Humor Anthology

Join me and my Office of Paranormal Studies licensed team on an epic [citation needed] adventure as we travel the country uncovering the mysteries you've definitely never heard about before. Together we will lift the lid on the supernatural, and then quickly close the lid again before weird things start coming out. These mysteries range from mysterious home-helps to dubious ball pits, farting dogs, parish council conspiracies, and even evil bingo dabbers.

Topical, relatable, and just plain fun, these and many other stories in this collection deal with friendship, kinship, and the complexities of the modern world, and are sure to leave you with a smile.

Im Normalfall entsteht ein Buch im Kopf des Autors. Da ist plötzlich diese Idee... Sie führt zum Pitch, zum Plot, zur Geschichte. Aber was passiert, wenn die Initialzündung nicht vom Schreiber, sondern vom Leser kommt? Dieser Challenge hat sich Fanny Bechert gestellt. Ein Jahr lang durfte ihre Community jeden Monat Einfluss auf eine Kurzgeschichte nehmen und die Autorin aktiv herausfordern, an ihre kreative Grenze zu gehen. Das Ergebnis ist eine bunte Mischung romantischer, spannender und lustiger Geschichten, die nur selten so verlaufen, wie es sich die Community vorgestellt hat.

국내 유수 전자제품 회사에는 'SF팀'이 있다는 걸 알고 계십니까? 그냥 아무 SF나 읽다가 괜찮은 발상이 있으면 상부에 보고서를 쓰기만 하면 되는 꿀보직이죠. 그런데 세상에 아무 이유 없는 혜택이란 없는 법입니다….

Tender, nostalgic, romantic, funny, absurd, magically real, speculative, ironic, nightmarish, entertaining and elegantly rendered…these stories span a century of Man’s consciousness. Once, a man might be a Gatsby chasing his girl half-way around the world, the captain of a football World Cup winning side, a raging Picasso bull in a mythical maze refusing to yield lover or art till his last mortality-defiant egotistic gasp. He zigzags over #TimesUp, political correctness, game theory, oh...and...the women in his life.

Diane Williams, an American master of the short story who will "rewire your brain" (NPR), is back with a collection in which she once again expands the possibilities of fiction. These stories depict ordinary moments - a visit to the doctor's office or a married couple's hundredth dance together - but within the quotidian, Williams delivers a lifetime of insecurities, lusts, rejections, and revelations, making her work equally discomfiting and amusing.

This audiobook consist of two main parts. The first part consists of six funny folktales from India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa. The second part consists of seven moral stories from Japan, Denmark, and the Netherlands. In addition to all 13 short stories, you’ll get the chance to listen to part of the scary stories audiobook in the bonus section. This isn’t a funny one, kids. It’s called "The Rabbitman". Isn't that great?

Join Captain Bartholomew Quasar and the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude in this hilarious collection of short stories as they confront bands of nefarious space pirates, cantankerous bandits, exotic aliens, devious powers of persuasion, mysterious ghosts from the past, deep space identity crises, a runaway hyper-speed train, an insidious computer virus, and a villain with the fastest thumbs in the quadrant.

Four Finn Briscoe adventures: 1) Smuggling pot from Mexico to Massachusetts as a wild and wide-eyed Amherst College freshman from Missouri. 2) Three hippies are on a road trip from Missouri to Florida when their car blows up in Atlanta. They crash at the Salvation Army while looking for a $100 set of wheels, but can they keep the pet clownfish alive? 3) Finn and friends get construction jobs with a bunch of prisoners on daytime work release—who corrupts who? 4) Finn comes back to Missouri and gets work on the Mississippi River.

Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon is a collection of darkly humorous short stories, each with a cunning twist in the tale. When extraordinary events befall some of London's most ordinary of inhabitants, unexpected turns lead to some witty, strange, sometimes shocking yet ultimately gratifying results.

At the dawn of human civilization, a blind prophet foretold the coming of one who would transform American literature forever, thrilling millions with his prose and debauching thousands with the meltingly seductive rhythm of his poetry. Now he has arrived. His name is Neal Pollack, the author of The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, and he walks among us.

Have you ever passed out and woken up in your girlfriend’s apartment only to find you’ve lost access to your multi-million dollar dark web auctioning website–right after she found out she’s not your only girlfriend? Have you ever been accused of attempted murder by a talented and vindictive mime? Have you ever gone to jail for defending yourself against a papercut from a yoga teacher? If you haven’t, you haven’t lived!

A collection of humorous short stores.

There's always time for another cup. Twenty Eight haiku, a cat named Miri, a ghost named Roger, a vampire named Vlad, and about a gallon of tea populate the pages of this second collection of poignancy and silliness from the author of P.A.W.S.

In 33 kurzen Texten erzählen verschiedene Charaktere aus ihrem Leben. Lakonisch, cholerisch, grotesk und vor allem tiefschwarz. Sex, Drugs and dead cats. Umwerfend umgesetzt vom Schauspieler, Comedian und Wortkünstler Thomas Nicolai.

Was tropft da unterm Weihnachtsbaum? Jedes Jahr aufs Neue müssen wir uns an Weihnachten mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft herumschlagen: dem klugscheißenden Onkel, der überdrehten Tante, dem betrunkenen Schwiegervater, der esoterischen Schwägerin und den handysüchtigen Nichten und Neffen. Die Großeltern fordern Gedichte, die Eltern zanken, die Geschwister reden kein Wort miteinander. Einziger Trost: Bei anderen zu Hause läuft es nicht besser. Im Gegenteil.

Thirty years after his death, Capt. Stormfield is still speeding across the universe, on his way to the next life, though he doesn't know yet where or when his journey will end. It's not a spoiler to tell you that he does get into heaven (it's in the title after all), but you may be surprised at some of the customs, characters, and spectacles he finds there.

Tales from the Seaside is a humorous collection of short stories reflecting on life by the seaside, attempts to successfully wrangle two small children, and the result of being inspired by the sun, the sand, and the sea.

Greetings from Darbyshire, a town where some wacky and offensive characters live and interact. This is the first book of the series and introduces a handful of characters in stories where they have limited contact with one another, although they all live in the fictitious city of Darbyshire. Darbyshire: Welcome to the Jungle is Maverick Alexander's first title and opens up the living, breathing world of his wild imagination.

A palm reader notifies Lord Arthur that murder is in his future. But not his murder - he’s the murderer. This really throws a wrench into his wedding plans, for Lord Arthur is soon to be married to the most beautiful lady in London. In fact he loves her so much, he decides to postpone the wedding until his business is done. Now, for a tasteful homicide....