group of kids must bond together to discover and use their paranormal and psychic powers. The lives of one group literally depend on it. Part mystery thriller, part detective story, part sci-fi, FreeK Camp is all hold-your-breath-I-didn't-see-that-coming adventure. From Bram Stoker winner Steve Burt. Book #2 is FreeK Show, Book #3 is FreeK Week.

2012 Mom's Choice Award Winner for excellence in family-friendly literature, plus London, Paris, NY, Hollywood, Halloween, and New England Book Festival Awards.When This Camp’s In Session, It’s Not Just Fun & Games. Sometimes, It’s Murder.The FreeKs are back so, naturally, trouble’s not far behind. Several of the kids have returned – a year older and more adept with their paranormal skills. There’s also a hot new guy, Damon. When he sees Atlanta, with her streaked hair and body piercings, you don’t have to be psychic to feel the electricity. Just as the group gathers, a body is discovered under bizarre circumstances. It looks like suicide, but when the ghosts from last year show up with a strange ethereal companion, the FreeKs and their adult mentors have to conclude it’s a murder. And they’re being drawn into it. It’s out of the frying pan into the fire when the murderer targets two at FreeK Camp for abduction and murder. But why these two? As the victims are taken, new talents and an assist from an unexpected ally all come into play. But the sun is coming up and time is running out. This is the second in a series of three (FreeK Week is #3 in the series and has been named Grand Prize Winner at the 2015 Florida Book Festival). Now available in print, ebook, and audio book read by actress Melissa Epp.

Grand Prize winner, 2019 New York Book Festival From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Steve Burt comes a new novel for adults and teens. Could things get any weirder in Wells, Maine? Working at Annie's Book Stop, Keegan has read plenty of mysteries. But she's never been part of one. Until now. It starts when someone - or some thing - burglarizes a different local bookstore, Toil & Trouble, stealing an obscure book of little interest, except possibly to a collector. It gets stranger when someone appearing to be a hunchbacked nun comes to Annie's Book Stop to order a reprint of the same book and two books on local graveyards! But before they can be picked up, a robed and hooded figure breaks into Annie's after hours and rifles through the special-orders shelf. Is there more to this book than meets the eye? More questions come up, but the most important one is: Can Keegan survive long enough to unravel the big secrets of her small town?

From 4-time Mom's Choice Award winner Steve Burt and veteran middle-school teacher Jolyn Joslin comes this exciting book for kids that's also a fabulous tool for parents, grandparents, and teachers: 13 ghost stories and weird tales to help kids read, learn, and write their own stuff. These are the thought-provoking stories young readers love. A boy approaches an old woman tending a grave garden. On a dare a brother and sister enter a bone yard on Halloween to free a sea captain's earthbound spirit. A pup returns to life after 50 years in a tomb. Four school kids battle a giant worm that crosses from its tunnel into theirs. Two girls discover a puppet shop run by a puppet. A drowned corpse pursues six summer campers who have taken the war canoe out for a late-night ride. Each story has discussion questions followed by a writing prompt to help turn readers into writers. Works well with adult supervision or with self-directed students. And the stories are perfect for teachers to use as 15-minute activities at the end of the day.

First in the FreeKs series (FreeK Show is second, FreeK Week is third). An adventure that's out of this world. And in it. Free Camp, which somehow became known as FreeK Camp, is for special kids. But just how special most people will never know. Two vans are on their way to the camp in rural Maine, the teen passengers just starting to get acquainted. One van makes it. The other mysteriously disappears. Now each group of kids must bond together to discover and use their paranormal and psychic powers. The lives of one group literally depend on it. Part mystery thriller, part detective story, part sci-fi, FreeK Camp is all hold-your-breath-I-didn't-see-that-coming adventure.

Winner of the 2015 Florida Book Festival Grand Prize, the New England Book Festival Award, and the Mom's Choice gold. FreeK Week is number three in the FreeKs series featuring psychic teen detectives. Spring break in Florida is a blast - for the FreeKs it's a killer Five of the psychic teens are going to Florida over spring break. They can stay with fellow FreeK Caroline and their mentors Bando, Rose, and Twait. But somebody wants them to stay home and will use fire, rattlesnakes, and more to keep them away. As they prepare to leave New England, Charlie has one of his dreams - a murder and a kidnapping - only it's happening in real time in the Sunshine State. The dead man is a former circus midget who worked with Twait, Bando, and Rose in their sideshow days. And that's just the first murder. The trail will take the FreeKs from Cassadaga (psychic medium capital of the world) to Gibsonton (Freaktown USA, America's Weirdest Town) - with side trips to The Villages (Florida's Friendliest Hometown, unless somebody's out to kill you) and Ocala (Horse Capital of the World) - and finally to the capital, Tallahassee. What the teens will remember about FreeK Week won't be their visit to Daytona Beach or the airboat ride in the gator swamps - it'll be sharing their gifts, working together, and fighting to survive. The series has now won 24 international awards, including four Mom's Choice golds, the Moonbeam Award (silver), and a host of Book Festival awards.

When This Camp's In Session, It's Not Just Fun & Games. Sometimes, It's Murder. The FreeKs are back so, naturally, trouble's not far behind. Several of the kids have returned a year older and more adept with their paranormal skills. There's also a hot new guy, Damon. When he sees Atlanta, with her streaked hair and body piercings, you don't have to be psychic to feel the electricity. Just as the group gathers, a body is discovered under bizarre circumstances. It looks like suicide, but when the ghosts from last year show up with a strange ethereal companion, the FreeKs and their adult mentors have to conclude it's a murder. And they're being drawn into it. It's out of the frying pan into the fire when the murderer targets two at FreeK Camp for abduction and murder. But why these two? As the victims are taken, new talents and an assist from an unexpected ally all come into play. But the sun is coming up and time is running out.

This is a revised edition (2015) of the 2003 collection of 15 weird tales that was named one of five Bram Stoker Award finalists in the Young Readers category. This version costs less because it doesn't have the Jessica Hagerman pen-and-ink cover and illustrations, just the stories. The original book was eventually a runner-up to winner Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Even Odder is number two in the four-book Stories to Chill the Heart series by Steve Burt, whose FreeKs psychic teen detectives series recently won the Florida Book Festival grand prize and four Mom's Choice Awards.