Martholamew; Beast Beneath the Grave
James M M Baldwin
- Novelette-
- A
- high
- school
- boy
- attempts
- to
- satisfy
- the
- curiosity
- of
- a
- new
- girl
- in
- town
- by
- explaining
- a
- local
- legend
- that
- he
- doesn't
- believe.
- After
- a
- stroll
- to
- an
- old
- cemetery,
- the
- girl
- tests
- his
- resolve
- by
- trespassing
- on
- forbidden
- ground.
- He
- has
- no
- choice
- but
- to
- put
- his
- fear
- aside
- to
- prevent
- misfortune.
- Despite
- his
- efforts,
- the
- girl
- is
- abducted.
- In
- an
- attempt
- to
- save
- her,
- he
- discovers
- there
- is
- more
- truth
- to
- the
- legend
- than
- he
- ever
- thought
- possible.
- A
- run-in
- with
- a
- supernatural
- beast
- turns
- into
- a
- confrontation
- that
- threatens
- to
- destroy
- the
- entire town.
