When a series of bizarre murders take place in reconstruction era Memphis, former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest is summoned to help solve matters. The occupying Union forces Commandant, General Michaels, sees members of his family killed in a fashion unique to a killer in Forrest’s cavalry brand, one William Hells. Nathan assures him Billy died in the war. However, when the Commandant’s brother is murdered, Billy is captured before Forrest’s own eyes. Confused over the implications that a man he buried still lives, Forrest finds some consolation in Hells execution…until Billy again strikes Michael's kin at a whorehouse the next day. Again, Billy is shot dead and Michaels thinks his family safe.

But he's wrong. Billy returns again.

For some, the war isn’t over and Hell walks on two legs.

A story of revenge, courage and redemption, HELL BILLY treads on the borderlands of the human soul and what lies across the brink.

Steven L. Shrewsbury hails from Central Illinois, enjoys football, history, guns, politics and good fiction. 365 of his short stories have been published in print or digital media. His novels THRALL, STRONGER THAN DEATH, HAWG, TORMENTOR, and GODFORSAKEN run from horror to historical fantasy. He’s also collaborated with other authors, notable Nate Southard in the Hardback limited novel BAD MAGICK and Peter Welmerink with BEDLAM UNLEASHED. His novel OVERKILL came out in Spring 2012 from Seventh Star Press.