Amusing Fiction

In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs, and how "entertainment values" have corrupted the very way we think. As politics, news, religion, education, and commerce are given less and less expression in the form of the printed word, they are rapidly being reshaped to suit the requirements of television.

Welcome back to Christmas Key—where the lights are always twinkling, the ghosts might be friendly, and a hand-drawn map could change everything. Holly Baxter didn’t expect to find a mystery hidden beneath the floorboards of Holiday House, but when a decades-old photograph, a love letter, and a hand-drawn map surface during renovations, Christmas Key is suddenly buzzing with holiday intrigue. Even more surprising? The woman in the photo looks exactly like Bonnie—the island’s flirtiest, most fabulous resident—and Bonnie is convinced it’s her from a past life. As strange sightings,...

Love in the Time of Serial Killers meets The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window in this delightful romp about a recently broke divorcee who moves in with her house-bound mother only to spend their days spying on her grumpy, mysterious, and sexy new neighbor. Zona...

My name is Drew Hayes, and for the past six years I've made my living as a writer. In that time, I've published 20 books, written hundreds of thousands of words, and made countless mistakes - most of which I like to think I've learned from. Underqualified Advice (and Other Amusing Diversions) is my attempt to compile those lessons and share them with others, as well as have some fun along the way. Half of the book is dedicated to detailing specifics about writing, maneuvering the industry, and keeping fiscally afloat in largely unstable waters.

Even if traditional books have felt frustrating to listen to, these short, accessible stories will keep your mind engaged and heart warmed.

A handsome and brave though dull-witted barbarian, Yor the Mighty enjoys the solitary life of a wandering adventurer, his only focus to fight and feast while seeking the company of lots of plump womens . . . until one fateful day he chances upon a dangerous quest that earns him two unlikely companions as they cross paths with an evil fiend awaiting them in the local dungeon. 16,000 word short story novella fantasy / comedy / adventure anti-woke content tropes abound

“Never be afraid to lie about a product.” Liz Cleaver, the heiress to a marijuana empire, is on a mission to cover her freewheeling spending while seemingly looking for a budget-friendly dental solution for her foundation's clinics. Meanwhile, Werner Brandt, TeeGentics beleaguered CEO, is struggling to keep his company afloat as the company’s genetically created teeth keep dying in the lab. He is forced to navigate around hazards; a bossy misanthropic investor; an inept project manager; two Klingon culture fans; and last, but not least, Werner’s attractive administrative assistant. ...

What happens when a friendly bet leads to modeling nude for a college art class? When a hot female student loses a rock climbing bet with her roommates, she's forced to pose nude for a university art class. What starts as a mortifying punishment quickly transforms into an exhilarating journey of self-discovery as she catches the appreciative eye of the Silver Fox Professor. Under his artistic gaze, her embarrassment melts away, replaced by a burning desire that can't be contained within the borders of any canvas. Their forbidden attraction ignites into a forbidden encounter that breaks all ...

One lost bet, one pizza delivery, and zero clothing—sometimes academic failure has its rewards. When straight-A student Mackenzie loses a GPA competition to her roommates by a mere 0.01 points, the punishment is as mortifying as it is simple: answer the door for the pizza delivery wearing nothing but a towel—and then drop it. It's just a quick flash, she tells herself. A momentary humiliation she'll never have to think about again. Until Jake shows up at her door. Jake isn't just any delivery guy—he's a classmate she's been secretly crushing on for months. He’s the last person on ...

Although gun smoke-filled, this is the humorous story of J. T. Bonner, an aging gunman and good ole boy who runs a one-man detective agency out of Tucson. He's more of a bounty hunter with highly developed investigation skills along with a fast gun. As far as everyone who has ever heard of him is concerned, he's the fastest gunman in the West. So far, no one has lived to dispute that theory. The past-his-prime quick-draw artist is going to need all his skills now that he's received a cryptic telegram and a lot of money from the mayor of Angel's Crossing. According to the mayor, his town is ...

