Download or read book Strangely Funny VII written by C. D. Gallant-King and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I realized this wasn't a graduation beer party-this was a bunch of wannabe ghost hunters. I think I hurt myself grinning."- The Good Girl, David Bernard "Wake up, Jefferson. Early to bed and early to rise, and you don't get caught with other men's wives." Jefferson answered the door and held it open for Ben Franklin and Marvin. "Damn, Franklin, how can you drink that much and be so chipper the morning after?"- Pixiedelphia Freedom, Robert Allen Lupton Welcome to Strangely Funny VII, where tropes collide. Deep Ones join LARPs, and monsters attend motivational meetings. A noise-hating gnome takes matters into his own mitts. The term "race against death" takes on a new meaning. Four fab physicists create their own Wall of Sound. And Marvin, everyone's favorite cigar-smoking pixie, is back for another timeline-saving mission.Featuring stories by Rosalind Barden, Henry L. Herz, Robert Allan Lupton, Lena Ng, Jennifer Lee Rossman, and B. David Spicer. Strangely Funny VII is the eighth book in the series, because the editor can't count. Pick up any volume of the series, though, and you'll find a number of laughs.

Download or read book Strangely Funny VI written by Gwen Mayo and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My name's not Clarence, and this ain't Bedford Falls. I'm more like a pixie on probation and you're my punishment." - Dial M for Marvin by Robert Allen LuptonWelcome to the seventh book (yes, seventh) in the Strangely Funny series. Tales of paranormal comedy await you. Meet one vampire who has found a unique method of sheltering from the sunlight, and another one seeking a tan. See what they're serving at the Devil's table below. Discover a new definition for 'dream lover'. And if you can't figure out what a 'Skunknado' is, we'll show you.

Download or read book Do You Talk Funny written by David Nihill and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change. In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be an accomplished comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible. One part of the plan was at least logical: he was already Irish and already called Dave. In one year, David went from being deathly afraid of public speaking to hosting a business conference, regularly performing stand-up comedy and winning storytelling competitions in front of packed houses. And he did it by learning from some of the best public speakers in the world: stand-up comedians. Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker shows how the key principles of stand-up comedy can be applied to your speaking engagements and presentations to make you funnier, more interesting, and better looking. (Or at least two of the three.) Whether you are preparing for a business presentation, giving a wedding toast, defending your thesis, raising money from investors, or simply want to take on something you're afraid of, this book will take you from sweaty to stage-ready. You'll learn how to: - Craft a story and content that your audience will want to listen to - Find the funniest parts of your material and how to get to them faster - Deal with stage fright - Master the two most important parts of your performance: timing and delivery Ten percent of the author's proceeds from this book will go to Arash Bayatmakou via Help Hope Live until he is fully back on his feet and thereafter to one of the many facing the same challenges after suffering a severe spinal cord injury.

Download or read book The Publishers Behind The Pages written by Angelique Fawns and published by Angelique Fawns. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some short stories get picked up by high-paying magazines and others collect rejection after rejection? What was it about these ten speculative fiction stories that made them stand out in the slush pile? Unlike other guides on the market, this book goes directly to the source featuring one-on-one interviews with publishers and editors who are buying stories in today’s market. Get the inside scoop from the people behind the magazine and anthology covers. Use the hint and tips to find the right kind of market and produce better short stories. Curl up with this anthology and meet some unusual zombies, aliens, and adventures seekers. Learn about the elements that convinced an editor to say "yes." WARNING: Real rejection letters included.

Download or read book The Space Between written by Larry Hinkle and published by Trepidatio Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Larry Hinkle offers up horror in a multitude of subgenres: some funny, some gory, and some weird af, it's hard to pick a favorite. Do not miss out on this up-and-comer in the horror world!” – EV Knight, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Fourth Whore From a corn maze hiding a cosmic secret between its rows to the basement of a Nebraska woman with a magic eye… From a support group for necrophiliacs to a demon searching for a new apprentice… From a town overrun by a sentient garbage dump to the tunnels beneath one of the country’s most haunted hotels… From the trail less travelled to a remote outpost on the outskirts of civilization... The 20 stories in this debut collection from horror author Larry Hinkle explore the space between our world and the next. Between then and now, and now and then. Between found and lost. Between the innocence of a child and the bloodlust of a monster. Tread lightly and watch your back. You’re never alone in the space between. With a foreword from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tom Deady. “An everyman’s collection of uncanny twisted little tales exploring the weird in corn fields, quarries, quarks, and other creepy corners of the world. With a voice that is irreverent, unexpected, and delightfully macabre, Hinkle is an author to watch.” – Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories

