Steve Vernon has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators. The most-rated is A Fine Sacrifice.
Grandpa Hated Cats
Summary
“I hate cats more than any on the planet,” Grandpa always told us. “A dog you can take hunting and a moose you can shoot, but a cat only gets in the way and barfs on your carpet in the nighttime, most usually in the very spot that you step on first thing in the morning with your bare feet - and then you are left walking around the whole day long smelling of cat-barfed-on-footprints.” Of course, I always wondered if there wasn't a different kind of story.... A touching and humorous, and almost-mostly true short story, by Steve Vernon - the man who brought you cat tales - issue number one.
©2019 Steve Vernon (P)2019 Steve Vernon
Two Fisted Nasty
Summary
Welcome to the hard streets. These are four of the nastiest stories I have ever written. "Leftovers" - What's left of a man when everything worth losing has already been lost? Is vengeance worth any price? Ask Father Simon. Leftovers is a story of redemption, sacrifice, and leftovers. It is a story of the bottom and what you find lying beneath it. It is a novella-length story that will shock even the most hardened reader. "Statistic" - Just when you think you don't count anymore you come to the bridge and you find what you really are counted for. "Soul Survivor" - You didn't really think the devil was just after souls, now did you? This one is more weird than nasty but who cares? It all comes out in the wash.... "Dopple Dribble" - A dark and nasty yarn about a man who is haunted by a basketball. This might sound a little goofy but once you get into this tale you are never going to sit comfortably when you hear the sound of a basketball being dribbled down the evening sidewalk.
©2012 Steve Vernon (P)2012 David N. Wilson
Devil Tree
Summary
The roots of evil run deeper than you can ever imagine. Lucas Sawyer and his wife, Tamsen, find themselves marooned in the heart of a mid-19th century wilderness forest. They are rescued by Jonah Duvall, a mysterious woodsman abiding in this strange valley with his wife, Jezebel, and thier son, Cord. Brooding over all stands the Devil Tree - a huge evil jackpine that has summoned them to this valley to feed upon their collective emotions and their unnatural offspring. Part earth spirit, part elder demon - the tree is farming them. The characters are bound in a tightening noose of of undeniable fate. As winter sets in, they must face the tree's unholy fury in an utterly horrific finale. Devil-Tree is a story that will take you further and further into the heart of unimaginable horror.
©2011 Steve Vernon (P)2012 David N. Wilson
Hammurabi Road
Summary
Hammurabi Road is a dark redneck-noir novella of retribution, backwoods justice, and getting closer to a black bear than was ever dreamed possible. We start off with the eternal triangle - four men ride out in a pick-up truck; three in front and one duct-taped and bound in the back. It is a clear-cut case of Northern Ontario railroad vengeance, served up as cold as a frozen hunting knife. Fans of the movie and television series Fargo are going to love Hammurabi Road.
©2007 Steve Vernon (P)2017 Steve Vernon
Shotgun Christmas: Two Christmas Tales
Summary
There is a big old sledding hill not more than two or three good snowballs' worth of distance from our home, just behind Hank Macabee's house. That hill was waiting for me and my brand new toboggan. It's one of those sneak-up kind of hills with a long slow ride down that picks up speed as it goes with a bump-hump at the end that you never see coming. I didn't see what was coming next, either. The Christmas tree crashed through Hank Macabee's bay window. The tree stand clattered behind it and bounced with a clank on Hank's half-frozen front lawn. Hank came through the door with a shotgun in hand. He wore a Nova Scotia plaid bathrobe and a pair of fuzzy, blue Smurf slippers. He pumped and blasted the Christmas tree, shattering the decorations that escaped the initial picture window caber toss. He continued pumping and blasting until his shotgun ran dry.... WHY is Hank Macabee shooting his Christmas tree? Grab a copy today of these two surprisingly heart-warming tales and find out for yourself.
©2015 Steve Vernon (P)2018 Steve Vernon
A Fine Sacrifice
Summary
Will has got a secret. He keeps that secret hidden in the field out back behind his house. Sam and Artie will do just whatever Will tells them to do because they know what Will's secret is, and they will do anything to make sure that Will doesn't lose his temper on them. Because you can never tell about Will....
©2016 Steve Vernon (P)2017 Stark Raven Press