Comedy Survival

Separated by 10 years, 3,000 miles, and the unrelenting stresses of adulthood, best friends Janet and Serena plan a 40th birthday girls’ trip to reconnect. But after a massive crash, they’re the only survivors to wash ashore on an uncharted Caribbean Island. Armed with only the clothes on their backs and zero survival skills, they fight to overcome hunger, thirst, deadly wildlife—and most terrifyingly—decades of accrued resentment. Can they find their way home, or will they kill each other first?

An NPR Best Book of 2018 "How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It's essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times-bestselling author of What If? The only book you need if you're going back in...

“John Pirhalla narrates with deft understanding of each character and of how to balance the story's humor and tension.” — Booklist Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, After The Fall by Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey...

Good girls don't smoke Good girls get their immunisations. Good girls die in the first five minutes of the zombie apocalypse It's a good thing that Charlotte's only been pretending to be a good girl. Her naughty streak is either going to save her life, or get her devoured. And there are worse things going bump in the night, than the red-eyes. A suspenseful, sexy and sinful road-trip to the end of the world and back again. It''s science fiction meets horror meets comedy and a romp to end all romps!

From an absolutely unmissable voice in cozy fantasy, this tale shares the story of fae, folklore, and found family, told by a charismatic lake-dwelling monster with a voice unlike any other. Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth. Hungry and ready to pounce...

The Hilarious and Heart-pounding Zombie Apocalypse Call Center Boxset # 1 is a collection of the following books The Zombie Apocalypse Convenience Store The Zombie Apocalypse Call Center Secret Missions of the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center Rebels of the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL, TO HELP YOU SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE? Sam thinks his job at the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center is a joke. Zombies aren’t real and the customers who call in for support about their guns and conspiracy theories are crazy! Sam knows the zombie apocalypse will never happen. Until the...

The designer luggage is packed. The bodily fuzz removed. It’s time for Star Survivor. Hollywood star Zoe Stenson, TV darling June Sharp, author Toby Masters and mumfluencer Emily Chase, are ready to take part in the world-renowned reality TV show Star Survivor. The plan is to pretend to survive for the cameras, safe in the knowledge they’ll be retiring to five-star comfort amongst the palm trees and sparkling blue sea when filming stops. But when the four celebrities are accidentally left on the wrong South Pacific island – a truly deserted one – no amount of Instagram followers or ...

A new standalone sci-fi novel from Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (the inspiration for the major motion picture Mickey 17). “Barrie Kreinik, one of the best narrators around, succeeds in making distinct characters not just of Dalton and Neera, Breaker and some of the aliens, but even of the...

Adam has no idea who he truly is. On the verge of turning eighteen, strange abilities begin to surge through him—wild, electric, and impossible to control. They’re the first signs of a power that will fully awaken the moment he becomes an adult… and the moment his enemies have been waiting for. Unknown to Adam his grandfather is preparing to kill him. King Blake of Torin—ruthless, exiled, and obsessed with purity—once fled a devastating war. Now he wants to reclaim his throne from the Casothan king who rules their home world. But Blake believes victory requires a “cleansing” ...

Book Three of the Surviving Myself Trilogy Evan Merrick was never supposed to be the face of a movement. Before the collapse, he sold millions of survival books after a near-miss disaster—books full of borrowed advice and duct-taped wisdom. Then the real world-ending event happened, and Evan had no choice but to follow his own instructions... and realize he had no idea what he was doing. Now, in the aftermath of his accidental leadership, Evan faces a new kind of threat: erasure. The Concord isn’t attacking—they’re removing him from the narrative entirely. Routes close. Supplies ...

Crescent Moon Academy is still standing. Barely. After a supernatural siege that shattered its defenses and exposed the fragile rules holding its world together, the school is left picking up the pieces. The official story is a chemical fire. The truth is something far worse. A necromancer returned. Students died. And the cost of surviving is only just beginning to unfold. Now, life continues… because it has to. Ryu Kazeyama is back at Shin’yume-sou, juggling a broken school, a crumbling onsen, and relationships that have only grown more complicated. His ghost girlfriend still can’t ...