Download or read book Strangely Funny 2 1 2 written by Kevin Quirt and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-17 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because one book wasn't enough to contain the insanity. A collection of humorous paranormal short stories. See what happens when the new kid in school is the Antichrist. Aliens get fang marks from their newest abductee. Plus, we put a new wrinkle on the term 'ghost writer'. Featuring stories from Rosalind Barden, Chantal Boudreau, and David Neilsen.

Download or read book Strangely Funny III written by Gary Piserchio and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Qb VII written by Leon Uris and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1982-04-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You open the book and start reading. Quicker than you can say Uris you are caught up at once in the unfolding conflict. . . . It’s a professional job all the way.. . dramatic, impassioned.”—The New York Times Book Review In Queen’s Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book The Holocaust—born of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration camp was the site of his family’s extermination—Cady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of Jadwiga's most sadistic inmate/doctors. Kelno has denied this and brought furious charges. Now unfolds Leon Uris’ riveting courtroom drama—one of the great fictional trials of the century. “A fine suspense story, an excellent courtroom story, written with genuine passion. You won’t put it down once you’ve picked it up. It is the author of Exodus at his best.”—Newsday

Download or read book The Guide of All Guides written by Angelique Fawns and published by Angelique Fawns. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you trying to sell short stories to the speculative fiction market? This Guide has the INSIDE SCOOP on paying magazines, ezines and podcasts. Learn what editors are buying, and what they’re looking for. Read about more than 65 paying markets. How long will it take them to get back to you? Which editors give helpful advice? Understand the market. Read REAL rejection letters.

Download or read book Strangely Funny IV written by Bennie L. Newsome and published by Mystery and Horror, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book five in the Strangely Funny series: Short stories of horror gone wrong, so very wrong. This time you¿ll meet a vampire cursed with an inherited cleaning lady, the ghosts of the Rat Pack, and a group of senior superheroines who leave the retirement home for one last mission. See what happens when an orphan girl from Innsmouth goes to a big city school. All this and more is waiting inside...

Download or read book Strangely Funny VIII written by Henry Herz and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just want to let you know, so far we've got two of the drafted volunteers reporting sick to the base doctor with severe cases of Aw Hell Naw."-- Paul Wartenberg, "War of the Murder Hornets"The ninth volume (you read that right) of the Strangely Funny series is one of the weirdest yet. An asexual gives tips on dating succubi. A certain reanimator treats a Miskatonic U football player before the big game. Is there such a thing as a vegan vampire, and what do they eat? And finally, we revisit the invasion of the 'Martians' in Surrey.Let Rosalind Barden, RC Mulhare, Erin Lee, Henry L. Herz and many other talented authors guide you through tales of quirky paranormal love, twisted science fiction tropes, and horror gone wrong. So very wrong.

Download or read book Star Trek Strange New Worlds VII written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our seventh anthology features original Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager®, and Star Trek: Enterprise™ stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans! Featuring new stories by new writers and a few contest veterans, Strange New Worlds VII spans the entire Star Trek universe from the original days of Captain Kirk and throughout the tenures of Captains Picard, Sisko, and Janeway and back in time again to Archer. Each of these unforgettable stories explores the past and future of Star Trek from many different perspectives. This year's contributors include Kevin Lauderdale, Kevin Killiany, Christian Grainger, Paul J. Kaplan, Muri McCage, Pat Detmer, Gerri Leen, Julie Hyzy, Kelly Cairo, John Coffren, Scott Pearson, Jeff D. Jacques, Jim Johnson, Anne E. Clements, Russ Crossley, Susan S. McCrackin, Catherine E. Pike, G. Wood, Annie Reed, Louisa M. Swann, Brett Hudgins, Amy Sisson, and Frederick Kim.

