Humor Short

Underground, we are at once isolated and connected. We avoid eye contact and conversation while our lives literally intersect with those of strangers. As we stand on the tube, it becomes possible to travel far further than expected - and this sense of possibility lies at the heart of this stunning collection. Twelve writers explore life on the London Underground through eleven short stories and one memoir, commissioned to mark the opening of the Elizabeth line in 2018.

Already sold in eight countries around the world, these nine energized, irreverent stories from Nathan Englander introduce an astonishing new talent.

I Will Open My Mouth in Parables is a collection of fictional short stories recounting events that take place in or near the small town of Quick, West Virginia. The stories are set in the 1950's and are told in the first person by "Richie Smith."

Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a new girl in town and the cute pizza delivery boy, Auriane Desombre captures our hearts with teens communicating through window signs, and Bill Konigsberg takes us along on daily walks with every step bringing us closer to love. There's flirting and romance from Rachael Lippincott, a tale of a determined girl with a mask-making business from Erin Hahn, and a music-inspired love connection from Sajni Patel. Brittney Morris turns enemies to lovers with the help of a balcony herb garden.

Seven separate stories, each one a mash-up of literary, theatrical, television or motion picture classics, sometimes spanning the genres to humorous effect. Parodied here are the works of Cervantes and Steinbeck, Hemingway, Fleming, Haley, and several others, and tackling the spy thriller, the Western, and the cop show.

Living in the country today is hard. Life was even harder over a century ago. Many families developed a healthy dose of faith and humor to deal with surviving their harsh conditions. Oral history and family traditions were passed down from these hardy pioneers. Lucius shares some mostly true stories about friends and family from the 1890s to the present day. Learn about how his forefathers and foremothers dealt with snakes, outdoor plumbing, the first automobiles, and local watering holes. Lucius brings it back to the house with more of his adventures.

Desideriamo introdurre questo originalissimo e divertenete racconto tratto dalle "Memorie di un uomo Irascibile" di Checov, mediante alcune frasi tratte dal racconto stesso. Intorno a una tavola ingombra di grandi fogli di contabilità, alla luce di due lampade, stavan seduti quattro impiegati e giocavano a carte... A giudicare dai loro modi e dai termini di giuoco ch'essi ogni tanto gridavano, quello era un "vint"; giudicando invece da tutto ciò che udì Peressolìn, quel giuoco non si poteva chiamarlo un "vint", e nemmeno un giuoco di carte.

Cutter, a hard-working woman who makes her living waiting tables and writing obits, is determined to sabotage the sale of her family's dilapidated ancestral home. Every time a potential buyer comes calling, she makes every effort to play down any possible charm that might be found within the crumbling walls.

In vignettes both comic and sexy, the owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game during which she was stricken by the beauty of the shortstop. A young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love. A professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable workings of the human heart.

The Minivandian is the warrior who values home and hearth. He finds the adventure in day-to-day activities. She is the barbarian queen who revels in every-day battles. These are their tales.

Erste Geschichte: "Der listige und lustige Student! 1 - Eine witzige aufregende Kurzgeschichte". Der Student Frank ist ein gemütlicher Zeitgenosse, ein harmloser Tagträumer. Er und sein Kumpel Sebastian werden von einer Schläger-Truppe schikaniert. Eines Tages bietet sich ihnen die Möglichkeit diese Clique loszuwerden. Zweite Geschichte: "Der listige und lustige Student! 2". "Stripper?" Die Studenten Frank und Sebastian werden von einer Studenten-Schläger-Clique schikaniert. Als sie sich in einem Gebäude verstecken, werden sie fälschlicherweise für Stripper gehalten.

Christmas is being celebrated in style at Purley Hall in Hampshire because renowned actress, Dame Pamela Harcourt is holding a special Jane Austen conference. Everybody's there: Katherine and Warwick, Robyn and Dan, Kay, Adam and Gemma, and Sarah and Mia. Oh, and Mrs. Soames.

Time-travelers, bag ladies, insomniac cats, wide-boy whales, headless horsemen, Polish plumbers, little piggy home-owners, and partially-sighted mice - something for everyone in this short-tale anthology of the absurd.

Que se passe-t-il à l'école des princesses ? Pupitres voyageurs, craies voltigeuses, apparitions diverses... Le détective masqué se doit d'éclaircir cette histoire de fous.

Jorge Sanchez, a new and upcoming author has put together his first three published short stories into one book. They range from chaos breaking out at a funeral to a Birkenstock wearing Doctor. With his laid back story telling style and self-deprecating sense of humor you will find yourself chuckling out loud as you read along. Also, included is a bonus short story previously not published and only available in this edition. In this collection: Cheesecake, tea and a funeral. A boy, a stone and a throw, Skiing, wine and other minority disasters.

If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale. Are you ready to stay up all night with USA Today best-selling author JT Lawrence? Click now to start listening.

Really short and humorous stories about shopping at the malls and auctions in the small towns of the Midwest.

"Levi the Fish Who Wasn’t Perfect" makes you laugh even when you’ve listened to it one hundred times. It’s about a handicapped fish, and it’s hilarious. "Samson the Flying Pig" and other stories from Rose of Sharon Farm is a collection of short reminiscences from Dr. Zebulun’s old farm, humorous but with some instances of attacks on the farm animals by wild animals (which really happened and happens). One of the attacks was on Rooster Brown, who not only survived the attack but became the "little David" of the farm after that (his "Goliath" was a neighbor’s boxer dog).

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humourist. Passing of the Third Floor Back, first published in 1904, is a collection of early 20th-century short stories portraying the small-minded inhabitants of a building who make life unpleasant for one another. A mysterious stranger arrives, and starts to bring about miraculous changes in the behaviour of the tenants, improving the ambiance and the lives of all.

In questa novella di Luigi Pirandello, Gaetano Marino ci narra la storia di Spatolino, muratore capomastro che lavora per il comune, famoso per la sua fede e la sua devozione. Una novella in cui Pirandello si diverte a descrivere con grande ironia la società siciliana del tempo e, soprattutto, il suo rapporto con la fede e la religione cattolica.