#HumorousFiction

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In "The Streamlined Locomotive", Stephen Lloyd Auslender presents a captivating humorous story about reaching maturity, filled with wit and wisdom. Through a charming narrative, the book explores the quirks of growing up, personal growth, and finding one’s path in life.

With a perfect blend of humor and insight, this story will make you reflect on your own journey to maturity. Don’t miss out—grab your copy today at https://www.slauslenderarts.com/humorous-story-about-maturity!

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BOOK REVIEW: #KillsWellWithOthers by #DeannaRaybourn. “Women of a certain age” are assassins in this art heist humorous thriller.

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The Great Festival of Feet Fiasco

The annual "Grand Festival of Feet" in the bustling city of Konoha-ville was always a vibrant affair, but this year, a slight administrative oversight promised to make it legendary. Our hero, Hiro, a spiky-haired aspiring ninja whose main skill was tripping over his own feet, had somehow signed up for the "Artistic Foot-Painting" competition. His rival, the perpetually dramatic sorceress Luna, with her flowing violet robes and penchant for excessive glitter, was mistakenly listed for the "Extreme Foot-Volley" tournament.

The mix-up became comically clear during the opening ceremony. Hiro, armed with a palette of vibrant, non-toxic paints and a set of delicate brushes, stood bewildered as a giant net was hoisted before him. "Excuse me, sensei," he stammered to the stern-faced referee, "I believe there's been a terrible mistake. My art supplies are for, well, art!"

Meanwhile, Luna, already conjuring miniature lightning bolts around her palms, looked utterly perplexed by the tiny canvases and easel set up for her. "By the Moon's shimmering toenails!" she shrieked, accidentally zapping a nearby potted fern. "Where is my ball? I explicitly practiced my meteor-kick volley for weeks!"

The referee, a man named Bob who clearly wished he'd taken early retirement, simply consulted his clipboard. "Hiro, Artistic Foot-Painting. Luna, Extreme Foot-Volley. Next!"

And so, the chaos began.

Hiro, bless his clumsy heart, tried to paint with his feet. His first attempt resulted in a splattering of bright pink across his face and a surprisingly accurate depiction of a startled squirrel on the canvas. His second attempt involved a frantic dance to avoid stepping in the paint, inadvertently creating an abstract masterpiece titled "The Existential Dread of a Tripping Ninja." The crowd, initially confused, quickly erupted in laughter, finding his unintentional artistry far more entertaining than the actual foot-painting contenders.

Luna, on the other hand, was now facing a giant inflatable volleyball, her violet robes billowing dramatically. "This is preposterous!" she declared, attempting a gentle tap with her foot. The ball merely bounced weakly. "Where is the drama? The tension? The villains?" She then tried to channel a "Moonfire Kick," but without a proper ball, her foot simply connected with thin air, causing her to spin dramatically and accidentally trip over her own robe. She landed in a heap of glitter, prompting gasps and a few giggles from the audience.

"This is not a proper arena for my mystical foot-power!" she whined, dramatically pointing a finger at a nearby, genuinely confused, pigeon. "You! Bear witness to this injustice!"

The climax arrived when Hiro, in a desperate attempt to clean his paint-covered foot, accidentally kicked a rogue blob of cerulean blue paint directly onto Luna's already glitter-covered face.

Luna froze. Her lightning eyes narrowed. "You… you have defiled me with… blue!" she shrieked, her voice echoing across the festival grounds.

Hiro flinched. "It was an accident, Luna! I swear! My foot has a mind of its own!"

Just then, a rogue volley from another game soared high, missing its target, and landed squarely on the now-painted canvas of Hiro's "Existential Dread of a Tripping Ninja," smearing the squirrel's eye.

Luna, seeing the injustice, let out a dramatic gasp. "My rival's art has been attacked! This insult shall not stand!" Forgetting her own predicament, she suddenly unleashed a genuine "Meteor Kick," propelling the volleyball with such force it shattered the giant net and sent it spiraling into the sky, leaving a trail of shimmering violet energy.

Bob, the referee, merely sighed, adjusted his glasses, and updated his clipboard: "Hiro: Accidental Art, 1st Place (Audience Favorite). Luna: Net Destruction, 1st Place (Most Enthusiastic Participant)."

Later that evening, as the twin moons rose over Konoha-ville, Hiro was seen meticulously applying pink paint to one of Luna's pristine white combat boots, while she, surprisingly, offered foot-volleyball tips to Chairman Meow, who looked even more disdainful than usual. The Grand Festival of Feet had indeed been legendary, not for its planned events, but for the sheer, delightful chaos of its foot-based mix-ups.

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Goddess Game by Sheila Lee Brown

Book Tour with Guest Post and Author Q&A

What if you always knew the safest path—until suddenly, you didn’t?

Bethany Hart has spent her life using a secret superpower: the ability to see possible futures and choose the least risky path through any social situation. For decades, she’s avoided conflict, surprises, and heartbreak, crafting a quiet, predictable life.

