Humorous fiction Books

"Si Klegg: Book 4" is the fourth installment in the Si Klegg series by John McElroy. The series follows the fictional character Si Klegg, a young Union soldier who enlists in the army during the American Civil War. In this book, Si and his fellow...

"Nagging just sounds so negative, and I am not a negative person. Truth is, I'm the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or tell your life story to while waiting in line at the grocery store, which has happened on more than one...

Alien invasion? Zombies? Vampires?Aria is an average 19-year-old with average problems - until zombies landed their UFO in her backyard. If Aria wants to survive, she'll need some help, and who better than a pirate captain, a steampunk inventor, a...

A week-long stay in a creepy Connecticut mansion is replete with hidden passageways, disappearing corpses, and quirky inheritance recipients.  And if that's not enough to make for hair-raising moments on the secluded, storm-bound estate, how...

Marvin Spangler is a self-centered, ill-equipped teacher of high school history, tasked by his principal to form an auctioneering team that has a chance in hell of winning a Tennessee state championship.It comes as a welcome diversion from his tepid life...

Heads roll. Corpses dance. People will believe what they want to believe.After Sister Winfrede, leader of the second violins in the famous Nun's Orchestra in Portsmouth, is found decapitated, both the police and the MI5 are called in to investigate.More...

Kurzgeschichten, Romanauszüge, Lyrik, Balladen, Essays: die Bandbreite der Texte ist so vielseitig und unterschiedlich wie die Auren*innen des Autorenforum selbst. Mal heiter, dann nachdenklich, zeitgenössisch, utopisch, einfühlsam: Die Texte spiegeln...

Wackere Eierköpfe - Nonsens und Satire Illustrierte kurze, heitere, komische, groteske, verrückte und gelegentlich besinnliche Dialoge von Eierköpfen.

Februar 2021. Ein Haus. Fünf Menschen. Und fünf verschiedene Strategien mit dem verrückten Lockdown-Alltag fertig zu werden. Da ist Theresa, die ihre betagten Eltern pflegt und versucht, dabei nicht durchzudrehen. Und da sind Lena und Yasemin, die...

"Ich bin, wer ich bin! Ein liebenswerter Zeitgenosse mit ausgiebigem Sinn für Humor und endloser Lebenslust."Hellwache Kulleraugen, fluffiges Federkleid, die Stirn eines Denkers und das Herz eines Abenteurers: Das ist Jerry. Doch der junge Wellensittich...

Der Erzähler hat mit seinem Lebensgefährten Simon die Großstadt hinter sich gelassen, um auf dem Land mit Freundin Hannah ein Kulturhaus zu leiten. Sie organisieren Ausstellungen, buchen Abende mit Kabarett oder Kammermusik und inszenieren auch mal...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

The story of Enfilade takes place in less than twenty- four hours. However, the gist of this shaggy dog story coveys a lot more. It is the tale of a naive second lieutenant's first day in Vietnam. There is a lot for the young man to digest; a lot that...

In the thrilling continuation of the adventure started in the book Long Beach, The Bolivian Enigma once again pits Marc Ryder, who works for a little-known agency within the Department of Defense, against the international assassin called The Bolivian...

In a distant country, recently imprisoned filmmaker Vasant Rai is offered a chance at freedom. But the choice, he learns, offers itself at a very steep price. Ravi Mangla's The Observant is a sharp-eyed literary thriller about freedom of expression under...

When Samantha Kidd is invited to fill a vacated spot in a secret society, she jumps at the chance. The group's mission is to preserve famous fashion patterns through memorization and pass them down to future generations, but Samantha's dreams of Chanel...

Getting a vasectomy these days can be a responsible social gesture, but for Hank and Chuck back in 1950s Appalachia, it's but a boozy night's whim and all about hating to use rubbers, leaving them unprepared for how complicated their lives are about to...

Those weasels are up to something...Between them, Bernard and Melody Earls have looks, charm, brains . . . everything but money. That's why they steal from the rich and give to themselves. So when Alexander Hamilton Plaskett hires them to nick a silver...

Welcome to Walrus Tales-the only anthology of walrusian fictionon the planet. Herein, find tales of all stripes: horrific, satiric, comedic,tragic, erotic, and a bunch of other "-ic" and "non-ic" words, like"Lovecraftian" and "Bizarro."Why devote an...

Tales As Tall As A Sunflower' by Stephen Butterman is a book reminiscent of the humor of the Prairie Home Companion show, and is easy reading with Americana humor at its best. Butterman's garden comes to life, because he believes his plot of garden in...

Will you escape the giant monsters that are rampaging the fuck out of your city? Aliens are invading the Earth and their ray guns turn people into violent punk rockers. At the same time, the city is being overtaken by giant monsters tougher than...

After a reality bomb goes off at the first ever ShatnerCon, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenlysucked into our world. Their mission: hunt down and destroythe real William Shatner. Featuring: Captain Kirk, TJ Hooker,Denny...

As for who reads this bookAnd who follows its spellsI know your nameYou will not die after your deathIn WalmartYou will not perish foreverFor I know your nameSo begins this darkly comic incantation on the gods and scourges of the 21st century. The...