Twenty-plus sci-fi stories from the lighter side, many of them illustrated. More from the lighter, laughing side than the dark-dungeoned depths; but they’re all here somewhere, from a satisfied smile; or shed a tear. Maybe a “Yes! Get in there”. Or catch your breath at the trials that some have to face. From crackling two-pagers where someone hasn’t quite read the situation right, to sixty-plus sides chronicling what you really have to do if you want to survive on this planet. Tales of here and now, wondering what’s among us; or what awaits us amid the distant futures and far-...

Cue your best eye roll, tired scoffs, and little chuckles as we unleash a serious amount of dad jokes on you.

Adult humorous fiction Famous Union College is a slow moving train wreck, a place where what is what is not. Two hapless heroes. An exhibitionist secretary. Bumbling administrators. A paranoid football coach. Conniving coeds. A sex obsessed football player. Who knows what will happen next... "The characters are all interesting and well developed - and many would be great study cases for a psych major." - HAMPTON REVIEWS "It's light and humorous with a bit of a wink and a lot of wry puckish humor." - Pop Bop, Top 500 Amazon Reviewer From the author of the endearing story THE SURVIVAL OF ...

Sir Alanbart avoids action, recoils from romance, and shuns self-sacrifice; yet when he finds himself drawn into a harebrained attempt to rescue King Arthur, he becomes a victim of all three, and then poor Alanbart must fight hard to stay true to his cowardly and indolent nature.

Three Days and Two Knights is a genre crossover that blends fantasy adventure, comedy, and romance in a historical literary setting.

Successful artist Olwen Pritchard returns to the village where she grew up. and where her family home has recently been sold following the death of her parents. Something is compelling her to make this journey where the ghosts of her childhood take shape guided by her eight-year-old alter ego. Olwen's life, growing up in the nineteen fifties in a small welsh village, is examined through the eyes of the child during the year following her eighth birthday. Tentacles from the past reach into the present as alongside the story of the child, are the older woman’s nostalgic and poignant ...

Oh no! A decade birthday is approaching, one with a big "0" in it, and he's losing it. Wake-up call required. Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda. Marvin Baines seemingly has it all: a loving family and a great job. He is about to turn forty, and just like that, the realization hits him--his own mortality is straight up the road. That's not his only problem. Suddenly he is unable to distinguish fantasy from reality, and his often quirky decision-making causes his whole life to begin to unravel. All he wants is an escape from his humdrum life. What he gets is something quite unexpected. "The humour is ...

In the tradition of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen, THE UPPITY EARL: A Clean, Sweet, Regency by Marilyn Clay is set in London. Miss Tessa Darby was born in England but grew up in American. She has now returned to England to escape her cruel stepfather. Harrison Belmour, the fifth Earl of Penwyck is having the devil of a time controlling the deplorable behavior of his mother’s houseguest, the auburn-haired, spectacle-making young lady from America. The stubborn chit refuses to take direction and the last thing the aristocratic Belmour family needs is another scandal! Still, the earl has ...

Meet Tracie Martin - Luton Town’s longest serving Wag. There's nothing she doesn' like about her life. From the acrylic nails and Louboutin shoes to the terrifying amounts of fake tan. Tracie loves it. Being a Wag is all she ever wanted. But as a new football season starts, she's getting concerned...there is a breed of Wag at Luton who aren’t quite playing by the conventional Wag rules. Some of them have skirts so long they are almost covering their knickers, and their skins are natural in hue, rather than resembling the colour of a cheesy Wotsit. Do they know nothing about being a Wag?...

Based on the wildly popular Twitter feed Dear Girls Above Me, a roman à clef about how thinking like a couple of girls turned one single guy into a better man. When Charlie McDowell began sharing his open letters to his noisy upstairs neighbors—two impossibly ditzy female roommates in...

This is a collection of bad poems, short stories, rushed parables, and hastily-written diatribes written over the last 4 years. Shut in my home due to the government’s tyrannical response to COVID, I did a lot of reading, thinking, and reflection. During this time, I came to admit to myself a lot of dismal truths about the “true” state of humanity, especially when it is pushed to the limits by fear and doubt. In such cases, Man becomes savage and focuses on the differences in his fellow men; he leans into his raw savageness to bifurcate and destroy. He is primal. He is reckless.