Showing results by author "Bill Bernico" in All Categories

Seven short stories compiled here for later availability at ACX audio books. Stories include: "A Rose by Any Other Name", "Wish Me Luck", "I Really Dig Him", "Best Laid Plans", "And Justice for All", "Time Might Tell", and "Million Dollar Smile".

Each of these three stories has previously been offered by Amazon/Kindle on their own. I've compiled them here for future availability on Audible.com as an audio book. The three stories contained in this collection include: "Four For Fore", "Critic's Choice", and "Garden Variety Slug." 

The three stories contained in this collection include: "Anybody Home", "Take Two", and "That Takes Balls".

Contains the following Cooper short stories: 241 - "Wheels"; 242 - "Feels Wrong"; 243 - "Back from the Dead"; 244 - "Not with My Money"; 245 - "Down the Hatch"; 246 - "Eight to the Bar"; 247 - "Matt, Larry, and Nick"; 248 - "The Daily Grind"; 249 - "The Puzzle"; and 250 - "Cooper Finale".

Contains the following Cooper short stories: 231 - "Cozy Corners", 232 - "Checkout", 233 - "And Walk Away", 234 - "Silver Lining", 235 - "Take Your Pick", 236 - "The Twelfth Precinct", 237 - "Second Time Around", 238 - "Pleasure Cruise", 239 - "Kerry Me Back", and 240 - "Weight of the World".

This book consists of 27 short stories of murder, mystery and mayhem. This is book one in a series of eight short story compilation books.

The Tyrell Brothers Circus was rolling during the 1986 season. With dozens of cities to cover between spring and fall, Rick Tyrell and his brother, Buck, had their hands full just managing the staff, the equipment, and all the animals. What they didn't need was the person responsible for sabotaging their show. Two performers were dead, as was the biggest African elephant in any circus. Ring acts were sabotaged, and someone has a score to settle with the Tyrell Brothers. But who could it be?

Ralph has it bad. He's in love with Helen, who doesn't know he exists. His plan is to send her letters on a regular basis and sooner or later she's bound to give in. Ralph's friend Tom is not so sure that's such a great idea, you know, with the stalking laws and all. But Ralph persists and personally hands Jerry, the mailman, another of his convincing letters to personally deliver to Helen. Will Helen file a restraining order? Will Tom keep teasing Ralph? Will Jerry get sick of Ralph's letters to Helen?

You wake up one morning with the weight of the world on your shoulders. You just lost your job, your girlfriend dumped you and you're about to be evicted from your apartment. Is it worth even going on anymore? Maybe not, but before you pull that trigger why not give a call to the folks at the suicide hotline. Maybe they can help. How good are these people at their job? Someone's gonna die no matter what. And there ain't a thing you can do about it.

"Get in. We're goin' for a ride." Art grabbed Eddie's left arm, while his partner, Gordo took the other arm. They hurried Eddie along the sidewalk and nearly threw him into the back seat. Eddie quickly scooted across the seat and cowered in the corner near the opposite door. Gordo crawled in next to him while Art slid in behind the wheel. The car squealed away from the curb and headed out of town on the Old Plank Road. Eddie has a fifty-fifty chance of coming out of this alive.

These five stories were previously released as stand-alone pieces. They've been compiled here into one collection.

Short Story Twelve-Pack runs nearly four hours and consists of 12 short stories, including: "Now We're Even:" Payback to a former high school bully can be really satisfying if you do it right; "Paine in the Ass:" How to put the office know-it-all in his place once and for all; "Pieces of Eight:" Does the vacant neighbor's house really have gold doubloons hidden in its walls?; "Precious:" She's got all the money and he's envious. Now, how to get rid of her without going to prison.

Here are ten short stories of murder and revenge compiled into one novella...for your listening enjoyment.

You are a huge fan of author Lawrence Block and you would do anything to meet him and get his autograph. Would you die for it? That's probably carrying things a bit too far, but hey, this is fiction. Let's see what happens at one of Lawrence Block's book signings...

You have a chance to audition for the lead guitar position in Ricky Nelson's band. You have the experience, you just bought a new Fender Telecaster and you are ready to make the big time. But be careful what you wish for, you just may get it.

Nothing exciting ever happened to Melissa Berkley. It was time to try to change that, she thought. She stood on the stern of the ship looking out at the horizon. Most of the other passengers stayed inside, or sat on the deck chairs with something to read. Melissa had something to read herself, even if it was just a short note on a post card that read: "To whomever finds this bottle: I dropped it overboard in the middle of Lake Michigan on this, the third day of September 1997. If you find it, please mail this post card back to me and let me know where you found it."

We've all been there. Some punk with a beater car creates a road rage situation, but being that your car is a new Mercedes-Benz, you don't want to take any chances so you let it slide. But the kid's not done playing with you. He raises the stakes but pointing a revolver at you. To hell with the car, that's what insurance is for. Go get him.

Short Story Nine-Pack consists of the following short stories of revenge.

Jon is a grade school student who has a part-time job at a labratory where they experiment with animal DNA. When he hears that one of the scientists needs a tray full of samples, Jon runs to get it, trying to show how helpful he can be. In his haste he spill the contents of nine cups of animal DNA and the contents mix together. Sure, it was an accident, but the results make for an amazing discovery.

Here are six more short stories of varied themes.