Fiction - Satire

Til death do us part was supposed to be a figure of speech.Claire and Marcus found the wedding deal of a lifetime: a rustic barn, fairy lights, and a price too good to question. They didn't read page five of the contract. Nobody ever...

In the elite, unforgiving world of professional dressage, champions are bred from flawless bloodlines, raised in pristine stables, and adorned with imported tack. They are not found abandoned in the dusty, forgotten stalls of rural auction houses. But Bellwether-a knobby-kneed, battered mount with a...

Life was stagnating for our young narrator, until his friend gave him a seemingly easy task: Get on a plane to Melbourne, pick up his car, and drive it back home to Adelaide.While driving across the country along the Great Ocean Road, he is...

TARONTO, 2062. PROGRESS IS MANDATORY. BRAVERY IS SIN.The revolution has abolished capitalism, erased borders, and promised equity for all sentient beings. Citizens wear Arvis-augmented reality glasses that filter experience, assign social tags, and keep perception aligned. History is updated in real time. Identity evolves....

Convinced of their divine calling, the character begins penning their own scripture. In this profane firsthand account of self-discovery, follow the unnamed main character through a collection of short stories about discovering themselves, and how they came to save so many others. Heed their...

To support his family, Paul Stamros remains at the US Department of Justice amid the administrative chaos and ethical quagmire of Trump 2.0, selling his soul and losing many friends along the way. Life at home is hardly less turbulent, as his marriage frays...

Daniel Crookshank built a machine to win the lottery.He called it The Accountant.For four years, he fed it calculations, salvaged parts, and every petty grievance he had ever nursed against the world. Then one night, the machine delivered six glowing numbers - and Daniel...

Unedited. Unhinged. This book contains satire, humor, poetry, and bad artwork as a playful way to express creative frustrations with the growing use of Artificial Intelligence. A quick light-hearted read. The word potato appears at least 100 times in this short book. The word...

They came in peace. They came hungry. The distinction is ours.Max Reznik is taking out the trash when the ship arrives. A hundred metres of mirror-hull settles over the Superfund lake behind the Terminal Diner, and the delegation that descends walks straight past the...

A writer circles an airport. His mind circles everything else.An Embraer E-190 drops to 10,000 feet and enters a holding pattern. Inside, Writer turns over a restless inventory of writers and painters, composers and plagiarists, plane crashes and vanished books, borrowed lines and private...

Struggling stand-up comedian Nick Avery has two shows left in his final Adelaide Fringe run and then he's going to end his life. Alcoholism, obscurity, hallucinations, and a broken heart are bad enough...but since childhood he's been haunted by a spiteful vision he calls...

On St. Patrick's Day, 68-year-old billionaire Cyrus Kane walks away from his empire and into the freezing Chicago River. Pulled from the dark water by Sonny Buck, a young food-truck cook, Kane finds himself living anonymously in "The Yard"-a bustling food lot hidden under...

The Commandments by Janvier Chouteu-Chando, is a short satirical tale in which the author reimagines the biblical story of Moses receiving and delivering the Ten Commandments. Rather than presenting the familiar account as sacred history alone, he transforms it into a humorous and provocative...

What if the person sitting across from you knew exactly how suffering should feel-but couldn't tell whether he was truly feeling it?Fei Lin has spent years listening to other people's pain.As a psychotherapist, she knows the familiar shapes of grief, trauma, loneliness and fear....

After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lonny Day's life falls apart overnight.A wildly successful comedian and celebrity impersonator famous for his uncanny JFK routine, Lonny suddenly finds himself blamed - absurdly, passionately, and perhaps spiritually - for the death of the man...

Cael Irix has never left his planet. Not because he fears the infinite vacuum of space - though statistically speaking, it is the second most efficient way to die in the known universe - but because he considers planet-leaving an entirely optional activity, and...

