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"Nightshade" by Dashiell Hammett is a short story appearing in "Mystery League Magazine, October 1933" featuring Jack Bye, who encounters a young woman, Helen Warner, stranded near Piney Falls bridge. Helen urgently asks for a ride into town, escaping from two men, Tony Forrest and Fred Barnes, who seem wary of Jack. Jack helps Helen and drives her into town, where they stop at a speakeasy for drinks. Their interaction is lighthearted but tinged with tension.

Follow Charles Marcusson on his daring journey to Mars, where he discovers the chilling truth about humanity's universal nature. With Vendetti's captivating narration, feel the tension, wonder, and ultimate horror as Marcusson learns that "People are the same everywhere." Originally published in Fantastic Adventures and adapted into a Twilight Zone episode, this sci-fi classic is brought to life like never before.

This gripping tale takes place in the late 19th century and follows the protagonist, Mr. Hapley, a famous entomologist who becomes embroiled in an ongoing feud with Professor Pawkins a rival in his field. Hapley has a devasting retort to Professor Pawkins's most recent attack on him, but before he can deliver the ruinous blow, Pawkins dies leaving Haply ready for battle with no opponent. The physical Pawkins may be gone, but a mysterious moth that no one but Hapley can see or feel the presence of appears.

Travel with Mike Vendetti to Java and meet the beautiful woman "who steps out of the jungle wearing only a sarong elementally naked. And on a leash tugging at her wrist was a seven-foot leopard!"

A possible crime of passion, but it might have been the hurricane. Will the trap catch the killer?

In a world ruled by a predatory lender who takes pride in a "foolproof" system, life is a series of predictable decisions made by individuals trapped in a seemingly inescapable cycle. Everything changes when a charismatic conman enters the scene, armed with a mysterious ability to unlock the hidden goodness within us all. Will the conman dismantle the lender's foolproof system or become ensnared in its intricacies?

Three pilots crash into those mountains chasing mysterious objects. The leader of the group has his ship on autopilot while he photographs the object he sees and doesn't crash. The film is developed, but there is no object. When the Brass from Washington arrive and interrogate him, the surviving pilot provides them with irrefutable evidence of what is really happening, which they take with them. Moments after they leave, the Brass show up again.

An English poet and soldier, Owen depicted more graphically and effectively than any poet before him the horrors and realities of fighting in the trenches. His poignant verse has made him one of the greatest voices to emerge from World War I.

Imagine this: A graceful woman of ethereal beauty, her eyes ablaze with a promise of passionate love, enters the life of ace crime reporter Cranford. Her presence is both mesmerizing and unsettling, for Cranford knows a disturbing truth—this captivating woman has risen from the depths of the morgue, where she once lay among the lifeless.

An intense and gripping short story audiobook that delves into the unsettling psyche of a twisted individual, "A Fire at Night" by Lawrence Block narrated by Mike Vendetti is a chilling exploration of the mind of a deranged arsonist.

Big Steal by Frank Kane, narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti, features Frank Kane's New York private eye Johnny Liddell, arguably the quintessential fifties private eye. When a ring of clever diamond thieves turns to murder, Liddell cunningly tricks the killer into exposing himself. Give this tale a listen and try to solve the crime before Johnny does the reveal!

Jordan was having a bad day when a judge slapped him with a $5000.00 fine for assault and battery. The plot thickens as Jordan is drawn into the murder of a 65-year-old woman he worked with as a young attorney, but it all comes together when Jordan solves the crime and hands the police the murderer.

Imagine being on a date, and your date announces they will turn into a werewolf in half an hour. And as the night unfolds, you find yourself facing the true test of love and acceptance. Or could it be a joke?

Introducing "The Monsters" by Robert Sheckley, a thrilling sci-fi audiobook that explores the fascinating and bizarre world of a distant planet inhabited by sentient aliens who refer to themselves as "humans." On this strange planet, the aliens may look nothing like us, but their society is both intriguing and terrifying. While they pride themselves on being rational and ethical beings, their tendencies towards violence and argumentation make them truly monstrous. Witness their struggles with truth and deception.

Four Gangsters are creating a problem in a medium-sized town, and the police can't seem to handle it. The city fathers consider murdering them, but they are too old, so they hire a professional killer who does the job in one night; but will the problem go away?

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.

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

Prison inmates have a lot of time on their hands. Some use this time to plan an escape. Break-Out written by Donald E. Westlake is an audiobook narrated by Mike Vendetti that recounts the planning and eventual escape from some highly secure prisons such as Alcatraz. Unfortunately for the perpetrators, they didn't put enough planning into how to stay out of prison.

The Grateful Corpse by Bob Bristow, narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti, shows that politeness can pay off. "It seemed like the right thing to do, and he felt really grateful. So he sent a thank you note. It saved his life."

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.