My book of Bernie's Short Stories (under a 1000 words) is a collection of stories compiled from my writings with South Canterbury Writers. Each month we have a competition. We are given a title. It surprises us that we manage to create stories out of some of the more controversial topics. The stories are voted on. All good fun, and not to be taken seriously. With my love of books, reading, and history, many of the stories in this collection are set in the past and some are contempory. There is the story of 'AUNT BEE.' Did her plan work? Or why did 'MR SNOUT' start running and was never seen again? And yes 'Miracles' can happen. Or who was the mystery man on 'THE LIST'? And the 'F WORD' can have many meanings. These stories have the answers along with another thirty-five tales. An easy entertaining read.