Humor & Satire
epub |eng | 2019-06-24 | Author:Linda Holmes

THAT AFTERNOON, EVELETH AGAIN CLIMBED into Dean’s truck, and again he said, “All right, let’s do this.” This time, he took her to the soccer field at the high school. ...
( Category: Family Life June 29,2019 )
epub |eng | 2003-06-01 | Author:Augusten Burroughs [Burroughs, Augusten]

A s the Concorde flew against the rotation of the earth, Bebe rested her head on Eliot’s shoulder. Then she noticed the in-flight duty-free shopping catalog and she immediately reached ...
( Category: Humor June 28,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Raymond Moody

Working in a mental hospital was perfect for a doctor like me who wanted to learn about all aspects of the human mind. To this day I can re-create scenes ...
( Category: Near-Death Experiences June 27,2019 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2013-02-05 | Author:Roddy Doyle [Doyle, Roddy]

—Soul is dignity, said Jimmy. —This is a great fuckin’ group, said Outspan. —I must say. Even the skivvies wear fuckin’ monkey suits. —I’m no skivvy, said Jimmy. —I’m your ...
( Category: Coming of Age June 25,2019 )
epub |eng | 2010-02-27 | Author:Ruth Ann Nordin [admin]

“Am I going to have to do this every time someone panics and threatens to go with the Grants?” Justin asked his uncle once the last client left the firm. ...
( Category: Humor & Satire June 25,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-20 | Author:Stephen Graham Jones

*** Five years later I’d get stopped in the rich residential over behind Midland Lee. Not pulled over but waved down at a roadblock we knew better than to back ...
( Category: Biographical June 24,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-02-28 | Author:Spider Robinson [Robinson, Spider]

7 PARTY TRAP The loudest sound in the room was Solace’s fan. I could hear myself think. It sounded like a distant little car revving in neutral. I looked at ...
( Category: Humorous June 24,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-05-18 | Author:Spider Robinson [Robinson, Spider]

* * * Multiply my dilemma by— —no, raise it to the power of— —the number of people present with me in the room. * * * Now do you ...
( Category: Humorous June 24,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-06-22 | Author:Spider Robinson [Robinson, Spider]

* * * I usually keep bartender’s hours.. That day, I was awake at the crack of dawn. Even so, leaving my bed took everything I had; leaving my house ...
( Category: Humorous June 24,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-07 | Author:Roald Dahl [Dahl, Roald]

My God, what a piece of luck! I had been prepared to wait in New York for many weeks before I got a chance like this. The President of the ...
( Category: Short Stories June 24,2019 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-14 | Author:Sedaris, David [David, Sedaris,]

The Cow and the Turkey The cow was notoriously cheap, so it surprised everyone when she voted yes for the secret Santa scheme. It was the horse’s suggestion, and she ...
( Category: Humorous June 23,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Dan Wells

Bath Just before midnight “Mary!” I cried, turning so see her on the far side of the wrought-iron fence. “You’re safe!” “I suppose you’re here to rescue them?” asked Gwen, ...
( Category: Humorous June 23,2019 )
epub |eng | 2008-06-21 | Author:Kevin J. Anderson

Dear Prudence STEVEN SAVILE Miller held the pen poised over the scrap of paper, thinking about what he would write. My Dearest Darling Prudence, Just nipped out to the shop ...
( Category: Anthologies June 21,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-26 | Author:Lina Wolff

Ruben and Mildred Rondas Cultural Journalism and Paranormal Phenomena I recognized the name “Ruben” immediately. I was sure it wasn’t the first time I’d heard it, and because the subheading ...
( Category: Dark Humor June 21,2019 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2013-01-10 | Author:Walter Moers [MOERS, WALTER]

CRRASH! Slagoud went hot and cold by turns. It suddenly occurred to him that he hadn’t the faintest notion of how to slay a Bollogg. CRRRASH! The Bollogg had almost ...
( Category: Humorous June 21,2019 )