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Bill Russo
Book List in Order: 35 titles
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Swamp Tales
- Nov-2014
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From Bill Russo, the author of The Creature From the Bridgewater Triangle, comes new tales from the 200 square mile area that is sometimes called 'America's Bermuda Triangle'. This time the stories are fiction - and yet these yarns come from a place...
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Jimmy Catfish: The Beginning and The End
- May-2015
- / General Fiction
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Following his real life adventure with Puckwudgies in the eerie Bridgewater Triangle, author Bill Russo turns to fiction in this tale of a family living at the side of the world’s most unusual and dangerous lake; a Cape Cod pond of three disparate ...
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The Creature From the Bridgewater Triangle
- Aug-2015
- / Horror
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Read Bill Russo's story, as seen on National Television on 'Monsters and Mysteries in America', and on 'America's Bermuda Triangle'; as well as in the award winning documentary film, 'The Bridgewater Triangle'. Bill Russo had lived for over 20 years ...
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Jimmy Catfish
- May-2016
- / Action Adventure
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Forced into retirement following a stormy career as Captain of the last three masted schooner still sailing the Atlantic in the 1950s, Cisco da Silva hopes for a better life on Cape Cod with his new bride. They settle into a cozy cottage alongside Co...
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The Ladder Trees of New Hawaii
- Jun-2016
- / Science Fiction
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Along the star-way of infinity is an endless array of astral bodies. In the near future some will be settled for humankind's salvation and some for its pleasure.No living organism on Earth or on any other planet wishes to die. If it were not so, the ...
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In Search of a Few Stories and a Final Chapter
- Aug-2016
- / General Fiction
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From the man with the longest fingers in boxing to a collection of the adventures of both bad and good girls, here’s a group of new stories by Bill Russo - the author of The Creature From the Bridgewater Triangle and the Ghosts of Cape Cod.His narr...
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The Invasion of Ragged Mountain
- Aug-2016
- / Science Fiction
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Along the starway of infinity there are millions of planets just like Earth. We need not be concerned with them. There are however many billions more that are not like Earth â€" these represent the biggest threat to humankind.A slow moving, fragile r...
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Karma and the Little Girl From Provincetown
- Sep-2016
- / General Fiction
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Karma will always have her way. Sometimes she needs a bit of a push - a nudge in the right direction. It's near Christmas and all is not well for a family in Provincetown. An enterprising young lady has plans to change things for the better by doing ...
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Cape Cod's Figure in Black
- Dec-2016
- / Romantic Suspense
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The train running from Bourne to Provincetown has a strange rider. Bearded and dressed entirely in black, with a wide brimmed hat, the ‘figure in black’ does not know who he is. He suffered a near fatal brain injury that left him with no ...
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Sherlock Holmes on Cape Cod
- Mar-2017
- / Historical Mystery
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Sherlock Holmes comes out of retirement in 1912 and travels to America to once again confront his arch rival Moriarty, who is poised to take over the United States, one piece at a time. As fishing with baited lines begins to give way to the age of...
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Hauntin' Taunton
- Sep-2017
- / Horror
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Taunton State Hospital for the Insane: an eerie New England campus of forty ornate 19th century buildings that have housed some of America’s most bizarre and dangerous criminals – murderous monsters who avoided the hangman’s rope on...
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The Third Wish is Death
- Dec-2017
- / Horror
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Living on a 64 mile long sandbar with barely enough topsoil to grow a dandelion, has forced Cape Codders to become wiley and wise far beyond their limited education. Perhaps no single individual proved that fact as much as John Sears. Known all over ...
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The 85 Year Old Dot to Dot Detecrive
Retired Police Chief Rick Bates is always eager to dive into a case - usually a case of wine. He didn't start drinking until he was 75; but now he's making up for lost time. But it's not all play and no work for Rick, Even in his 80s, he is a one man...
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Christmas Classics Refreshed
Fifteen obscure heartwarming Christmas tales, most of them more than a century old, are brought to life in this delightful, family friendly collection. Unearthed from ancient magazines, books, and newspapers the stories have been updated and annotate...
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From Kabul Hitches to Salem Witches
The medics apply bandages to their exterior wounds, But their battle scars go to the bone and then push right through to the heart. Science has not yet found a way to stitch up the invisible gashes that threaten to split their brains and spear their ...