"Well, hello," said The Sheep. "The file reached you, and you reached the file."It seems rather unlikely to be a coincidence, which prompts a few questions (fair enough, really) so you can judge for yourself whether this is worth your time: Would you like...

Gary Plotz's life is a monument to mediocrity. Then a mysterious carpetbag appears on his porch, and suddenly he's a handler for Providence Freight & Salvage, a shadowy afterlife temp agency that recalls dead celebrities and puts them back to work.His first assignment: Elvis...

Infinity StonedFor half the Universe, The Avengers failed. Despite Avengers: Endgame releasing in Spring 2019, much of it occurred in mid-2024, a date we are rapidly approaching. As of now, half of the Universe is still dust, box office numbers are suffering, and Tony...

Given the opportunity, anybody will rise to the occasion. On the evening of March 19, 1996, the French National Library summons Inspector Jacques Persil to investigate a hideous crime in the Paris Catacombs. Persil believes he has been chosen for his exceptional detective skills....

Billy Vance was finally home. He was not planning on a sequel.Then his uncle's bootleg snow attraction ripped open another portal.Billy lands on a winter mountain in Japan wearing cargo shorts, Crocs, and a tank top. He has a glitching JRPG HUD, his heavy...

The United States. 2062.Forty million homeless retirees on the streets. A war with Canada that nobody can win. A Great Leader who rules by decree and has never lost an election.Four ordinary people are about to change that.Georgio is a homeless retiree distributing resistance...

Dirtbag Days Deluxe Prison Edition is the full collection of Volumes 1 and 2 Prison Edition combined together. These cartoons were inspired while working in the Corrections line of work by officers and inmates alike. Cartoons are either inflated from actual events or just...

In the wrong location, two moonlighting town employees start unearthing the town's philanthropist, George Goodenough. Interred three days ago, his nephew/mad scientist (Professor Archie) wants to reinvigorate him so he can play Santa in the town's regional Christmas Parade.But 'ol George wanted to be...

"Mr. And Mrs. Haddock Abroad" is a sparkling example of American humor and social satire from the height of the Jazz Age. The narrative follows the Haddock family-Will, Hattie, and their daughter Mildred-as they journey from the small town of Legion, Ohio, to the...

"Mr. and Mrs. Haddock in Paris, France" is a sparkling satirical novel that captures the whimsical and often absurd experiences of an ordinary American family navigating the cultural landscape of post-war Europe. Written by the celebrated humorist and screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart, this work...

"Candide" is a seminal satirical novella that stands as a cornerstone of Western literature and Enlightenment thought. The story follows the young and naive Candide, who lives a sheltered life in an earthly paradise while being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his tutor, Dr....

"Voltaire Romans" brings together the masterful philosophical tales of one of the Enlightenment's most influential figures. Known for his sharp wit and unwavering commitment to reason, Voltaire uses the medium of fiction to explore complex moral, social, and philosophical questions. This collection includes some...

"The Missing Masterpiece, a Novel" is a sharp-witted satirical mystery that explores the absurdities of the high-stakes art world and the pretensions of early 20th-century society. Written by the prolific Hilaire Belloc, the narrative revolves around the disappearance of a supposedly priceless painting and...

In volume 2 of The Candleberry Tales, the intrepid Twelve O'Postles, a group of zany clergy members from South Georgia, are back. This time, they travel to Spain for their annual retreat, where they rent an AI-directed bus for a pilgrimage to Santiago de...

"Pending Heaven" is a witty and sophisticated exploration of the human search for fulfillment and the complexities of romantic entanglement. Set against a backdrop of bohemian literary circles, the novel follows a cast of intellectuals and dreamers as they navigate a series of increasingly...

It is the fifth era, the Rompótoic Age. Humanity is safe-thanks to the Ministry of Common Sense, a powerful force of artificial super-intelligent machines. But after a year of no news of any consequence, the Ministry has gone on strike, and the universe is...

