Humor Anthology

I don't remember my dreams normally. I come out of dreaming and let them go and become whatever reality I'm thinking, and by the time I've found out where I am the dreams have slipped away out of mind, and no matter how rich or poor the dreaming was, nothing of it remains when I'm awake, but here are a few that did remain.

A comedy of ambition, dreams, blackmail and daytime TV… Bella’s career as a TV presenter is ‘on hold’. To fill her days, she sits in a coffee shop and obsesses about a wedding dress in the neighbouring shop. Her luck changes when she gets the call from her old boss to present a pilot for a new food and chat show. But her revived TV career is short-lived when one of the celebrity guests threatens to steal the show…

Somewhere people act normal - but not in the Downy Mount Mobile Home Park, where recently widowed Marfa Bacot lives with her mother-in-law, Lulu, who cleans from hell to breakfast and has her make-up tattooed on so she's always ready for the rapture.

Norman, a schizophrenic, hears a voice that tells him he has to build a new genetic Ark to save the planet. He struggles to get a grip on reality, but he is told by sexy Jane that his hallucinations might be real. He is visited by Darwin and Einstein, who are excited about Internet gadgets, want to help him fight an evil TV evangelist, and who refuse to leave him alone. On top of this, he is stuck working in the IT support department with his friend Gupta, who likes to spend his time watching porn and avoiding his parents.

In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, a Protestant, after a religious awakening in the back of a New York taxi, realizes he has a Jewish soul.

In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, a group of World War II-era Hasids, mistakenly put on a circus train instead of a transport to a death camp, are assumed to be acrobats. They perform a clumsy act, which their Nazi audience applauds as a parody of "Jewish ballet".

This is a collection of short stories written over my Christmas vacation. Go ahead, take a free look inside and see for yourself! If this book can't make you smile; nothing else will.

David and Ellie didn’t realize how much they have missed their friends, two other couples who had moved out of their modest neighborhood in a desert city for the comforts of the suburbs, until the day of Donald Trump’s election. Separated also from their daughter who lived hours away in California, they were in a funk. But, when Ellie discovers a repellent offering floating in the small Jacuzzi in their backyard, David is blindsided. Little does he know this is but the first in a chain of grisly events that would play out in their lives with devastating consequences.

Do you love animals and enjoy laughing? This is a collection of over 30 humorous animal shaggy dog stories and jokes about animals and their interaction with people. These tall tales were recorded live on The Jay and Julie Show, a radio program which ran for three years in South Florida. Jay and Julie explored the lighter side of politics, culture, and technology and they opened almost every show with a humorous story. This compilation contains the best animal tales from those broadcasts. They will make you laugh, and they will often surprise you.

Fitzgerald's tale of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. This story was the basis for the Oscar-winning Brad Pitt film of the same name.

ABAM.info presents two short comedic tales, suitable for children old and young. Includes the stories Leprecolony and Space: The Final Papier.

An irreverent collection of 11 anti-corporate short stories by William Hrdina. Instead of your typically dour stories about the plight of the working man- here you will find satirical and funny anti-corporate fairy tales as told by a sarcastic elf with tendency towards the surreal.

What do the Minotaur, Rasputin, the first man hung for murder in America, and the Countess of Blood all have in common? No, they aren't related. They all appeared on the Bombay Family's Hit List! In this collection of Bombay Bedtime Stories, you'll find out what Bombays did before Gin Bombay came along. From pet dodo birds to Ancient Greece and twentieth century Russia, get the stories Bombay children have been told for thousands of years. Stories that have been shrouded in blood - sworn to secrecy . . . until now!

Herein lies just what you asked for: yet more stories about Pine Hills, that quirky subdivision populated with residents whose challenges and antics are only slightly more ridiculous than their names. In this third volume of lore, learn once again why Jason, the very model of a modern homeowners’ association president, just must do something about the issue of the day. Rest assured, Jason continues to take his own sweet time telling each tale, offering his distinct perspective, his executive actions buttressed by his sturdy landscape coordinator and man of tools, Angus Fiddleworth.

Karel Čapek, zu Recht einer der berühmtesten und beliebtesten tschechischen Autoren, hat die Welt nicht nur mit dem Begriff des "Roboters" bereichert - er hat auch zahlreiche Krimi-Kurzgeschichten geschrieben, die an Witz und Raffinesse ihresgleichen suchen! Mit dabei: Der gestohlene Kaktus, Das Verschwinden des Herrn Hirsch, Tschintamanin und Vogel, Vom Kassenknacker und vom Brandstifter, Der gestohlene Mord, Der Fall mit dem Kind, Die Geschichte vom Heiratsschwindler, Das Gericht des Herrn Havlena, Die Briefmarkensammlung, Der Geschworene.

These are funny stories, seriously. Four short stories set in Oregon. Three in Eastern Oregon. One is about a scalawag who becomes a moonshiner. Another is about a scalawag who builds a mansion in the desert and becomes convinced that a pumpkin is an egg.

In den Warteschleifen der Ausgangszeit , den Veranlagungen des Pragmatischen warten wir auf den untergehenden Mond und die aufgehende Sonne... und, natürlich auf mein Hörbuch:- Sie wollen erfahren, wer denn im "Haus des Gehängten" gehängt wurde? - Wieso meine Mutter bei ihrer Geburt kein Affe wurde? - Wer wen, denn nun endlich doch ermordet? - Wieso plötzlich 100tausende von roten Kirschen zu schreien anfangen? - Wieso ich in einem Automat verschwinde? - Mein Vater über 103 Jahre alt wird? - Wer, anderer als meine Mutter einen schrecklichen Tod findet?

"Soft Boys" er en samling fascinerende, rørende og sjove noveller, der kan ses som en slags moderne fabler. De handler om unge drenge i forskellige livssituationer, som har det til fælles, at de falder lidt uden for normen. Temaerne er almenmenneskelige smertepunkter som ensomhed, generthed, frygt, forelskelse, manglende selvværd, fremmedgørelse, usikkerhed og paranoia. Her får du en perlerække af originale og tankevækkende historier - med titler som "Bad Boys", "Acne Core", "Volvo", "Belieber" (med Justin Bieber i central rolle...) m.fl., som kan læses af både unge og voksne.

"'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!