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This short story narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti will not disappoint fans of mysteries and detective stories.

A handsome TV Repairman's truck is often parked in front of the home of one of the hottest chicks in the neighborhood. It's parked there when her husband comes home unexpectedly for lunch. Then the police arrive, and the woman has been murdered. Who did the murder? You will be surprised.

Bonnar had created the Green Queen thoughtlessly all part of a day's work. But when his brain-child became a full-grown Frankenstein, a monster embodied in the girl he loved, Bonnar was terrified. For now, she threatened to shatter the whole carefully balanced social structure of Viridis as well as to undermine that radioactive world's atomic shield! Only Bonnar could end the holocaust and turn the all-too-grim reality back to the illusion he had originally intended. But to do that he had to destroy the girl he loved—or be destroyed by her.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote the poem "Brahma" in 1856, synthesizing the essence of spirituality and Hinduism; exploring the mysteries of life and death. Robert Sheckley in his short story, "If The Red Slayer", a line taken from Emerson's poem takes us to a battlefield of the future where dead men can be brought back to life seen from the eyes of a soldier who has been killed three times and brought back to life three times.

Imagine everyone wearing a mask, and nobody talks. People communicate via a satchel full of printed responses.

Robert E. Howard writes a shuddery tale of dark horror and evil things, and the uncanny funeral rites over the corpse of old John Grimlan, now an audiobook narrated by Mike Vendetti.

Travel into the world of the occult and meet a Vampire in this short story by W. Adolphe Roberts narrated by Mike Vendetti.

Crowd-Horror by Robert E. Howard, narrated by Mike Vendetti as an audiobook, is the thrilling tale of a highly talented prize fighter as told by his manager. Highly talented until he is in front of a crowd.

"The Special Exhibit" by Robert Sheckley is a short story narrated by Mike Vendetti that provides a fascinating and sure solution to a problem marriage.

Imagine a romantic afternoon on the seashore when a man and woman sunbathing have the sense that there is something wrong. The woman has the intuition that the sea or something in the sea has designs on her man. Has the ocean developed a personality, an identity? Women are said to have a sixth sense and the man's partner senses that the ocean is a female lusting for her man. The woman makes every effort to keep the man out of the grasp of the lustful sea, but will her efforts be enough to keep her man?

First, the stars in the Milkey Way go dark. Then everyone on earth hears in their minds a very real voice speaking in their own language, dialect, and gender at the precise same time: ''Judgment of the inhabitants of the planet Earth will be held in five days. Please prepare yourselves for the final examination and departure. That is all". Humanity prepares for the rapture. But wait, fate takes a turn.

Say hello to Lavina Simes, a wholesome appearing midwestern girl, always dressed in black. Lavina has a gift, or curse, that allows her to see into the future. Tragedy has befallen every suitor who pursued her charms. She travels the world with her father, a lifetime Foreign Service officer, and misfortune seems to follow them.

In the 1930's and 40's Southern justice could be quick or slow. "Terror in the Sun" narrated by Mike Vendetti and written by Talmage Powell originally appeared in Suspense, a pulp magazine in the Fall of 1951. A Southern farmer and his younger son find his older son murdered and left beside a creek being attacked by a vulture. The father's rage demands retribution, but how to satisfy that rage without going to jail is the problem. Listen to this short tale and discover his unique solution to his dilemma.

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are returning to the land of Lankhmar in a cranky, not-too-seaworthy sloop when Fafhrd catches a fish with a mysterious gold ring that is also a key in its belly. They are passing over an area thought to be where the legendary Simorgya land lies buried under the ocean. Simorgya was said to be the home of mighty magicians and great treasure.

"But, first, he stopped before the mirror. He was a handsome man, but, vain. No woman could resist him, he believed; few actually did. In consequence, they were objects of contempt, victims rather than recipients of love." So begins "The Lost Key" a short story by Hal Ellson published in Manhunt magazine in February 1960, narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti. But what happens when Mr. Wonderful puts his moves on a female narcissist?

From the February 1960 issue of Manhunt magazine, every smoker has a ritual that they go through when they smoke. Detective MacKinstry became acutely aware of the rituals other smokers would go through and helped him catch a thief.

From the February 1960 Issue of Manhunt magazine, one of the popular pulp magazines of the era. A man getting his life back together after spending two years in the penitentiary witnesses the murder of his best friend and boss. He recognizes the murderer, and the murderer recognizes him. As the murderer is leaving the scene he leaves a warning that if the police find out, things will go very badly for the man and his wife. A phone call while the man is eating dinner confirms that. A visit to his house by a goon while he is at the police station drives him into action.

An artist creates paintings that create emotions. Staring at the painting for too long, people become mesmerized, acting out what they witnessed on the canvas.

Travel into the world of a pickpocket who has turned a new leaf. He has put his skills and fast hands to productive work and now is happily married. Everything is wonderful until he is the only witness to a murder. The murderer recognizes him immediately. Why not another Murder?

From the February 1960 issue of Manhunt Magazine, Mike Vendetti has taken four short stories that appeared in that issue and turned them into an audiobook. An Empty Threat by Donald E Westlake, No Place to run by Carroll Mayers, the Worm Turns by R. D'Ascoli, and The Idiot's Tale.