Humor Anthology

This is the best book ever written, a rollicking work of satire hopping literary genres every few minutes to deliver loving literary barbs. Romance, literary fiction, zombies, fantasy, vampires, mystery, thrillers, nothing is safe! Framed by a narrator gradually losing his mind as he strives to write the Definitive American Best-Seller, this book is as much fun as the law allows.

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.

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.

Here We F--king Go (HWFG) is the much-anticipated follow up to Chris McQueer's hilarious, award-winning debut short story collection, Hings. In HWFG your fave Sammy gets a job, and Angie goes to Craig Tara. Plans are made to kick the f--k out of Kim Jong-Un. You'll find answers to the big questions in life: what happens when we die? What does Brexit actually mean? Why are moths terrifying? What are ghosts like to live with? It's just a load more short stories n that. hwfg x

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.

Oskar Panizza: Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square. gelesen von Werner Wilkening. Die Erzählung "Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square" ist ein ironischer Protest gegen die übertrieben prüde Sexualmoral (nicht nur im wilhelminischen Deutschland) seiner Zeit. 1891 veröffentlichte Panizza den Text in dem Almanach "Modernes Leben", einem Sammelband der Münchner Modernen. Dieses Buch wurde sofort nach Erscheinen von der Staatsanwaltschaft konfisziert, gegen Panizza sogar Anklage wegen Vergehens gegen die Sittlichkeit erhoben, die allerdings bald wieder fallengelassen wurde.

This delightful collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Susan Gabriel (The Secret Sense of Wildflower, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 and an Amazon number one best seller) is rich in humor as well as mystery and meaning. Whether white or black, living or dead, down home country or upscale urban, Gabriel's characters are quirky, poignant, and deep.

Peter's earned his night off, and there's not a bloody chance he's covering Shelley's shift. He just needs to find some pals for the perfect cover story. Deek is going to be at the forefront of the outsider art movement and do Banksy proud. Davie loves tattoos, and his latest is going to be a masterpiece. Tam is one of the most creative minds in the galaxy (apparently), but creating parallel universes can cause problems. Everybody on Earth wakes up with their knees on backwards.

An entertaining and surprising ride through an India you thought you knew.

Tales from the Beach House is a satiric work of fiction that sharply captures the "man-bites-dog" world of contemporary South Florida. The Beach House, a crumbling old motel, is home to a collection of eccentric residents. Amongst their ranks: a tennis pro at the end of his game, a mortuary scientist whose love life has flat-lined, a paparazzo photographer searching for scoops, and more. Each member of this cohort is in search of something - fast money, an easy hustle, fleeting romance, enduring love, fame, power, dignity, happiness...a place they can call home.

In search of the ferocious truth, some would call trying to channel the spirit of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson a fool’s errand. But these are desperate times. So settle in for this trilogy of uppers, downers, screamers, laughers from John Bruni (Tales of Questionable Taste), Kent Hill (Hercules with a Shotgun) and Kevin Candela (Weedeaters: The Complete Acropalypse) as they bring you just what the doctor ordered.

"Scusi, signor Mike, le è mai bruciato il culo dalle parti di Arenzano?" Un temporale, un elettricista, due fratelli a lungo separati e il ricordo indimenticabile dello scherzo perfetto. Perché, a distanza di tanti anni, "il bruciorino" rimane ancora un'icona delle estati dell'infanzia a Solaria. Ma oggi? L'Ottolina è a Londra col Franco Garbagnati, il vecchio Alfredo Pampaloni non c'è più.

Hier hört der Spaß noch lange nicht auf! Die Meister der spitzen Zunge, die Helden hintersinnigen Humors, die Sänger spöttischer Verse gehen auf große Fahrt: Mark Twain erklimmt Schweizer Berge, Ringelnatz bereist Tirol und Kurt Tucholsky preist die Kunst des (falschen) Reisens. Und während Umwege die Ortskenntnis erweitern, begegnen sie so skurrilen Gestalten wie der Frau McWilliams (bei Gewitter), dem Versicherungsvertreter der Olympia-AG oder der Tante Zerlinde - Gott hab' sie selig. Eins ist dabei garantiert: die allerunterhaltsamste Reisebegleitung!

This boxed set includes books 4 - 6 in the national best-selling Laurel McKay humorous cozy mysteries by award-winning author Cindy Sample. Set includes: Dying for A Dude (Book 4), Dying for A Donut (Book 5) and Dying for A Diamond (Book 6).

Questo scritto risale al 1862 e qui si avvertono le prime avvisaglie di ciò che, pochi anni dopo, Dostoevskij troverà nel suo e nel nostro sottosuolo. Qui, però, a differenza che nelle opere della maturità, domina una nota più divertente; il racconto, infatti, è una satira grottesca con la quale l'autore deride l'ottusità dei boriosi burocrati.

Horror, humor, and science fiction collide in this collection of weird tales about possible futures, warped present-day realities, and alternate history. Unreliable narrators run rampant alongside aliens, ghosts, bullies, cannibals, home invaders, heroes, villains, unimaginable creatures, and gifted individuals of all ages. Paranoia, fear, and bizarre situations abound in these reality-bending stories guaranteed to take you places you've never been.

More stories from the quirky pen of U.R. Bowie, written expressly for listeners who disdain the dominant modern American insipid genre of "domestic literary fiction." Among other things they feature: (1) a conversation between a 99-year-old man and the Lord God Jehovah; (2) a character who, following the example of Joan of Arc, laughs his way off the earth; (3) a man on Death Row, who tells how they tried to execute him, and failed; (4) a translation from the Russian, the story of how Jesus sins, and repents; (5) the tale of a man hit by lightning, who survives, but comes to regret it.

Depuis quarante jours, il marchait, cherchant partout du travail. Il avait quitté son pays, Ville-Avaray, dans la Manche, parce que l'ouvrage manquait. Compagnon charpentier, âgé de vingt-sept ans, bon sujet, vaillant, il était resté pendant deux mois à la charge de sa famille, lui, fils aîné, n'ayant plus qu'à croiser ses bras vigoureux, dans le chômage général. Le pain devint rare dans la maison ; les deux sœurs allaient en journée, mais gagnaient peu.

A record of a Zombie’s rant about the trials and tribulations of his life as a dis-respected member of the undead. A Chat Before Dinner is a 2,600 word darkly-humorous short story.

First published in The Saturday Evening Post, "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a humorous short story written in 1910 by O. Henry. A pair of con men kidnap and attempt to ransom a prominent Alabama citizen’s son. Immediately they find themselves at the mercy of a particularly spoiled and clever boy who begins driving them mad. The ironic ending remains the story’s most enduring feature.