Humorous fiction Books

All Mallory needs to do to get home is travel across Toronto in a straight line-how hard could it be?But in this genderbent retelling of Homer's Odyssey set in the 2003 Northeastern Blackout, nothing so simple can ever go according to plan.Before even...

In the tradition of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, we present the surreal adventures of the revered members of the Society for the Preservation of Preposterous Absurdity. The preposterous will live while there is breath in their bodies, living or...

Dol and Matt came to the countryside for a taste of the good life. Blissful peace and privacy in an old converted church, and not a single (living) neighbour. Matt's got his home office, Dol's got her soap-making. Their dogs, Ebony and Lola, have all the...

Aiming to be a clan chief is easy when you have the right credentials. It's a bit more tricky when you haven't any. But lack of proof need be no barrier when you're absolutely brimming with all the right stuff to make a great chief. At least that's the...

Matthew Malarkey has hit the big four-O.To celebrate, he plans nothing more than a quiet dinner for two with the lady in his life. But his friend Cecil Delaney has other ideas. In Cecil's eyes big birthdays mean big parties and there's no better place to...

In any given village, it is inevitable that somebody will fill the role of master of mishaps. In the village of Siloa, that somebody is Neldon Broadbuckle. Although Neldon is an exceptionally kind, friendly and well-intentioned lad, he is also terribly...

LOVEBUGThe Natural History Series Book 2 by Erin Mallon About the Book:My name is Mabel, the girl who "wouldn't hurt a fly."Of course I wouldn't.I'm an entomologist for goodness' sake. I work in a nature center. Bugs are my jam.It's the humans in my life...

We, the House begins in 1878 in the frontier town of Newton on the Kansas prairie. There a battered Civil War Union veteran builds his new wife her dream house, an Italianate glory she names Ambleside who tells this story. Soon an early American portrait...

Aliens land in New York City's East Village aiming to contact Earth's most promising intelligent life-forms: House Cats.In this charming debut novel we meet the residents of an East Village block whose lives are thrown into turmoil by an extraterrestrial...

Carlotta Moon, eighty-one years old, is the uncontested leader of Carlotta’s Club--and has been for as long as anyone can remember. Her loyal followers have always obediently thrown themselves into every new scheme she has ever proposed. Her most...

Special news alert: life doesn't go according to plan.  Just ask the Haven family. Epperly Haven, a college student yearning to enter the "real world," has two goals: a) for her daydreams to become reality and...

Storyteller, mime, author, and thought leader, E. Reid Gilbert, is at it again, sharing his whimsical yet often thoughtful view of the Trump administration's impactful days. Medicine for our times. Another political analeptic. Insightful curative...

This is not a sappy motivation book. This collection of eldritch knowledge - echoing the power, passion, and madness of extraordinary seers and cultists - speaks directly to the human condition without insulting your intelligence. You'll find...

Just about everyone makes an off-the-wall decision at some point. Usually it's no big deal. But if it ends up changing people's lives. . .It's 1973, and Tony Piza (long "i", my friends) decides he needs a carefree year off after college-with pay.To the...

Dead hookers, murderous junkies, and pissed-off drug lords. Butch Quick is having a really bad night.Meet Butch Quick, a reluctant tough guy with a bad attitude and a talent for trouble. If the job is too dirty or dangerous for anyone else, then Butch is...

What happens when the things you own begin to speak? And not just speak but speak about you!Courtesy an online eGenie, Mrs. Google acquires a super power of hearing from her belongings and presumes it is going to be so much fun to receive gratifying...

 A few short years after the wild series of events that brought them together, intergalactic misfits, Chuck and Jopp, along with their friend & respected scientist, Bhanakhana, are hired by a quirky Professor to join the search for the origin...

“Big-city crime hits a small town in the Adirondacks, and an eclectic and well-developed cast of characters leads us through this hilarious, engaging mystery.” –Sublime Book ReviewPolice Chief Norris Tanager is one happy guy. He came to...

