Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy

For Love or Money    by Paige Williams
Price: Free! 1760 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Gail wished she knew whether her husband still loved her. He had asked for a divorce but changed his mind when she came into money. It seemed he was happy, but can one ever be sure? In this short story of 1,800 words Gail learns a hard lesson: beware what you wish for. A quirky tale of questions, conniving and loss.
How Desmond Cartes is Deprogramming Himself through Pain    by B F Moloney
Price: $0.99 USD. 1630 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy.

We have here an amusing tale which tells of how truth entered Desmond Carte’s mind. The tale narrates his growing doubts when he finds there are other truths different to his own. Ultimately discontent he needs pain, self inflicted at first, and then from his girlfriend, to debelief himself hoping to restart his life afresh.
GPS With Benefits    by Vanessa Morgan
Price: $0.99 USD. 2460 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Screenplays » Comedy.

Humorous short film script about a GPS device with a mind of 'her' own. GPS With Benefits is currently in production to become a short film.
Today I think I’m not going to work    by Quelli di ZEd
Price: Free! 2880 words. Language: English. Published on May 7, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy.

Waking up early, getting on the old bus to go to work. Every day the same people, with the same behaviours. Bordering on come dy, absurd, unsustainable. A journey spent criticizing others, until the final surprise.
Career Moves for Burnt out Personifications    by Brian Bakos
Price: Free! 12350 words. Language: English. Published on May 1, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire.

Santa, the Grim Reaper, and other personifications scramble to find new careers and identities. Political and social satire. “A smorgasbord of paranoid ramblings.”
An Actor's Life - A Short Story    by Duncan Whitehead
Price: Free! 7500 words. Language: English. Published on April 30, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
A short dark comedy of 7,500 words. It is Oscar night and Hollywood holds its breath to see if Sir Michael Brookes not only wins the best actor but also the best supporting actor award, which would take his tally of Academy Award wins to an unprecedented six........
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved    by Tom Dillon
Price: $0.99 USD. 6530 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy.

When strange things begin to happen at the Future Shoppe where Sam works, he finds himself on a mission to home office to figure out what went wrong. When he and his friends arrive, they will find something stranger than any of them could have imagined.
The Unforgettable Names Of the Forgotten Gods    by Jonathan Antony Strickland
Price: Free! 1720 words. Language: English. Published on April 23, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

0.25 star(3.33 from 6 reviews)
Short comic story... In times of old, when the worlds had just formed, and mankind was still fresh and young, the One God fought for his right to rule over all. But as Gods go, he was not as clever or unique as he first thought and later found he was just one of many from a plethora of other divine deities striving to make a mark and be worshipped by humanity. THIS IS THE STORY TO END ALL STORIES
The Tale of Schismus, the self disarmer    by B F Moloney
Price: $0.99 USD. 1300 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy.

A twisted little parfable about a man Schismus who, after having left his community, is found alive by his male friends, but without his arms. And the arms in turn have morphed into his likeness. They work in the fields just as hard as he, but in different ways.
Holy Mackerel, Theater of the Absurder    by David Press
Price: $2.99 USD. 10990 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2013. Plays » American / African American.

Two 30-minute absurd comedies for radio or stage. In The Last Remake of King Kong, Kong has evolved into something very close to a human, and, holy mackerel!, along with Ann Darrow, he acts out his angst-ridden, heroic quest to get back to Skull Island. In Channel Zer-0, Benny Bupkis kvetches and tinkers with 1950s TVs in hopes of finding a frequency of an alternate reality. Oy vey is mir!