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Steve Vernon
Half-Gypsy, Carnival carries his dead Poppa inside him as a perpetual adviser as he works as fortune-teller and occult troubleshooter, banishing demons and succubi with a carefree confidence born only…
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This isn’t John Wayne.
Lone Star is just a beer.
Forget about the Alamo.
Here then are a trio of Texas tales of terror spun from the fevered brain of…
Tommy has come home from the city to visit his Dad for one last time. He is determined to get to the bottom of all of the secrets that his…
If you’re from Halifax, you’ve probably heard that the Five Fisherman Restaurant is supposedly haunted, and that Georges Island is overrun with ghosts. If you’re from Nova Scotia, you probably…
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Retirement Game-Changers helps you navigate critical decisions as you transition into your retirement years. This guide describes strategies to generate recession-proof, lifetime retirement income; enhance your health and longevity; protect…
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A new collection of ghost stories from every corner of New Brunswick
Nova Scotia is rich with legends of strange happenings and scary sightings. In Haunted Harbours, Vernon combines chilling tales from the archives with word-of-mouth stories from across the province.
Spanning the length and width of Nova Scotia, these 25 blood-chilling yarns make perfect campfire fare. Some stories are so terrifying that they have been told far and wide, such…
In his uniquely homespun style, sinister storyteller Steve Vernon digs up the dirt on Maritime murders from 1770 to 1929–along with a few bodies along the way. Unearthing historically buried…
In 1691 the town of Crossfall taught the witch Thessaly how to die. They beat her, they shot her, they hung her - but nothing worked. When they finally tried…
Hammurabi Road is a dark redneck noir tale of retribution, backwoods justice, and getting closer to a black bear than was ever dreamed possible. We start off with the eternal…
Detours are amazing creatures.
A detour can shortcut your existence or it can lead you down a forever long road that will linger far into the distant reaches of eternity…
Retirement has been dramatically changing over the past 20 years because of economics, demographics and politics. Employees have had to increasingly rely on their savings instead of old–fashioned company defined…
Thinking about retiring soon, or recently retired? This book shares a straightforward strategy to generate retirement income from any IRA or 401(k), with or without an adviser. The strategy was…
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…
If you really want to know what happened on the day Noah built that big old floating zoo you REALLY ought to talk to Uncle Bob.While you are at it…
So what happens when Bigfoot, the Trickster Coyote, the ghost of Sam Steele and the long-lost spirit of The Prophet, brother to the mighty Tecumseh and reincarnated in the form…
Here it is.
The whole entire story of the Book of Genesis as told to you by the world’s oldest storyteller, Uncle Bob.
(Note: if you have ALREADY read Uncle…
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-nineteenth century wilderness forest. They…
All right - so if you enjoyed UNCLE BOB’S RED FLANNEL BIBLE CAMP - THE BOOK OF GENESIS, then you are going to LOVE this next book in the series…
Let’s face it.
About seventy-five percent of the world is covered in water - and of that water nearly ninety-seven percent of it can be found in the sea. Maritimers…
There are things out there that you ain’t dreamed of!
Things like back-from-the-dead mountain men, green ghost rock spirits, carrion stallions, time-travelling mad scientists and zombified buffalo.
And that’s just…
So you think you know all about superheroes? Those guys in the capes and the lightly starched spandex speedoes. Leaping tall buildings and always getting the girl.
You don’t know…
If you’ve ever had your heart broken - then this book is for you.
If you enjoy the taste of strong meat - then this book is for you.
If…
BOBBY KAYE’s life story started and ended with an e-mail and then the monkey dung hit the fan. We’re talking blue plague monkeys, tulwar-swinging cab drivers, a ride-on mower caravan…
The tiny fishing community of Deeper Harbour is in serious trouble, and so is fourteen-year-old Roland MacTavish. His parents are separated, and his mother has just told him that she’s…
Presents the spooky history behind 33 of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s scariest places.
In the title, the word heroic is preceded by the words questionable, awesome and brilliant all crossed out.
Love is one of those four-letter words that people like to throw around - but sometimes love can be one of the meanest and nastiest games in town.
Here are…
Anticipated follow-up to bestselling true-crime collection Maritime Murder, from celebrated author of Where the Ghosts Are and Halifax Haunts.
The master of Maritime murder is back.
More Maritime Murder presents…
There is magic in the number three.
Just think about it.
The three stooges. The three wise men. The three little pigs.
And now - MIDNIGHT HAT TRICK - a…
The leaves are falling.
You can smell that long-dying aroma of Autumn in the air. Kids are talking trick or treat and the leaves are already screaming at you in…
Just pause for a moment and ponder over a tale that reads like a cross between Lonesome Dove and Twin Peaks.
Bass Clayton is a bounty killer turned professional drunkard…
Ghost stories. Everyone knows one. Everyone can tell you one. Ghost stories haunt and linger and tantalize. Come on along with Steve Vernon - ghost story collector, writer, and teller…
So what is it about?
This is the story of the end of the world - as told by a teenager.
So as near as I could tell the end…
These are some of the nastiest stories I have ever written. If you have a weak heart or a faint constitution you might want to read something that is a…
Everything that you have read about Bigfoot is a lie.
Everything that you have HEARD about Bigfoot is the truth!
Enjoy three stories from the files of The Creep Squad…
This children’s picture book is a field guide to Maritime monsters, taken from local folklore and legends. The monsters described include Prince Edward Island’s Old Hook-Snout, New Brunswick’s Acadian Werewolf…
Vernon Steve Weakley
This literary work is an update of the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. for the period 1960 to 2008. This book humbly takes up where Omega men Herman…
VERNON STEVE WEAKLEY
This is an electric roller-coaster ride through a turbulent time period in America’s race relations war at Jackson State University in Mississippi.
This is the story of one man’s incredible struggle with the dark side of racism and murder.
A young black man growing up in the deep south gets embroiled in the upheavalof the Civil Rights era.
Fear No Evil is a nonfictional book about a poor black family struggling to survive in the deep South from the Civil Rights Era to the present day. It contains…
A rich collection of critical essays, authored by philosophers and practicing artists, examining Deleuze and Guattari’s engagement with a broad range of art forms.