“Boswell continues his genre-defying series in this ambitious adventure…” –PUBLISHER’S WEEKLYMurder rocks the seaside town of Crab Cove, but to solve the crime, Detective Simon Grave must first deal with the curious...

Here are just a few of the Animal Rhyme stories inside:ANOLE LIZARD becomes a Pig.BORZOI Puppy is a riot.CHINCHILLA has a Pet GORILLA. GNUS steal shoes!MOA didn't make it to Noah's Ark.TORTOISE dreams of being a Ninja athlete.WHALE 'drops out' and...

History is full of brilliant minds, problem solvers and critical thinkers. This book contains none of these. How Do You Spell D.C.? leads you on an exciting and hilarious adventure through the mind of one of our newest U.S. Representatives...

Go on. Take the ride.Riding coattails to a notorious street racer investigating the disappearance of her brother, Zap's humdrum existence is galvanized into a weird and wild ride of high-octane racing that leads him out of his home town, the megatropolis...

J.C. Myers’ spirited first novel, Junkyard at No Town, captures rural Vermont’s land, language, and culture in outrageous and vernacular-rich dialogue, combined with crazy and splendid plot twists and descriptions. You’ll find yourself...

During the holiday season, Knick Knack learns three things and wants to share them with you. First, you must hold on to your sense of humor. By keeping your jollies active, you can deal with all the pressures and excitement of the days ahead. Knick...

This recounting of twenty-six past love relationships creates a portrait of the protagonist as a woman who knows what she wants and who is often frustrated by the inability of any one man to fully rise to the occasion. This is a bittersweet, humorous...

Karen Griffith is a smart, independent, creative, passionate, forty seven year old, mountain-climbing grandma. Her business card reads "Transformational Technician: Give me a week - I'll give you your life." Her new client, actor/director Sam Hudson, is...

This is a humorous story about a "Mama" who makes spaghetti for dinner one evening while her son, who loves her spaghetti, is away at camp. She is faced with the dilemma of having made too much spaghetti and decides to send it to her son at camp. The...

I was thinking about when I depart this here good earth how do I want to go out, in a casket or in an urn, and then it hit me, in a can of chock full of nuts, you know the heavenly coffee tin. I hear it's the best money can buy. Yep save my family the...

Since his wife and child were killed in a car accident, the life of Paul Solomon, a Nano-physicist has all but collapsed. Once a golden boy, he's now sidelined with unimportant research in a section of the lab nicknamed "The Side Show." There is an...

Twenty-two-year-old Romanian Stefan Babamikyam wants nothing more than to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a G.I. Joe in the United States Army. But with little command of the English language and American culture, Stefan arrives in the United...

Though it may seem a bit complicated, the story is simple, and when all the pieces are laid out, it is plain to see where it all began. It started with one single human by the name of Tane MacGregor; one single, officially insane, homeless dust rag of a...

This collection of satirical essays and short stories presents the fictional memoirs of George Savage Fitz-Boodle, a dandy and social observer. Thackeray, with his characteristic wit and keen social commentary, uses Fitz-Boodle to critique the manners,...

Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon are back for another irreverent, liberal, twisty, time-travel comedy! This time they have Jesus Christ, the actual guy, on their side.The timeline correction Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon accomplished in their first episode was...

Contar historias no es, en el mejor de los casos, fácil. Agregue algunos parámetros como límites al recuento de palabras, el tiempo permitido para escribir y solo una oración o una palabra como indicación, y se espera que cree una historia o un poema...

This hilarious, original, tour de force takes NYT best-selling author Gloria Nagy's scalding, clear-eyed view of life in the absolute present and pulls out all narrative stops. Fast, furious, and laugh-out-loud funny, REMAIN CALM is a look at ourselves...

For the last few years an alien ship from a distant galaxy has been orbiting the planet of Shellfargon. After numerous negotiations the three captains of the United Earth Starship (UES) Albion agree to provide technology and satellite up links in...

Mouse, Bear and Elephant Games is a frightening yet funny speculative look into our near future. This is book two of Piper's trilogy, and the story continues from where we left off in The Mouse Who Poked an Elephant. Did Canada survive President...