Showing results by publisher "Author's Republic" in Comedy & Humour

A rollicking comedy...an irreverent look at how hope works. This story also messes with our tendency to stereotype people. Among the characters: a Mexican, a Scandinavian, an African, a Korean, and a Samoan, to name a few. A funny story - edgy in places.

Dream Cafe tells the story of a baker and seller of delicious cakes who makes the most gorgeous delicacies at her railway cafe, She is not only interested in these marvelous creations but she is fascinated by dreams and nightmares - both hers and other people's, particularly during the Covid 19 Pandemic. She wonders if there is a communal subconscious elicited during night dreams, manifesting various or similar aspects of this global health crisis, Madeline sets out to find out more, only to be confronted with more than she expected.

Do you know the true back story of Bigfoot or how Kim in North Korea united the Jews and Arabs? I didn’t think so. Here’s 90 boneheaded rhymes designed to pull your leg and for me to leave a legacy of tomfoolery. 

Do you know the true back story of Bigfoot or how Kim in North Korea united the Jews and Arabs? I didn’t think so. Here are 90 boneheaded rhymes designed to pull your leg and for me to leave a legacy of tomfoolery. 

Little Ripples Everywhere tells the story of a 70-year-old widow and her love for books and words - so much that she makes many train trips around a metropolitan network, leaving many of her loved novels to continue their train journeys without her. It is her hope that will give the new listeners of her books entertainment, encouragement, and insight. The books she leaves behind meet a variety of fates in this humorous tale, but they also carry messages of concern for the environment and the encroaching climate change.

Sam thinks his problems are over when finds his fishing bucket filled with gold coins. There’s a problem though. The gold burns the fingers of anyone who touches it. His unlikely find coincides with the appearance of a mythical sea creature on the headland overlooking the town and the resumption of quarrying up in the mountains that is poisoning the streams and contaminating the town’s water supply.

Max is determined to change his life around from loser to winner. Fat-boy Max has never been out of Australia. In fact, in his 20-something years, Max has never even been out of his home state, but he is determined to change this. He wants to be visible, not just an invisible “fat guy”, and he has found the perfect way to achieve his goals: lose weight and get that trip overseas that he can’t quite afford.

Verna Gillis, 77, in live performance of her award-winning one older woman's Tales from Geriassic Park: On the Verge of Extinction. With humor throughout, she talks about childhood, the family, relationships, addiction, peeing, scones, and aging, which is her niche.

"Like shyte through the Bull's anus, so are the days of our lives." Beware! Dangerous horrorscope! Listen at your own peril!

Like shyte through the Bull's anus, so are the days of our lives.

While working on his wrestling documentary The Young and the Wrestlers, David Farrell had an idea for a story about a professional wrestler named Hunter. Instead of writing it himself (like all writers do), he decided to pay anonymous ghostwriters on the internet to cobble together the tale.

What if it was possible for you to see into your future? What if it was not as simple as seeing? What if you had to choose between a series of possible futures? Would you? Would you want to? How would you deal with all the possible consequences? Madame Olga could help you. That is if you can find her.

This satirical view of college professors features a philosophy professor who believes logic will solve all problems from bringing justice to everyone to personal relationships. His problems include convincing his colleagues to unionize and dealing with a history professor who believes he is the 21st-century version of Henry VIII and an English Lit professor who believes she can become Ann Boleyn.

Everyone believes he’s the chosen one. They’ve made a horrible mistake. When a madman claiming to be a wizard mistakenly identifies the cynical farmhand Nathelion as a hero foretold in prophecy, he eagerly plays along for a free and adventurous journey. But he would have stayed home if he’d known the flattering title came with such deadly baggage. Joined by a ragtag band of followers with more lofty ideals than common sense, Nathelion marches toward a noble destiny he borrowed for personal gain.

"Like shyte through the Bull's anus, so are the days of our lives". Warning! Dangerous horrorscope! Listen at your own peril!

Anne is a professor of cognitive science, teaching at a venerable British university in the 1980s. In the spring, her course on the philosophy and history of psychology finds strange and often hilarious echoes in her own life. She is obsessed with solving two mysteries. One is profound and has exercised many philosophers since Descartes: How can she tell when she is dreaming? The second is scandalous: Who could have left the lurid descriptions of an extramarital affair on her laptop?

As children we can’t help but dream of all of the amazing things that we will accomplish. Then life happens. We get a job, we get a house, and we get into debt. We settle. We trade away our youth for security in old age. We spend countless hours performing mundane tasks that leave us depleted and empty. Our souls crave meaning, but we are too afraid to make any change.

Ahh, the Old Kingdom. Come and pet our angry, fire-breathing dragons. Take a dip with mighty sea serpents in our lovely warm seas. Play catch-the-arrow with merry elven warriors. Drink beer* with the dwarves. For an unforgettable experience, the Old Kingdom is the ideal destination for your next holiday. Survival is optional, and highly unlikely. *Similarity to actual beer not guaranteed.

Seven separate stories, each one a mash-up of literary, theatrical, television or motion picture classics, sometimes spanning the genres to humorous effect. Parodied here are the works of Cervantes and Steinbeck, Hemingway, Fleming, Haley, and several others, and tackling the spy thriller, the Western, and the cop show.

Upon Christmastime, a Greyhound bus unexpectedly breaks down on a quaint country road. A raging storm ensues, stranding driver and passengers, who slowly begin to realize that as soon as their smartphones run out of power, they won't have anything to do for hours. Anything at all. May the answer to their prayers lie in a potent smokable of the herbal variety? Will they find all the necessary tools to produce it?