Download or read book Planet Funny written by Ken Jennings and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year The witty and exuberant New York Times bestselling author and record-setting Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings relays the history of humor in “lively, insightful, and crawling with goofy factlings,” (Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go Bernadette)—from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets to the latest Twitter gags and Facebook memes. Where once society’s most coveted trait might have been strength or intelligence or honor, today, in a clear sign of evolution sliding off the trails, it is being funny. Yes, funniness. Consider: Super Bowl commercials don’t try to sell you anymore; they try to make you laugh. Airline safety tutorials—those terrifying laminated cards about the possibilities of fire, explosion, depressurization, and drowning—have been replaced by joke-filled videos with multimillion-dollar budgets and dance routines. Thanks to social media, we now have a whole Twitterverse of amateur comedians riffing around the world at all hours of the day—and many of them even get popular enough online to go pro and take over TV. In his “smartly structured, soundly argued, and yes—pretty darn funny” (Booklist, starred review) Planet Funny, Ken Jennings explores this brave new comedic world and what it means—or doesn’t—to be funny in it now. Tracing the evolution of humor from the caveman days to the bawdy middle-class antics of Chaucer to Monty Python’s game-changing silliness to the fast-paced meta-humor of The Simpsons, Jennings explains how we built our humor-saturated modern age, where lots of us get our news from comedy shows and a comic figure can even be elected President of the United States purely on showmanship. “Fascinating, entertaining and—I’m being dead serious here—important” (A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically), Planet Funny is a full taxonomy of what spawned and defines the modern sense of humor.

Download or read book Strangely Funny written by Sarah E. Glenn and published by Mystery and Horror, LCC. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not your typical anthology. Open these pages and discover twenty-five talented writers on a hilarious journey through the paranormal. Zombies who are finicky eaters, vampires caught between groupies and werewolves, and ghosts with awful decorating tastes await. We'll even show you how to beat the monster in the closet. Join Joette Rozanski, Suzanne Robb, Agatha-winning author Catriona McPherson and many others as they take you from the ridiculous to the...Strangely Funny.

Download or read book Funny Stuff written by Philip Witte and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny Stuff is a tribute to a unique art form: the single-panel gag cartoon. It looks at why so many of us enjoy cartoons, and what makes for a great cartoon. Authors Phil Witte and Rex Hesner consider how cartoonists can present a complex or odd scenario that we immediately grasp, and what enables us to “get” the humor in a flash. Based on interviews with cartoonist legends—Roz Chast, Sam Gross, Harry Bliss, Joe Dator, Mick Stevens, and many others—Funny Stuff will show how cartoons reveal much about the psyches of their creators. For instance: Roz Chast, known for her neurotic cartoon characters, feared she might die taking a bath because the tub could crash through the floor. The text is abundant with cartoons illustrating the observations of Witte and Hesner. They point to cartoonists who rely on common situations (the desert island, Garden of Eden, hell) and stock characters (the pirate, business executive, scientist), as well as cartoonists who subvert these conventions. They analyze types of humor: absurd, dark, ironic, satirical. They address how the wording of a caption can mean the difference between a cartoon succeeding and almost succeeding, and the extra degree of difficulty required of the caption-less cartoon. They discuss cartooning as an art form, and specifically how the artwork of the best cartoons supports the humor. This book features a foreword written by Bob Mankoff, former cartoon editor at The New Yorker and a legend in the cartoon world.

Download or read book Strange Fits of Passion I Too Have Known written by Julian Scutts and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The picture on the front cover may need a word of explanation. Why should the author appear holding a copy of one of his books? I hope this is not an indication of vanity in my case. I plead that the issue at stake here is reflexivity. After a while authors may find themselves reading long forgotten passages they have written and thus become the critics of their own works. Inevitably they will fault with lapses of style and inept or colourless forms of expression. On the other hand they may find the occasional felicitous turn of phrase and even purple passages among long screeds of otherwise mediocre prose. Why did these passages go under and what can be done to bring them to the surface to the possible gratification and enrichment of the reading public?

Download or read book All Hallows Evil written by Gloria Alden and published by Mystery & Horror LLC. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen stories devoted to crime at Halloween. Sometimes the holiday is the impetus, other times it merely provides a stage on which crime comes to fruition. In this collection, you will discover that not all detectives or criminals are human. You will find tragedy in Detroit and comedy at a costume party. A murder play where one of the actors isn't an actor. Incest alongside taxidermy. And the reason for the season. Join Gloria Alden, Harriette Sackler, Lance Zarimba, and ten other talented authors as they take you on a journey into... All Hallows' Evil.