Wendy is the real "wizard" of the Diamond Empire, a kingdom built on gadgets, robotics, and a free-market society. Using her ultracomputer and her Cadabra-wide surveillance system, she can spy on everybody and plan their futures, playing God, and pulling the strings. But Wendy's...

From Eight Cars to One Keke (And a Kingdom That Still Arrived)Royal life, Okirika prices.When the palace treasury coughs and the generator answers "amen," Eze Obinna-soft-life traditionalist, crown connoisseur, AC enthusiast-declares AUSTERITY. Convoy shrinks from eight gleaming SUVs to one heroic keke with a...

A man moves to Hollywood with the dream of following his idol Arnold Schwarzenegger's footsteps, but things immediately take a turn for him as he is unable to act as well as he thinks he can. He ends up following in with a group...

They lied to you. And they're still lying.You will not believe what the high powers are hiding from us.For centuries, governments, space agencies, and elite institutions have carefully constructed the greatest deception in human history - the shape of our world. Labeled as "crazy,"...

RuinedBy Mack McCollCopyright 2024Synopsis 145 Pages The story takes place in Vancouver before the 2010 Winter Olympics and wraps up a year later on an Indian Reservation on North Vancouver Island. It follows a man rendering a first person account of a descent into...

A legendary gunfighter turned bounty hunter sets out to bring down a gang of outlaws. Complete rewrite. New characters and a new story.Author: Aaron AbileneISBN-13: 9798223521129Publisher: Syphon CreativeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2024Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d

Jane Macelvey, genetic and nanoengineer extraordinaire, settles into Humboldt County, California. Like so many people here, she's running from something. The region, once the pot growing capital of the world, producing the best sinsemilla on the planet, is now beleaguered thanks to the legalization...

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is the 1843 novel by Charles Dickens. It is Dickens best work according to his own account, though it was his least popular novel. Known as his last picaresque novel, it follows Martin Chuzzlewit, a man born...

"...Ray Carson Russell mixes the poignant with the preposterous and shines a sharp light on the absurdities of academia."--Douglas Light, author of Where Night Stops Dr. Vic Sawyer, the newly appointed director of Academic Affairs for the Philurius College Programs for the Military in...

If you love entertainment that makes you laugh out loud at the absurdity in issues that are actually pretty serious, then you'll be a big fan of this illustrated brain-on-fire story about an aging woman's life as she reflects on passing her years in...

Hilaire Belloc's "The Mercy of Allah" is a biting satire exploring the corrupting influence of greed within a richly imagined Islamic culture. Through parody and wit, Belloc crafts a timeless tale that skewers human foibles and questions conventional morality. This literary work offers a...

Author: Jay LevineISBN-13: 9798318842795Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2026Pages: 306Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Lily LuvertonISBN-13: 9798186432432Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2026Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

In the year 2178, humanity has been underground for a century and a half. The surface belongs to someone else now.Adam Éverman is about to become the first human to see sunlight in one hundred and fifty-two years. What he finds will rewrite history.Above...

In the frozen, working-class streets of Philadelphia, the underground club circuit is a dead-end road paved with shattered ribs and unfulfilled potential. Rocco Valente-a low-level enforcer for a local loan shark-is intimately familiar with both. Known in the rings as "The Philly Slugger," Rocco...

The fourth entry in Scott McKay's bitingly satirical Mike Holman series takes its hero somewhere the headlines haven't caught up to yet: Cuba, where a regime that can't keep the lights on for three hours a day is finally running out of road.Pierce Polk...

Every household is a contested territory.Merlin has ruled the domestic realm since the first cushion was claimed. In The Art of Claw, this great feline strategist finally sets down his doctrines: the governance of bowls, doors, sunlight and silence; the measured use of the...

In a universe full of odd pairings, exploration is at an all-time high. The ones who do, put their lives on the line just to have a bit of humanity. From the little guys to the top, everyone needs medical help.A couple encounter their...