Humorous fiction Books

John was a young man firing on all cylinders into a life of drugs, booze, sex, and gambling, and fully intent on thriving in all of it. With every passing month the drinks got stronger, the sex got wilder, the bets got bigger. Some might say that boogie,...

Sam Seitz is a mildly successful, stand-up comedian who becomes good friends with bestselling atheist, Horton Murray, author of The Honest Atheist. In his book, Murray argues that nothing actually matters in life because existence is accidental...

"Donald John Trump, you are hereby sentenced to prison alone on the island of Alcatraz for the rest of your natural life," said the judge.When former U.S. President Donald Trump is convicted of treason and other crimes against the state, he is sentenced...

When Maggie's beloved husband, Luke, is diagnosed with cancer, she uses empathy and humor to navigate her fear and sorrow and help him survive.Luke's cancer diagnosis is a twist that video producer Maggie never saw coming. As the married couple navigate...

S.N.A.F.U. is the satirical fictional story of Snaford University Jewish Hospital which explores the changing dynamics that have had a profound effect on the practice of medicine. As the acronym SNAFU implies, chaos and confusion abound...

A client begs Chauncey McFadden, Los Angeles PI, to find his gay lover who has vanished. Although LAPD believes the victim is deceased based upon uncovered body parts, Chauncey agrees to investigate and contacts the paramour's former co-workers at a...

(a parody by Daniel M. Kimmel)Daniel M. Kimmel has made us think about film as the veteran critic who wrote the Hugo finalist Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and other observations about science fiction movies. He's made us laugh as the author of Shh! It's a...

Collected her are eighteen stories that bend time and space by the incomparable R. A. Lafferty. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market,...

Eugene Jack McGillicuddy has the psychic ability to answer any question asked to him and he wants it kept a secret. In order to hide his gift he's decided to work in the one profession tasked with answering tough questions: private detective. But alien...

A man loses his arm. And then it grows back. At least, that?s what the post-coma part of his brain tells him it?s doing. At least that?s what his post-coma doctors won?t confirm or deny. So why is everyone so skeptical about something he clearly knows is...

Princess Bing Bong is overly excited to try out her new bike. She doesn't know how to ride it yet but she imagines that she will be very fast. Bike riding lessons don't start out so well but Princess Bing Bong learns that she can accomplish anything with...

Ishmael's Blues is the third anthology of essays by ishmael smith, following Honest, Not Invent (2020) and Vent Stack (2021). Where the first book mixed posts from his blog Call Me Ishmael with a selection of rants by his earlier alter-ego, stanislav...

Munch Malone is one seriously inept golfer, but that hasn't dimmed his enthusiasm for the game. Now, at seventy, Munch, a high handicapper, has drawn some unlikely attention-from the afterlife.From on high, two golfers-both quite deceased-have been...

It's a Battle of the Genomes!In a world ravaged by warfare, humanity stands on the brink of an evolutionary precipice. Enter a future where DNA is not just the blueprint of life but the architect of our survival. Michael Schulze's Intelligence Without...

Short stories of horror are like nightmares. Each night we fall asleep, not knowing what we will dream of. The terror that meets us there is every changing and ready to strike us at any time. Come with me as we explore these horror stories that only...

In the heart of a dystopian London, where the air crackles with tension and the streets echo with uncertainty, a reluctant hero emerges. Meet Dom, a laid-back everyman with a penchant for sarcasm and a feline companion named Mango. When catastrophic...

Hood 2 Good is a fictional but inspirational story about resilience, loyalty, survival, and encouragement. Unfortunately, life is harder and more challenging for some. The people in this story were exposed to dangerous, dire situations early in their...

Life is an intricate tapestry of emotions: moments that tug at our hearts and instances that leave us in stitches. Every day, we navigate the quirks and peculiarities of those around us, choosing to either embrace the humour or let annoyance take the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Hoby Tibbs, a forty-one-year-old hamburger cook, has a secret-he has the power to cure bad hamburger meat. His gift is timely-an epidemic of ptomaine poisoning has infected the hamburger parlors of the American Southwest that threatens to alter the...

This is the little known but none-the-less true story, of events that occurred over a few weeks, during the heat of summer, on Sunnybrook farm, in the heart of the English countryside.In a sideways glancing story, about familiar relationships, awkward...

When James Knowlton, Associate Professor of English at a small Maritimes university, is denied a well-deserved promotion by his surly Dean, he spins a plot for revenge that makes today's election hackers and dirty-tricks operators look like rank amateurs...

Gilbert Gronsky has taken up writing late in life and decides in 2021 to spread his writerly wings and enter a three-day novel contest over the Labour Day Weekend. As he writes his 'novella,' a mystery, his life alternates between emerging mini-chapters,...

This book examines multiple situations that occur day to day that we often dismiss but which offer a lesson and encourage us to examine our own humanity. Cruelty and kindness alike exist. This book prefers to advocate kindness, still recognizing that...

What if there was a superhuman person whose super human ability did exactly what it said it would? Or if there was an adventure about two unlikely adventurers traveling the realm with an epic artefact, except it wasn't an epic artefact but a 14 inch tube...

A Kirkus "BEST OF 2023" selection!"... a journey of healing and heroism... " - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "... uproarious... scifi that gets readers thinking." - Publishers Weekly (BookLife Editor's Pick)With...

For eight years, Saffron Savage has been stuck on a dilapidated zoo-planet on the outskirts of the galaxy. Her mountains of overdue student loans make it impossible to afford the cost of leaving, and her sleazy coworkers force her to work demoralizing...