Humor Anthology

"'Who are you? The new number three. Who is number one? You are prisoner 69."

Hell hath no fury like a raisin scorned. Hellraisin 3: The Wrath of Grapes!

The Dreaded Summons and Other Misplaced Bills investigates seven unfortunate accounts piled together to make you laugh. The collection opens with Tina Teatree, who has a compulsion for weeding that soon digs up the root of her problem. The title story is "The Dreaded Summons", about an introvert and his friendship with a lost manatee. Other stories reveal the Breakfast Hunter, J.J. Whitweather, Shirley Short, and Fig B. Willingsbee.

This series of short, fictional vignettes explores our day-to-day interactions with an ever-elusive and arbitrary God. It's the Book of Common Prayer as seen through a looking glass - a powerfully vivid collection of seemingly random life moments. The figures that haunt these stories range from Kafka (talking to a fish) to the Aztecs, Tolstoy to Abraham and Sarah, O. J. Simpson to a pack of wolves. Most of Williams' characters, however, are like the rest of us.

Der Plattdeutschbeauftragte des Kreises Ostholstein Heinrich Evers (auch bekannt als "Heiner, de Plattsnacker") liest 26 neue plattdeutsche Geschichten Schmunzeln, Lachen, Nachdenken und Träumen. Moin, leev Plattdüütschfrünn, seit nun über sieben Jahrzehnten begleitet und fasziniert mich die plattdeutsche Sprache - die Pflege und der Erhalt dieses Kulturgutes ist für mich als Plattdeutschbeauftragter des Kreises Ostholstein eine echte Herzenssache.

"Fabelhafte Fabeln“ ist eine kurzweilige Sammlung von scharfsinnigen Geschichten über jene Tiere, denen die Weltliteratur für gewöhnlich wenig Beachtung schenkt.

The stories in flash fiction collection Curious Thinkers reveal the hidden lives and innermost thoughts of inanimate objects, gifting emotions and meaning to mundane items we use every day.

A book for Welsh learners at the intermediate level. A collection of short stories with a good pinch of humor by an author who has learnt Welsh herself. Llyfr o gyfres Amdani, i ddysgwyr lefel Canolradd. Cyfrol o straeon byrion amrywiol sy'n llawn hiwmor, gan awdures sydd wedi dysgu Cymraeg ei hun. Ymysg y straeon mae stori antur a stori wyddonias.

Fairways, Greens, Lost Balls & Bad Lies is an amusing, entertaining story about real golfers just like you and your golf comrades. You will hear about adventures of friends who share the thrill and torture of playing the game we love. Most importantly, you will laugh. Funny things happen on every golf course, and you will undoubtedly connect with the characters you will meet in this book. Golf stories are remembered long after golf scores are forgotten. Listening to this book will lift your spirit, and you may stumble upon a tip or two that will improve your handicap.

Helmut Zöpfl trägt seine Erzählungen und Betrachtungen zum Weihnachtsfest auf seine gefühlvolle und doch nachdenkliche Art vor. Ironische Kritik an unserer hektischen, oft wenig "menschlichen" Art, das Weihnachtsfest zu feiern, kommt ebenso zu ihrem Recht wie kleine Geschichten und Betrachtungen, die uns zeigen, wie viel uns dieses Fest heute noch geben kann - wenn wir nur verstehen es wieder von seiner stillen, besinnlichen Seite zu sehen und die Liebe zu unseren Mitmenschen in den Vordergrund zu stellen.

So unverzichtbar für Weihnachten wie "Dinner for One" für Silvester. Alle Jahre wieder müssen wir uns an Weihnachten mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft rumschlagen: die nervige Tante, der geizige Onkel, der streitlustige Schwager, die Cousinen unklarer Herkunft, die Youtube-süchtigen Nichten und Neffen. Opa, der sein Handy nicht versteht. Und Oma, die schon alles überlebt hat und darauf jetzt mal trinken will. Was soll man diesen Menschen schenken? Na, am besten dieses Hörbuch!

Fae are being murdered in Roshaven, and the only clue is a shifty moustache. Jenni the sprite knows more than she’s telling, and when an interspecies poker tournament is set up to catch the murderer, she does everything in her power to get a seat for her boss, Ned Spinks, chief thief-catcher. The cards have been dealt. The stakes are high. Is this the end of the game for Ned, or will he come up aces?

I sin strävan efter att bli Australiens främsta spion, åker Jared på absurda uppdrag och misslyckas på spektakulära sätt. Pond, Jared Pond. Australiens främsta spion och kvinnotjusare, enligt honom själv. Utrustad med ett hemligt regeringspiller som gör honom immun mot gifter, utför Jared uppdrag över hela världen för den australiensiska premiärministern Scurry Morrissette.

Striving to become Australia’s greatest spy, Jared Pond goes on frivolous missions around the world, and keeps failing in spectacular ways. Pond, Jared Pond. Australia’s greatest spy and womanizer, according to himself. Equipped with a secret government pill that makes him immune to toxins, Jared carries out missions across the world for the Australian Prime Minister, Scurry Morrissette. Will Jared achieve his goals, and will the Pond Train reach its destination?

Fungi and human families are the threads that tie the fabric of all these tales together. In The Freaky Fungal Family Tree, there are few things that are as they appear to be. You’ve been duly warned. Now, from this point on - listen at your own risk!

Welcome to Somerville Grange is a collection of feel-good stories for golden oldies still young at heart, written by one of their own. Set in an idyllic retirement complex, it is an affectionate account of the lives, loves, and foibles of the fortunate residents still living life to the fullest and making the most their twilight days.

From the original Greek financial crisis (when the profligate Gods of Olympus were punished by Odin and the other Norse Gods for their unchecked spending) to a handy unintended benefit of cosmetic surgery; from Pope Ron (the first Australian pope, who wants nothing more than to live quietly) to a rather droll cat named Stanley to Good President Wenceslas (benevolent leader of a snowy land) - these stories are by turns funny, poignant, and deliciously wicked, each one a gift begging to be unwrapped and enjoyed again and again.

Get ready to relax, laugh, and shed a tear with down-home tales from a modern storyteller with old-fashioned values. Award-winning columnist Leslie Anne Tarabella draws on her deep faith and mischievous sense of humor to tell stories of raising two boys, dealing with humidity, overcoming communication malfunctions with her Northern-born husband, and eating delicious comfort food.

Weihnachten - wie immer ein Fest! Neue lustige Geschichten über Weihnachten mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft: Wer hat eigentlich den Cousin dritten Grades eingeladen? Was hat Opa schon alles getrunken? Wo ist die Katze hin? Und wer, bitte, fährt die Schwiegereltern nach Hause? Weihnachten gleicht alle Jahre wieder einem Stresstest für die gesamte Familie. Erträglicher wird’s nur mit diesen Geschichten. Und komischer auf jeden Fall.

A freight train blinks through time. A tree branch crushes a car. A scientist makes a confession. These stories and more unfold within. Can Edward Norbery escape the wrath of his family’s curse? What will happen when Anna finds a piano while grocery shopping at Costco? And why have soldiers flooded the streets of a quiet suburb on Thanksgiving Day?