Short Stories Humor

“Creemos que somos únicos e irrepetibles. Nos han vendido la idea (y sin dudarlo la hemos comprado) de que nadie es como nosotros. Pero la realidad es que nos parecemos tanto a los demás que no nos damos cuenta. Crecemos con la necesidad de sentirnos integrados a nuestra comunidad y nos hacemos dependientes de las masas. Hacemos lo que hacen los demás, queremos ser como la gente que admiramos. Somos todo lo que vemos, escuchamos, leemos, comemos, bebemos, compramos, amamos y odiamos. Vivimos con el instinto gregario a flor de piel”.

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.

Matt Debenham's stories are for people who think they don't like short stories. These stories don't leave off in mid-breath; instead, they feature characters who seem to live on even after their closing pages. The humor in The Book of Right and Wrong makes the jarring moments that much more jarring, and the tender moments that much more tender. At once heartbreaking and hilarious, the 11 stories in The Book of Right and Wrong capture their characters at the defining moments of their lives.

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.

Horror, Humor, and Heroes is a collection of twelve short stories, one novella, and a preview for my next novel that should contain enough variety to entertain you readers. Sample some of my finest offerings, such as - a guardian wolf fearing the coming of man, a producer willing to do anything to bring the first pay per view live werewolf hunt to the world, and a zombie running for congress.

Okano, a convenience store employee with a troubled past, is but one of the many unforgettable characters found in this collection of four stories. Among the others are three boys facing a frightening lesson in mortality, a woman using garbage to fill a hole in her heart, and a nurse struggling to cope with the oft-brutal cycle of birth, life, and death. Remaining constant even as it fades in and out of view is the great Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s Three Holy Mountains. It serves as the anchor for these characters’ lives, and for Randy Taguchi’s Fujisan, an exploration of redemption, discovery, loss, and remembrance.

Have you ever passed out and woken up in your girlfriend’s apartment only to find you’ve lost access to your multi-million dollar dark web auctioning website–right after she found out she’s not your only girlfriend? Have you ever been accused of attempted murder by a talented and vindictive mime? Have you ever gone to jail for defending yourself against a papercut from a yoga teacher? If you haven’t, you haven’t lived!

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Ever wondered what it's like to be born into a family of assassins? Gin Bombay knows, and now she's sharing her family's deepest, darkest secrets. The Bombay Family Bedtime Stories continue with My Heroes Have Always Been Hitmen! Four more family stories have been released from the vault, including Rio Bombay, wanna-be cowboy and wild west gunslinger; Caspian, the first Bombay to have to take out another Bombay; Aberdeen, the hoop-skirted Antebellum Assassin; and Dublin Bombay, the Scottish Viking Slayer! History is at its most hilarious as this darkly funny family tells all.

Am I the Asshole? is the hilarious book of all the funniest "am I the asshole" moments. As read by Patrick Kelly Shannon, this laugh-a-minute audiobook will have you questioning the life choices of some definite assholes in this life. This book comes with absolutely no judgment on the stories featured and is 100 percent up for you to decide what you think of the characters featured within the short stories.

ಕಾವೇರಿ ಎಸ್.ಎಸ್. ಅವರ ಸಣ್ಣ ಕತೆಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹವೇ ಕರಗದ ನಗು. ಬಾಲ್ಯದ ಆಟ, ರೈತನ ಬವಣೆ, ಖಾಯಿಲೆಯ ಕಹಿ, ಸಾವಿನ ಭಯ, ಮಗುವಿನ ಮುಗ್ದತೆ ಹೀಗೆ ಹಲವಾರು ವಿಷಯಗಳು ತಿಳಿಹಾಸ್ಯ, ಮಾನವೀಯ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ನವಿರಾಗಿ ಮೂಡಿಬಂದಿದೆ.

Eine Sammlung wunderschöner Geschichten, die durch die angenehme Stimme von Edgar M. Böhlke noch reizvoller wird und nicht nur Italien-Liebhaber verzaubert. Einer der bekanntesten Deutschen Schauspieler, Mario Adorf, lebt bereits seit über 30 Jahren in Italien. Und er kann nicht nur schauspielern, sondern auch wunderbar erzählen. Auf liebenswerte Weise erzählt er von seiner Wahlheimat und entlockt dem Zuhörer sehnsuchtsvolle Gedanken und das ein oder andere Schmunzeln.

Twisty scares with heart. Ghosts, sea monsters, and a rest home for troublesome witches all feature in this collection of paranormal stories set in Wellington, New Zealand. By turns spooky and laugh-out-loud funny, these tales stew with malevolence and mischief. Climb aboard the ghost bus for a wild ride of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and humor, and hop off a little more in love with Aotearoa's capital city.

Relatos polisémicos es un conjunto de artículos, o relatos breves, con los que el autor, Miguel Vigil, se desahoga o pretende confundir al lector; ¿quién lo sabe?, si él mismo lo desconoce. El caso es que aquí están, todos juntos en este libro que nunca será un bbeesstt sseelllleerr ((ssuuppeerrvveennttaass, en español, pero en inglés parece más culto)) y que si cometes, lector, la imprudencia de abrirlo con la insana curiosidad de leerlo acabarás haciendo de él, tu libro de cabecera. El que avisa no es traidor. Advertido quedas.

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!

During the 2020 pandemic, a man began driving for Uber in a small college town. Little did he know the deep truths he would discover about himself, the profound insights into the human condition…. Actually, that’s bullshit. What he really discovered was a cash cow: drunk kids with too much money and a darth of local drivers. But all is not easy money and smooth tones vibin’ in the background. These kids are crazy, and crazy kids mean crazy stories.

"Salades" propose sous forme d'abécédaire la recette de l'auteur : une solide pincée de distanciation humoristique, un nuage de nostalgie, un regard bienveillant sur l'enfance mais goguenard sur les adultes, un zeste de poésie dilettante. À chaque lettre de l'alphabet un mot-clé, autour duquel l'auteur développe ses "salades", sous forme de textes courts : chroniques, nouvelles, essais... Dans cet abécédaire éclectique et badin, un dénominateur commun est proposé au lecteur : le sourire.

Big Hot Kisses is a wingy collection of tawdry, "true" tales of lust, sex and passion. So come along on an irreverent, often humorous journey through some everyday "love" stories, where at some point you may surprisingly find yourself confronted with a familiar mirror image called real life.

Gentle, witty and sometimes disturbing, DANGEROUS PLEASURES is Patrick Gale's first collection of much loved short stories 'Nattily subversive, sexually ambiguous, intelligent and disturbing. The prose sizzles with acidic observation' Sunday Times A funeral party ends in an unexpected manner...

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?