Short Stories Humor

Are you ready for a wild ride through the absurdity of office life? Meet Sir Yetti The Scribe, the mastermind behind the gut-busting series "How to End up in HR." Brace yourself for a rollercoaster of dark humor and politically incorrect escapades set against the backdrop of the corporate jungle.

This is the conclusion of How to End up in HR.

Living in the country today is hard. Life was even harder over a century ago. Many families developed a healthy dose of faith and humor to deal with surviving their harsh conditions. Oral history and family traditions were passed down from these hardy pioneers. Lucius shares some mostly true stories about friends and family from the 1890s to the present day. Learn about how his forefathers and foremothers dealt with snakes, outdoor plumbing, the first automobiles, and local watering holes. Lucius brings it back to the house with more of his adventures.

Karel Čapek, zu Recht einer der berühmtesten und beliebtesten tschechischen Autoren, hat die Welt nicht nur mit dem Begriff des "Roboters" bereichert - er hat auch zahlreiche Krimi-Kurzgeschichten geschrieben, die an Witz und Raffinesse ihresgleichen suchen! Mit dabei: Der gestohlene Kaktus, Das Verschwinden des Herrn Hirsch, Tschintamanin und Vogel, Vom Kassenknacker und vom Brandstifter, Der gestohlene Mord, Der Fall mit dem Kind, Die Geschichte vom Heiratsschwindler, Das Gericht des Herrn Havlena, Die Briefmarkensammlung, Der Geschworene.

Sie lieben sich, sie hassen und sie töten sich – mit Alpenveilchen, Christrosen oder Eisenhut denn gegen alle(s) ist ein tödliches Kraut gewachsen, egal, ob ausgediente Ehemänner, alte Widersacher, verhasste Haustiere oder nervende Nachbarn. Wenn böse Menschen die hohe Kunst der botanischen Giftmischerei zelebrieren, wird es mörderisch spannend – bis zum letzten Blatt.

David and Ellie didn’t realize how much they have missed their friends, two other couples who had moved out of their modest neighborhood in a desert city for the comforts of the suburbs, until the day of Donald Trump’s election. Separated also from their daughter who lived hours away in California, they were in a funk. But, when Ellie discovers a repellent offering floating in the small Jacuzzi in their backyard, David is blindsided. Little does he know this is but the first in a chain of grisly events that would play out in their lives with devastating consequences.

Before she knows it, Turquoise finds herself in strange and perilous worlds populated by the likes of human oddities, shape-shifters, serial killers in flying saucers, flesh-eating hippies, man-eating house cats, and sleazy televangelists who produce snuff films for Christ.

A Doy and His Bog is a moving tail (intentional typo) about how two can come together and do stuff. What stuff you ask? Well, you are not allowed to ask.

Canadian author James K. Moran's debut collection of dark fiction offers fantasy, sci-fi, and horror shot through with hope and friendship.

In den Warteschleifen der Ausgangszeit , den Veranlagungen des Pragmatischen warten wir auf den untergehenden Mond und die aufgehende Sonne... und, natürlich auf mein Hörbuch:- Sie wollen erfahren, wer denn im "Haus des Gehängten" gehängt wurde? - Wieso meine Mutter bei ihrer Geburt kein Affe wurde? - Wer wen, denn nun endlich doch ermordet? - Wieso plötzlich 100tausende von roten Kirschen zu schreien anfangen? - Wieso ich in einem Automat verschwinde? - Mein Vater über 103 Jahre alt wird? - Wer, anderer als meine Mutter einen schrecklichen Tod findet?

The Best of Bizarro Fiction: Vol. 2 features 11 carefully crafted surreal tales of the absurd, the hilarious, and the outright horrific. Edited by Matthew A. Clarke.

There is a distinct surreal quality to some (including "Exposure" and "And Now Let's Have Some Fun"), a strong sense of irony (as in "You Too Can Graduate in Three Years with an Advanced Degree in Contextual Semiotics"), and moments of awkward and therefore very real grapplings with sex and romance (most especially in "The Rescues" and the title story, "Welcome Thieves").

"Faire rentrer toute la vie d'un homme ou d'une femme dans une goutte d'eau", telle est la définition des "Microfictions" que propose son auteur et dans lesquelles sont rassemblés des "fragments de la vie des gens". Aucun domaine de nos vies n'échappe à Régis Jauffret, explorateur infatigable du quotidien, et à son regard grinçant sur l'existence.

In a world where money and prestige seems to be domineering, Norman Beazleburp has it all, from good looks, to money, the best clothes, and the fanciest autos. But all that can be lost in one business trip from New England to L.A. Norman invites you to come along, laugh at his plight, cheer when he proposes, and smile when his little spaniel wiggles his whole hindquarters. A book with anger, comedy, wishful thinking, love, and marriage.

This is the life of several different characters that live and die in Mother Russia. This is their story and how it all ends and begins at the same time. The Majestic Man is the magical spark that joins them all, together as one, separated as none. The story of the great anti-hero and how it all began in The Motherland. In a basement, Mr. Pickles is struggling, his friends are slowly fading away into oblivion. Rufus the Thug is driving a black Mercedes, he's driving Construct Karl to the airport.

Cléo tem um compromisso - e, claro, como todo bom compromisso para o qual se está preparada, um contratempo acontece. Quando chega até o teatro onde marcou de encontrar com a melhor amiga, Cléo se vê sob o holofote dos atores da peça. De um deles, em especial. O dono de um sorriso adorável e de um humor excepcional, o que pode fazer valer a pena ter chegado atrasada.

These are a few of the author's favorite chapters from the dark humor thriller by Todd Curry and Christopher Abbott. The voiceover characters in this audio version were actually performed by the authors themselves.

It can be really hard to find the right person to settle down with. People have sex with each other all the time, yet there is always that special someone who makes the difference makes you want to make the decision to settle down for good. The author shows how that can happen by suing two different sets of characters in two different stories. The yin and the yang, perfectly joined. Total opposites coexisting in harmony and love....

This is a humorous, episodic novel of dark fantasy and science fiction, composed of the four novellas Amy and the Ankylosaurus, Helen and the Evil Elves of the Elder Gods, Sithe in the City, and Dragon vs Dinosaur. It begins when Magnus creates a device to open portals to other quantum universes so he can show his ex-girlfriend, Amy, real dinosaurs. This goes awry when Amy goes through the portal and he has to rescue her, accompanied by his fellow scientist Helen, Amy's best friend.

Ready to feel the chills running down your spine? Wait, that's just the green gelatin monster from one of the stories in this collection of very silly (and a few not-so-silly) horror stories. Vampires, werewolves, demons, mummies, and zombies compete with evil little Shirley Temple look-alikes and their collectibles, centerpieces and church women, cops and monster hunters, for your laughs. It's a light-hearted take on the horror genre.