Inspired by a true story.Sue and Roger attempt to resolve family conflicts and improve their living standards by migrating with their two small children from England to the warmer Great Southern Land to become 'fair dinkum Aussies'.Set from the...

När den 95-åriga mormodern till den radikala förloraren Nathan Mortimer dör av det upphypade förkylningsvirus-20, bryter Nathan ihop. Fylld med missriktad ilska bestämmer han sig för att bli en seriemördare och mörda ungdomar som är smittade med viruset...

Welcome to a world where the irrational and unexpected is just a way of life, and normality is reserved to be nothing more than a perpetuation of victimization... A House in the sky - Existence amongst human statues - A decomposing corpse in a...

A small town.A happy couple.An accountant with a grudge.A corporate deal-maker on the prowl.An unexplored portal to nobody-knows-where.If Beckman Spiers thought life and love had been all figured out when he arrived in Sunrise, met Lolita Milan, and...

When BOAC Flight 480 disappears from the radar screens over the Mediterranean, passengers and crew are soon posted missing. Three months later what seems to be the same aircraft reappears and lands on an Ionian holiday island. Gathered there are the...

From Vegas, gangsters, playboys and loan sharks, to Cairo, bi-planes and motorbikes, do you choose a smooth Egyptian gent, or a New Jersey self-made skunk? What other unenviable choices lie before grifter, Felicia "Cleo" Portman as she heads down the...

One week in London; two men, two women, a lost Egyptian purse, several seagulls and a mystery man dressed as Peter Pan... Each spin of Maria Cormack's Circle line roulette wheel is designed to single out a fellow passenger for special treatment, but two...

Award-winning novel that has earned acclaim as a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the National Indie Excellence Awards and a semi-finalist in the Chanticleer International Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction!Introverted...

A satirical reimagining of what a Leftist-controlled America might look like in the future, with winks and nods to Orwell's 1984.After winning 101% of the vote, the new AOC Administration is immediately tested by something no one in The Party expected.In...

Cyn & the Peanut Butter Cup: Love, laughter, and short-term memory loss. When a sweet old lady's mysterious past draws her young caretaker into a wild ride, they drag a hot FBI agent along with them. Cyn didn't know caring for Maddy would require car...

Florida’s deadliest serial killer has hit a dry spell, and almost unbelievably, her love life is to blame.Despite the obvious danger to her, Britney Cage has somehow collected a boy toy who also happens to be a cop. And she can’t make a move...

Michael Duckett is fed up with his life. His job is a drag and his roommate and best friend of fifteen years, Stephanie Dyer, is only making him more anxious with her lazy irresponsibility. Things continue to escalate when they face the threat of...

In a remote camp outside Roswell, New Mexico, bumbling, big-hearted Franklin Becker sets out alone at midnight to find an alien spacecraft. When he comes up missing, and his ufologist friend is found dead, Franklin's wife, Wendy, battles other...

The Third book in the Where the Hell is Tesla? Trilogy is HERE!Listen, having kids is great, my little Gigi Collins and Pete’s daughter Hannah are sweet little fluffs of cotton candy, spun from the silk of fairy spiders who live in the clouds. But...

With George Kingsley's unexpected death, Sebastian lost not only his closest friend but also his financial backer: George held almost all the equity in the business. The Conyers was Sebastian's in name only. It really did seem that he was dogged by bad...

We all encounter unexpected, life-changing events in our lives. To a large extent, our survival depends on the people who surround and help us. Without the competence and dexterity of some and the love and compassion of others, we may not be here to tell...

Ivan Cox's Cruise Ship Doctor rollicks with the wild capers of Oliver Loring, a Harvard emergency physician and master ballroom dancer, who flees snowy Boston for a one-week gig in the sunny Caribbean on the Valentine TV Cruise of the S/S Nordic Blue...

I'm not too proud to admit that finding Mr. Right involves swiping right. Right? Welcome to dating in avocado toastland.Here I am, on my first blind date, ever, courtesy of a smartphone app and my two annoying best friends.So what is Chris "Fletch"...

An unexpected rescue rekindles an old romance between a single dad widower and a woman caught in a small town scandal that made her flee the one place where she belongs. Can a second chance at first love end in a happily ever after? Luke Luview has...

It's the year 2079. Narwhals, the last tusked animals still living in the wild on the planet, are being pushed to extinction by poaching in the Canadian Arctic. The poachers are, however, about to confront the most remarkable team of human and non-human...

This book is full of short stories that have happened in the author's life. The stories are mostly funny, but some are serious. There are also some poems, or should I say roasts, about the author's family members and friends. There is a section that is...

Wherever Cass Baird’s career in academia has taken her, her soul’s compass has always pointed to Forgotten Lake, her childhood home in northern Minnesota. When her parent’s marriage goes on the rocks that sense of home is threatened and...

Bonds are forged among some delightfully quirky cohorts studying the effects of ocean acidification on sea butterflies, a tiny, keystone species, in this cutting-edge CliFi novel from renowned environmentalist Nancy Lord.