Trauma Comedy

Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss.

Lydia Grace isn’t lighting candles for closure. She’s lighting them for karmic extraction, spiritual domination, and full-on energetic war. As a High Priestess of Hexual Warfare™ (yes, trademark pending), Lydia’s altar is her battlefield—and this time, the mirror is pointed inward. In this second installment, Lydia’s spells hit harder, her roster of chaotic clients hits weirder, and the spirits? They're petty, paid, and watching closely. One client accidentally summons a demon via TikTok. Another wants to be Lydia’s footstool to atone for his crimes against women. And ...

Unravel the Twisted Humor and Heartache in 'Father Time' Dive into the darkly comedic world of 'Father Time', penned by the talented Torthell Robinson. Here, protagonist Trevor Russell grapples with the ghosts of a tumultuous Black American childhood, only to find that his emerging literary success brings with it a host of new demons. As Trevor's estranged father resurfaces to seek forgiveness, and as Trevor faces impending fatherhood himself sans matrimonial bliss, his life spirals into chaos. Plagued by writer's block and overwhelmed by familial tensions, he flees back to his roots in ...

Abigail Miller a new librarian gets her first real job in Cody, Wyoming. The town is small and quaint and the people are kind and receptive. She finds herself in a few bad luck situations when Jameson Allen, the owner of Triple Shot Ranch, comes to her rescue. She never realized how much a simple act of kindness could cause her to lose her mind, since he refuses to let her pay him back. The mysterious cattle rancher, unintentionally and slowly strolls into her heart, and now she can do little else but imagine his bulging arms wrapped around her, holding her close.

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at the university she studies at, including a humorous game in front of an audience for charity. She also turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy, surprising perhaps, since she's only about eleven. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, while Becky mostly listens in.

In an opulent honeymoon suite in Watch Hill, Rhode Island’s most desirable wedding venue, 29-year-old Callie Holt is spending her wedding night lying in a bathtub shoveling down a pizza; her expensive white dress now splattered with sauce and her groom passed out in the next room. With her seven-hour-old marriage already imploded, Callie turns to the place of record–her phone–sifting through the photographic evidence of the past year to pinpoint where it all went wrong.

Isidore Mazal is 11 years old, the youngest of six siblings living in a small French town. He doesn't quite fit in. Isidore has never skipped a grade or written a dissertation. But he notices things the others don't, and asks questions they fear to ask. So when tragedy strikes the Mazal family, Isidore is the only one to recognize how everyone is struggling with their grief, and perhaps the only one who can help them - if he doesn't run away from home first.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the evil lurking down the road will keep its distance. ******* When two teenagers from completely opposite social classes meet at a graduation party on Lake Coeur d'Alene in 1989, they have no idea that their brief, romantic encounter will eventually lead to one of the most shocking crimes in the Pacific Northwest... or that it will also lead to one of the most precious gifts they've ever been given. This shocking and sometimes brutally honest story tells the tale of a shy boy and his beautiful young mother, their unusual, amusing and wildly diverse ...

Ser el grinch tiene muy mala prensa y añorar los tiempos de pandemia, aquellos duros (y maravillosos) años en que las reuniones sociales quedaban anuladas por las circunstancias, más todavía. Entonces, ¿qué pasa conmigo? Que me horroriza la Navidad y no quiero ver ornamentos, ni arbolitos decorados, ni señores borrachos pidiendo limosna disfrazados de Santa Claus. Detesto a la gente durante todo el año, pero en Navidad, más aún. Por raro que parezca, mi plan sin fisuras, controlado hasta el más mínimo detalle, se fue al garete por su culpa. En el momento en que aparecieron ante ...

Giulio Montesano è un affermato architetto ed esperto d’arte. Una vita di successo grazie alla partnership con Vittorio Zanca, ambiguo ingegnere edile di origini calabro-venete e dubbia moralità, che lo ha introdotto nella società che conta, ma a caro prezzo. Giulio però ha un segreto: la notte di ogni 15 del mese rischia la vita nascondendosi al centro della carreggiata di una strada statale in una grande scatola. È solo uno spregiudicato gioco mortale? No, la scatola assume nel corso del romanzo varie funzioni con l’evolversi turbolento della storia.

Twenty-two years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his father's ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrick’s remorseless search for drugs on the avenues of Manhattan, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent inner voices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral. Alone in his room at the Pierre Hotel, he pushes body and mind to the very edge - desperate always to stay one step ahead of his rapidly encroaching past.

The new teacher is a rock star... After years of traveling, Jim Oliver moves back to the small farming community where he grew up and lands his dream job: high school math teacher. The retired rock star is ready to hang up his microphone and live the simple life. The way he feels about the hot new vice-principal is anything but simple though. Paige Howard is new in town and excited to start her first vice-principal job. Sparks fly from the minute she meets Jim, but she only wants to be friends. She's worked hard to overcome her traumatic past, and she will not risk that by dating a coworker...