Books tagged: dark humor

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Familiar Scars    by Christy Leigh Stewart
Price: $1.00 USD. 29410 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

Orphaned, throat slit and left for dead as a child, Orabella struggles to survive with her fellow victim, Rosalyn. She'll grasp at any bit of luck, until it becomes too good to be true. Mr. Satine is willing to offer his home, heart, and riches over to the beautiful Rosalyn the moment he lays eyes on her. His intentions seem obvious, but become less so when he shows no romantic interest in her
The Purples    by W. K. Berger
Price: $4.95 USD. 114730 words. Published on June 7, 2010. .

Elvis Presley sang about them; Al Capone was afraid of them. The legendary Purple Gang rose from a Jewish ghetto in Detroit to rule the river during the Motor City’s booming 1920s heyday. Their dramatic story is revealed in THE PURPLES, a novel blending rich historical detail with nonstop suspense, narrated by the gang’s leader—the cool, savvy, unforgettable Joe Bernstein. ThePurplesBook.com
The Attic Notebooks    by Tom Darling
Price: Free! 33370 words. Published on June 26, 2010. .

Agnes Jackson goes from one numbed-down class to the next. Following freshman year, she naively feeds her school’s anti-intellectual mood by hosting book burning party. Originally a fund raiser, by junior year it is a dark spectacle that ends in tragedy and with Agnes coming to an act of civil disobedience that destroys the heart of her school and puts her on the run.
It is a Pleasure to Burn    by Tom Darling
Price: Free! 5120 words. Published on June 26, 2010. .

Agnes Jackson goes from one numbed-down class to the next. She naively feeds her school’s anti-intellectual mood by hosting book burning party, which, by junior year is a dark spectacle. Agnes comes to an act of civil disobedience that destroys the heart of her school and puts her on the run. Based on the novel "The Attic Notebooks".
The Cutting Edge    by Darcia Helle
Price: $2.99 USD. 82370 words. Published on July 8, 2010. .

My name is Skye Summers. I’m a hairstylist and I can’t stop fantasizing about killing my clients. My occasional fantasies have turned into chronic daydreams. They’re bloody and vivid, like watching a slice-and-dice movie on IMAX. I should be troubled by this growing desire to use my surgically sharpened shears for more than a haircut. Instead, I wonder how I can get away with it.
This Will Not Look Good on My Resume    by Jass Richards
Price: $2.99 USD. 69970 words. Published by Magenta  on September 2, 2010. .

“Ya made me snort root beer out my nose!” Moriah Jovan, The Proviso. “Sharp and pointy.” Peg Tittle, What If... Everyone gets fired at least once in their life. And if not, well, they’re just not trying very hard. And we all think of brilliant and immature 'shoulda saids' and 'shoulda dones' for weeks after. (Okay, years.) A quirky bit of fun that slaps you upside the head.
Dark Hour Of The Night    by Daniel Nnerdy
Price: $2.99 USD. 10 words. Published on September 8, 2010. .

Dark Hour Of The Night: Is a book that contains interesting poems, a tribute to Teddy Edward Kennedy,The Imagine and Unimaginable,The conditional Love,Women are hard to find when Looking For One To Marry,Good Pastors Are Hard To Find. No Matter The services That The Pestle Mortar renders Both Of Them Can Never Be Put In The Parlor,The Beauty Of The Gold Does Not Allow Us To Put It The Kitchen.
Last Laughter    by Carolyn Kephart
Price: Free! 3520 words. Published on September 22, 2010. .

A cautionary tale about a wicked court jester and his comeuppance, first published in Silver Blade Quarterly. Carolyn Kephart is the author of the acclaimed epic fantasy 'The Ryel Saga,' the contemporary magic realism novel 'Queen of Time,' and 'PenTangle: Five Pointed Fables,' available at Smashwords and other online bookstores.
Organic    by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 12910 words. Published by White Sun Press  on October 1, 2010. .

What if in the future your car were made of as many animal parts as machine? What if it became self-aware and less and less enamored of toting you and your family around, getting its seats covered in ice cream and being left in parking lots for hours on end? What if it and some of its friends decided to do something about it? In Organic, meet your car. And be nervous. Very, very nervous.
Jobless Recovery    by L.C. Evans
Price: $1.49 USD. 88570 words. Published on October 3, 2010. .

Fraudulent money making schemes, a crooked senator, and jobs lost to insourcing. Can an unemployed computer jockey manage to keep himself and his friend Joe out of jail? Or will the oddly shaped bundle in the back of Joe's truck spell trouble for both of them?