Humor & Satire
epub |eng | 2014-11-04 | Author:Andrea Camilleri

“I’m going to call Catalanotti now and have him take you home,” said Puglisi. “And you, meanwhile, straighten yourself out.” Agatina, after what had happened between them—biting and scratching and ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-28 | Author:Marek Hlasko

LITTLE DOV WAS WALKING ALONG THE BEACH, HIS RIGHT arm around Esther. In his left hand he was carrying his shirt and shoes; it was so dark he could barely ...
( Category: Lawyers & Criminals January 29,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-16 | Author:Shawn, Elizabeth [Shawn, Elizabeth]

CHAPTER NINE Pink Clover (Injured dignity) “Do not trifle with me.” The family met us outside in front of the hotel, their anxious eyes scanning our equally anxious faces, making ...
( Category: Humorous January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-18 | Author:Anthony Bruno

Chapter 17 Frank and Greg Wilenski were forehead to forehead, hands hooked around each other’s neck, trying to make it look like they were wrestling “Whoever invented phys ed should ...
( Category: Coming of Age January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Siri Hustvedt

The Barometer (excerpt from Phineas Q. Eldridge’s taped conversation, October 15, 2001) PQE: How did you get interested in the weather? B: From God. Beginning and end. He is, I ...
( Category: Satire January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Sparkle Hayter

13 “We found the body tonight, in an abandoned building three blocks from your apartment,” Ferber said, shoving mug shots in front of me. “The body’s not in very good ...
( Category: Humorous January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2000-01-28 | Author:Susan Juby [Juby, Susan]

NEW FRONTIERS September 6 I am very busy. I’ve been trying to listen to a tape that Bob lent me so I can be more cultural. But the music, by ...
( Category: Being a Teen January 29,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2014-05-14 | Author:T. Hammond

There were more angry voices as the two men argued. I hoped pretending to be ignorant of PreClan’s classified technology would help convince the men I wasn’t of much use ...
( Category: Humorous January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Steve Israel

THE VOYEUR FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 2004 Alonso Diaz didn’t mind Friday night shifts, when his colleagues emptied out for the weekend. He preferred to be alone with his photo ...
( Category: Satire January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sparkle Hayter

CHAPTER THIRTEEN It was early evening when we got away. On the way back, the chopper ride was not nearly so enjoyable. “What a character,” Jack said. “Yeah.” “You going ...
( Category: Humorous January 29,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-06-30 | Author:Elizabeth Shawn

Sticks and stones may break my bones—or they might tell me what I need to know about my future. Blindly dropping a hand full of sticks, or holding and releasing ...
( Category: Psychics January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Bob Morris

42 By nine o’clock the next morning, Fiona and I are in downtown Hamilton, sitting across the desk from Chief Inspector Worley. “I assure you, Ms. McHugh, we are not ...
( Category: Humor January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-02-21 | Author:Laurie LeClair [LeClair, Laurie]

Chapter 7 He’d tucked away his phone, silencing the ring, last night after speaking with his sister, Evelyn. He’d never checked on the text messages coming in, never missing the ...
( Category: Humorous January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-03 | Author:C. D. Rose [Rose, C. D.]

MAXIM MAKSIMICH ONE APRIL MORNING in 1862, Maxim Maksimich set off early so as not to miss the first steamer of the season, the one that would take him up ...
( Category: Humor January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-09-26 | Author:LeClair, Laurie [LeClair, Laurie]

*** Sensing her nervousness when they entered his house later that night, he said, “I have a surprise for you.” “Another one?” She shivered. Gingerly, she removed the crown of ...
( Category: Humorous January 29,2015 )