Dark Humor Satire

When 34-year-old Ms Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace—a company that manufactures cardboard tubes—she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day, she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups—because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is...Ms Shibata is not pregnant.

With foxes and wolves at each other’s throats, the only solution is to listen to the witch! Homecoming fever is gripping Ardensville and it’s all Thea Beal can do to keep up in her shop. Life has been going great, recently. She and Blaine have been dating and thoughts of a future together fill her mind. But then...another murder rocks the festivities. The victim? A local bad boy wolf shifter. He was also a lady killer. Maybe it was his wolfish good looks that women were drawn to. And perhaps the reason husbands abhorred him. He lived with his kind on the edge of town in beaten up ...

In a chilling turn of events, the unexpected death of a purported psychic leaves the community baffled and questioning how he failed to foresee his own end. Could it be that his abilities were nothing more than a ruse? Ivy, alongside the astute biddie committee, have a knack for unmasking frauds from afar. But as they delve deeper into the case, they begin to suspect that something far more sinister may be lurking beneath the surface. In a tale that blurs the line between the supernatural and deception, Ivy and the biddie committee find themselves entangled in a web of intrigue where ...

A Dead Body with Horns...What the What? Thea and Blaine were supposed to be on a date to the Harvest Festival. Instead they got a handful of murder! The victim? A smooth talking new restaurateur who just opened up shop in Ardensville. There’s something shady about him (maybe it's the horns). Thea couldn’t tell. All she knew is that she felt flustered when he met her eyes before he died. And it seems everyone the police talk to had a reason to kill him. There’s Eleanor DeWitt, the competing restaurant owner. Sandra, whose relationship with the victim visibly soured her. Not to mention ...

Set at the fag-end of the 60s at the moment when Swinging London is starting to take on a darker hue in the wake of Charles Manson's murders, and framed as a novel within a novel published by a seedy Piccadilly-based publisher of pulp fiction, Man-Eating Typewriter is a homage to the great oulipo experiments in fiction. It is the story of a psychopath called Raymond Novak and his untimely demise told entirely in 'polari' - a language developed and used mainly amongst the metropolitan homosexual community in the time when being gay was still a criminal offence.

For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of the same lavish culty spa her mother to which her mother was devoted.

Beautiful, innocent, and generous to a fault, young Candy is thrust into an outrageous world of debauched lechers and dirty old men. Can she close the gap between people by giving fully and satisfying their sizeable needs? Come with Candy on her hilarious misadventures in this raunchy, irreverent, and wildly funny satire of pornography.

After the turmoil in New York, another hopelessly unprepared hero meets powerful, mysterious characters with the power to change the world… Wade was a world-class cynic, an office drone who was desperate to escape his life. That was before he accidentally made a deal that sent his whole life spinning out of control. Now he’s in thrall to two strong, bewitching women who call themselves Queens of the Nile. He’s also plagued by wolves, the police, witches and ex-wives. They all want to ruin him. But he can see a turning point. After all, he’s got feline alchemy on his side. Maybe he ...

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.

Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn’t occur to Victor that Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, or that he might be expected to undergo the rituals expected of all new Maasai warriors - which have him running back to Stockholm as fast as you can say circumcision without anaesthetic.

James Kingzett delivers a chilling depiction of a future overshadowed by "The New Dark" - an era marked by the collapse of energy transmission grids and power systems. As society teeters on the brink of chaos, Kingzett warns of the dangers inherent in our current energy landscape, advocating for a shift towards renewable sources such as geothermal energy. Using satire, storytelling, and some digs at the government, Kingzett creates a compelling story that exposes the need to change our centralized grid system or risk facing The New Dark.

The Consultant is very good at his job. He creates simple, elegant, effective solutions for…restructuring. Nothing obvious or messy. Certainly nothing anyone would ever suspect as murder. The ‘natural deaths’ he plans have always gone well: a medicine replaced here, a mechanism jammed there. His performance reviews are excellent. And it’s not as though he knows these people. Until his next ‘customer’ turns out to be someone he not only knows but cares about, and for the first time, he begins to question the role he plays in the vast, anonymous Company.

E se in una tiepida notte di luna piena vi capitasse di incontrare Satana? È questo quello che accade a due esimi letterati moscoviti e purtroppo per loro, l'incontro significherà dolore e morte. Non saranno gli unici ad avere a che fare con il signore del male e il suo seguito di demoni. Lo strano e pericolosissimo gruppetto si fermerà infatti alcuni giorni a Mosca, provocando catastrofi e sconvolgimenti a tutte le persone che avranno la sventura di incontrarli, ma darà vita anche a situazioni esilaranti al limite dell'assurdo, descritte con una straordinaria comicità.

A collection of short stories about people living on the margins of society.

"Faire rentrer toute la vie d'un homme ou d'une femme dans une goutte d'eau", telle est la définition des "Microfictions" que propose son auteur et dans lesquelles sont rassemblés des "fragments de la vie des gens". Aucun domaine de nos vies n'échappe à Régis Jauffret, explorateur infatigable du quotidien, et à son regard grinçant sur l'existence.

Her voice is her brand. It’s also kind of a public safety concern. Marinella’s streaming channel serves up immersive sound, chill vibes, and just enough siren magic to keep her audience blissed out—without triggering another spontaneous group swim. But with sponsorships vanishing and rent climbing, she’s running out of ways to keep things ethical, engaging, and technically legal. Enter WaveSound: a glossy audio-tech giant with prototype headphones, aggressive KPIs, and one marketing director who’s a little too enthusiastic about her “authentic resonance.” They want her ...

A Neural Implant That Promised to Save Lives—Now It’s Killing Them. Five years after the launch of a groundbreaking neural implant designed to revolutionize healthcare, government agent Eric Snoughden stumbles upon a disturbing trend: a spike in unexplained deaths among low-income recipients. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes—this is no accident. Someone is targeting the victims and covering up the truth. With the help of a relentless journalist and unexpected allies from an escort agency, Eric unravels a high-stakes conspiracy woven through corporate greed, political ...

It's the end of the 80s, and Rachael O'Brien's last year of college, but before classes begin, her grandmother's stately home is burgled, and a rare book of prophecies is defaced with a menacing message threatening the family.

A Ruthless Senator. A Deadly Cover-Up. And One Final Seduction. The fight against HealthSync’s deadly neural implants is almost over—but to take down the corrupt system once and for all, the resistance must expose the man who made it law: Senator Yosef Brandon. Their weapon? Monica Lewis, a sharp, seductive operative who must infiltrate the highest ranks of power. Her disguise? An ambitious intern eager to impress. Her mission? Gain the senator’s trust, extract his darkest secrets, and dismantle the operation from the inside. But in Washington, trust is a dangerous illusion. The ...

The city of Alyon is in trouble. Its citizens are turning into monsters. Not the good kind of monsters—terrifying, bloodthirsty, flesh-rending, citizen-killing monsters. When Grak’s favorite barkeep tells him that he will get a lifetime supply of free alcohol if he can figure out why the bar’s patrons are disappearing, Grak is on the case! Grak - Private Instigator is a humorous supernatural detective fantasy about a down-on-his-luck orc who solves crimes with his fists.