The colorful Mr. Pepper was universally regarded as the best teacher in Maine. Near the end of his 16th. year in the town of Bell's Neck, trouble arrived when all of his students failed all of their exams. If Mr. Pepper could not inspire these students, who could?

The Thing At the Window has no face. No body. It cannot be smelled, touched, or seen, but it's there. And it can be heard. It comes at midnight on hot summer nights when people have their windows open....

"Jilted" - A word carved in a tree. But in the word lies the strange story of a wood carver, and the two women he loved. The tale comes with a twist, but the real twist is what happened to the author, Bill Russo, as he wrote the last lines of this audio play. Stay tuned to the very end to get the details.

Discovered in the wreckage of a large, flat bottomed boat found adrift at the base of a mountain in the Northeast Hemisphere of Earth; the Book of Gord may be a fake news story. It could be an ancient allegory. Each listener must weigh the tales before making a judgment.

The poignant memoirs of three Marine Corps veterans of the Korean War, as told from the Halls of Carrabba's Italian Grill to the Old Guys Lunch Bunch.

Give the Devil his due! He's responsible one of our greatest Halloween traditions, A rogue named Jack battled with Satan and it looked like Jack won. But it was a victory that proved very costly and the only good thing to come out of the fight was the very first Jack-0-lantern.

Part One of Bill Russo's Short Story Theater's, audio version of John A. Russo's seminal tale, Night of the Living Dead, which started the entire Living Dead and Walking Dead genre of films and books.

The story that started the Zombie genre. Bill Russo's Short Story Theater presents John A. Russo's classic tale, The Night of the Living Dead - the Audio Version, Part Two.

A brand new dramatization of the classic tale, The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe. It's the story of a man who sinks so deeply into the world of whiskey and rum, that he changes from a person who loves life, people, and animals, into a soul-less monster who hates everything that is good. Sitting in his cell, awaiting execution, he writes the woeful tale of his depravity.

The bittersweet narrative of an unfortunate boy whose misshapen face made him look more like a fish than a person. His name was James Da Silva but most people just called him, 'Catfish' or sometimes, Jimmy Catfish. If Jimmy was odd, the secluded area where he lived, called Codfresh Lake, was even more outlandish than the strange amphibious boy himself. Giant catfish, with poison fins and dagger-sharp teeth swam the waters of the lake. Though the fish were said by some, to be evil, they were far less dangerous than the two brothers who planned to attack Jimmy Catfish.