Marissa, a recent high school graduate and amateur chef, loves cooking, the culinary reality show Scoop Out, and hot Scottish movie star Garrett Campbell. Despite her big dreams, her feet are firmly planted on the non-slip, rubber floor mat behind the counter of the Texas Fry Hut. -- until she receives a wild job offer -- Spend the summer cooking for Garrett Campbell in Hollywood.

Raven Pines has been shut down for 5 years, and two plumbers are hired to check whether the town can finally be reopened. Spoiler: It absolutely cannot! What follows is a violent, chaotic descent into mutation, madness, and government projects that never should’ve existed. Grindhouse energy, splatterpunk intensity, and black comedy collide in a story that will make you laugh, gag, and grip the book a little too tightly. WARNING! Reader discretion is advised. “Outstanding. Horrifying. Disgustingly beautiful. Also I’m never going swimming again.” — Pondwater Panic Press “This ...

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The Era of Nighttime Has Begun... Forty years have passed since the end of the vampire/human war. Vampires have taken over the planet and have settled in, making themselves comfortable in the infrastructure their predecessors built, with just a few adjustments to ensure a permanent night. Humans still exist, tightly controlled, because the alpha species needs to eat. But even after four decades of peace, Reginald can't shake his conviction that the war never really ended — that the archive he still holds in his blood warns of an ominous change on the horizon.

We’re supposed to be faking it but I’m falling hard for my brother’s hot best friend who’s twice my age. Josh is arrogant, filthy rich and has a ton of pride. He’s not the type to ask anyone for a favor. But he has a crazy ex who will stop at nothing to take his son away. So when he begs me to be his fake fiancé to help win the custody battle, I say yes. Then a simple week away ended up with us tangled up in the sheets. The harder we try to fake it, the harder it is to resist each other. Lines have been crossed and neither of us know what’s fake or real anymore. The only thing ...

Did you know bears never die? There are many unknown facts about these fur-adorned mammals. Because the hard truths about bears can be difficult to process, society often shields itself from the realities of the true threat bears pose to mankind. Every book written on bears has been a lie. People live under the false impression that bears can be avoided, that bear attacks are survivable, and even that bears are not immortal. Suffice it to say, people have a lot to learn about bears, bear safety, bear attacks, and the impending war between man and bear.

She’s a city girl doing it for the ‘Gram. He’s a mountain man who just wants to be left alone. In the Colorado wilderness, the only thing higher than the altitude is the tension. Samantha Li is a professional influencer on the verge of her big break. All she has to do is travel to a five-star resort in Aster Park, Colorado, and sell the "authentic luxury" experience to her followers. There’s just one problem: Samantha is terrified of nature, her hiking boots are pristine, and she just spit scalding hot cappuccino all over her guide. Noah Barrett hates LuxeLife Resorts. He hates what...

Meeting the parents is hard. Surviving them during the zombie apocalypse is a whole different level of holiday stress. Amara Banks is a professional crisis manager. She has a spreadsheet for everything: supply chain collapses, PR disasters, and most importantly, introducing her white, landscape-architect boyfriend, Evan, to her formidable Black family. The plan is simple: Navigate the "Potato Salad Protocol," survive her father’s interrogation, and get through Christmas dinner without a single hair out of place. Evan Miller just wants to fit in. He’s practiced his handshake, memorized ...

The gift pressure, the food squabbles, the travel nightmares… Christmas is a lot. Time to join award-winning comedian Katherine Ryan for her Christmas Intervention. Part seasonal survival guide, part family therapy session – you’re invited to a very Katherine Ryan Christmas. Sure, Katherine loves the holiday, but she needs it to change. It's chaotic, overwhelming, and no one can agree on how to do it right.