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Getting Rid of Swilling's Mills
Swilling’s Mills was one of hundreds of tiny communities sprouting up in the scorched soil of the American West in the late 1800s. Most of those rowdy, untamed towns died off quickly. “Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, the name of this village s...
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The House With No Electricity
This is a fictional account of the experiences of a boy in the 1940s growing up in the only home in town without electricity. The central character is not me, though I have spent some time in cottages and camps that did not have electrical power.The ...
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I Ain't Black and You Ain't White
I ain't black and you ain't white, that's what he said to me. I wasn't about to argue with the man since at 6 foot 2, and 320 pounds, he was twice my weight and a foot taller than I. He said he'd prove it and I was a little uneasy about what might ha...
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I Grew Up in Dodge City in 1875
Contrary to popular belief the ‘Wild West’ was not nearly as violent as it was depicted in the newspapers of the late 1800s and still is, in today’s modern stories and films. But it did have its bloody moments, as you’ll see i...
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In a Land Where You Cannot Flip a Coin
My 100 Word Challenge StoriesI dared myself to write three short stories of 100 words each and one of them had to be true! I came in just slightly above 300 words for the trio. I hope you enjoy them.The first tale takes you to the affluent Beacon Hil...
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Justice, Texas Style: Sam Bean
Justice, Texas Style in the wild days of the late 1800s and early 1900s was swift, violent and capricious. In many lawless places, the only law was that which was laid down by the most feared law-breaker. Criminals often wandered back and forth betwe...
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The Killer Catfish of Cape Cod
This is not a Halloween story though you might find monsters in it, depending on what your definition of a monster is. Rather, it is the tale of two young men in search of an eerie pond they read about in a book - a strange lake said to be filled wit...
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The Last Downtown Supermarket
The Last Downtown Supermarket is at once a look at the vanishing city centers and an examination of the enigma that is age. The very young and the very old play a special part in the theater of life, for their perches are at the doors. The one at the...
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The Life and Death of Blinstrubs
From the eyes of a college student living nearby in the 1960s, here's an in depth look at the life and times of Boston's biggest nightclub, Blinstrub's Village. You'll learn about the venue and meet its most illustrious performers. It's also the stor...
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Mavis and 289
A 16 year old boy tries to push the motor of an antique car up to 100 miles per hour on 15 miles of straight highway. The car shudders and threatens to disintegrate yet seems to be alive and desperate to save its own life and that of the boy. An old ...
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The Observer
There is a dark chamber in the mind of every person where their deepest secrets are hidden away from friends, neighbors, and even themselves.For some individuals the door to this secluded room is slammed shut and locked tight by the conscious mind &#...
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The Revenge of the E-I-E-I-Ohs
Cape Cod is a horse-shoe shaped island jutting out 40 miles into the deep Atlantic off the coast of Massachusetts. There’s only one road leading from the first village, Bourne; to the 15th, and last, community on the big sandbar – Provinc...
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Ten Dollars On The Nose
In the 1970s gambling in Massachusetts was taken out of the hands of hard working citizens called ‘bookies’ and put into the greedy, sticky mitts of the politicians in the form of a State Lottery. I always felt that somehow an honest croo...
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The Top Tractor in the Pull
Baseball stopped for a war in the 1940s. In the 2000s a war in a deep South valley stopped for baseball. What follows is the tale of a small war and a battery (in baseball it's the pitcher and the catcher) - and three young people: Bubber, Beaudine, ...
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Two Pairs of Shorts
Starting out with just two short stories, my book was to be, A Pair of Shorts but when the collection grew, I had to change the name. The third story in this preview edition (with FIVE STAR REVIEWS) has been termed One of the most unusual stories on ...
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The Very First Halloween Jack-O-Lantern
A Halloween tale straight from Hell for year round reading. It's the story of the mean spirited man named Jack whose despicable life resulted in the very first pumpkin being hollowed out, having a face carved into it, and a light placed inside. But i...
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The Wacks Museum
The Wacks Museum is a collection of strange, offbeat places, people, and things. Many are real, some are embellished, but all, it is hoped, will be fascinating to those who choose to wander through the figurative rooms of an ancient building. - a war...