Satire
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-04 | Author:Martin Amis [Amis, Martin]

“Hey. Hey! Ain’t no damn use you sneaking out like that. Have you read my novel yet?” “Yes,” said Rodney. Rodney said Yes, not because it was true or anything ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-10-08 | Author:Carl Hiaasen [Hiaasen, Carl]

Chapter Fifteen She thought she’d heard voices, but what else was new? Rarely was there a silence in her world; no peace, no quiet. Nat King Cole crooned a duet ...
( Category: Cozy March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-10-20 | Author:Kurt Vonnegut [Vonnegut, Kurt]

THE NICE LITTLE PEOPLE It was a hot, dry, glaring July day that made Lowell Swift feel as though every germ and sin in him were being baked out forever. ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1956-12-31 | Author:C. Northcote Parkinson [Parkinson, C. Northcote]

6 PLANS AND PLANTS OR THE ADMINISTRATION BLOCK EVERY STUDENT OF HUMAN INSTITUTIONS IS FAMILIAR with the standard test by which the importance of the individual may be assessed. The ...
( Category: Public Affairs & Administration March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2008-10-30 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

Moist ran back to the bank, and straight to the little door under the stairs. He liked it down in the undercroft. It was cool and peaceful, apart from the ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:McCafferty, Megan [McCafferty, Megan]

december the fifth I finally understand why the whole Marcus thing happened last year. I needed Marcus to lead me to my true love, Len Levy. My elementary-school crush wasn’t ...
( Category: Coming of Age March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-03-25 | Author:Yasutaka Tsutsui [Tsutsui, Yasutaka]

Bravo Herr Mozart! The real name of the great composer Mozart was Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Gottlieb Amadé Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was born at the age of three. The reason ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Allie Kingsley [Kingsley, Allie]

chapter seventeen Oh My Gaultier! After an exhilarating mini Vegas vaycay with Bella, followed by an exasperating weekend with my parents, culminating in being hunted down in a freeway car ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-03-24 | Author:Maria Semple [Semple, Maria]

“HELLO!” Sally called. “David? Dotty Dot? Anyone here?” She breezed down the hall, Jeremy right behind. Finally, it was Sally’s chance to prove there was nothing wrong with her. Not ...
( Category: Psychological March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-07-27 | Author:Carl Hiaasen [Hiaasen, Carl]

The governor, seeking quiet on a raucous Saturday night, hunkered beneath an empty lifeguard tower, not far from the stretch where he’d beached the speedboat. Along the dim shore a ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-08-28 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

“You wish me to believe,” said Lord Vetinari, “that Mr. A. E. Pessimal single-handedly attacked a troll?” “Both hands, sir,” said Vimes. “And feet, too. And tried to bite it, ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2005-12-15 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

CHAPTER 7A Post Haste The nature of Boris the horse • Foreboding tower • Mr. Lipwig cools off • The lady with buns on her ears • Invitation accepted • ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2002-02-05 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

The Librarian forced the page open and chained it down. The book tried to snap at him. Its contents had made it what it was. Evil and treacherous. It contained ...
( Category: Sword & Sorcery March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-01-01 | Author:David Malouf [Malouf, David]

Lone Pine Driving at speed along the narrow dirt highway, Harry Picton could have given no good reason for stopping where he did. There was a pine. Perhaps it was ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1997-07-31 | Author:George Grossmith & Weedon Grossmith [Grossmith, George & Grossmith, Weedon]

CHAPTER XIV Begin the year with an unexpected promotion at the office. I make two good jokes. I get an enormous rise in my salary. Lupin speculates successfully and starts ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )