The Hour of the Oxrun Dead — Charles L. Grant

What Was Wrong With This Picture?

Oxrun Station was the very picture of a charming old New England town, complete with warm and wise old folk, handsome young couples, healthy, happy children.

No visitor could have suspected the truth.


Natalie Windsor was no visitor, but she was an outsider. She had married a villager, only to see him die in a way that went beyond all nightmares. She had chosen to stay, only to learn too late why she should have fled.

Now she was trapped, as the door to hell began to open on schedule…