A heartwarming contemporary fantasy about taking risks, facing fears, and opening your heart to life's infinite possibilities—even when you have no idea what comes next.

But when a chance encounter with a charming stranger at the grocery store causes her ability to glitch—offering her a glimpse of a perfect future before vanishing entirely—Bethany is left navigating life without her supernatural safety net

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I'm doing a 30-day engagement challenge with personal questions. The question of the day is: What's your favourite genre to read and why?

Sadly I engage in only three genres, I like to open up to new genres, though I just can't seem to focus. I have ADHD. and my brain is really picky. there are some fonts, topics and voices I just can seem to read.

One is literary contemporary fiction, but always on the more funny side and, above all, short stories. I love Miranda July, Otessa Moshfegh, Haruki Murakami, Lydia Davis, and Sayaka Murata, always with a hint of satire because just drama makes me uncomfortable. I really like apathetic characters; they make me feel safe.

The other genre is really specific: anything regency-era, smut or not. My favourite book of all time is "Pride and Prejudice," and I have read it once every three months since I was nine. I just love it. Reading Regency usually helps me to calm down my thoughts. It is easy and doesn't require much concentration.

I'm a slow reader. I can confidently say I have never read a book faster than it has been written, and I usually read multiple books at a time.

Last but not least, my favourite genre is old Latin American magic realism, like Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Isabel Allende, Borges, Cortázar, and Galeano. Since I'm Chilean, it's really comforting. There is something about the voice and the world that makes me feel really at home.

[sairalynch]

Follow Theopolis P. Bezelbottom as he aims to create a streamlined steam engine, in Stephen Lloyd Auslender's The Streamlined Locomotive! Theo is a wealthy individual who also has a favored position in his family. But when his uncle, Aloysius P. Bezelbottom, expects Theo to have a more active role, Theo's grand quest takes shape.

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The Karen Vaughan Mysteries

Choose all, or choose your favorites. All of them are served up with suspense, mystery and a little humor.

Karen is also a comedian who  writes her own jokes along with detectives, victims and murder. Mayhem abounds. 

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It's Never Too Late for Love!

Written by Marsha Casper Cook

FREEEEEEE November 10-12th be sure to get you Kindle copy.

It's Never Too Late for Love: Everyone Deserves a Fairy Tale Ending https://a.co/d/8vS9nKe

#ContemporaryRomance #contemporary #romance #humorousfiction #dogs #love #booktok #bookstagram #bookishcommunity #bookboost #authorcommunity

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Shanah Khubiar has caught “lightning in a bottle” with her coming-of-age story about a young Jewish boy on the cusp of manhood in the late 70s. There’s humor, heartache, and even danger between the pages, along with truly thought-provoking commentary. Check out my #review and the #bookgiveaway! #YANovel  #humorousfiction #humor #actionpacked #smalltowntexas #1970s #BookBlitz #TexasAuthor #TexasBook #lonestarliterarylife #lsbbt #comingofage #JewishFiction #YAFiction #historicalfiction #educatorsguide (via Book Review: Just A Hat)

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Shahrazad's Gift: Review and Giveaway

Magical. Absurd. Humorous. SHAHRAZAD’S GIFT (@CunePressSEA) by #TexasAuthor Gretchen McCullough on #LoneStarLit #blogtour with #bookreviews, special features + #win the book! #HumorousFiction #shortstories #contemporary #athousandandonenights #giveaway

SHAHRAZAD’S GIFT by Gretchen McCullough Contemporary Fiction / Linked Short Stories / Humor Publisher: Cune Press Date of Publication: February 20, 2024 Number of Pages: 198 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Shahrazad’s Gift is a collection of linked short stories set in contemporary Cairo—magical, absurd and humorous. The author focuses on the off-beat, little-known stories, far from CNN news:…

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"Dick and Jane Go to War" by Stephen Lloyd Auslender is a humorous wartime love story that blends romance with wit and adventure. Follow the quirky duo, Dick and Jane, as they navigate the chaos of war with humor and heart.

A refreshing take on love and resilience in challenging times, this book is sure to entertain and inspire. Don’t miss this unique and engaging read! Learn more and grab your copy at https://www.slauslenderarts.com/book/.

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #Tartufo by #KiraJaneBuxton. A laugh-out-loud funny look at a dying Italian village and its attempts to save itself.

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Aunty Millicent's Garden Gaffes

Aunty Millicent, a woman whose spirit was as vibrant as her most flamboyant floral scarf, had recently moved into Blossom Nook. Her new neighbors, the perfectly manicured Henderson-Smythes and the suspiciously competitive Mr. Grumbles, seemed to possess gardens plucked straight from a botanical magazine. Aunty, a firm believer in "good intentions and liberal applications of glitter," decided her patch of earth needed a serious upgrade. And by serious, she meant impressive.

Her first foray into horticultural one-upmanship began with the "Great Gnomes of Glee" project. Aunty had acquired no fewer than twenty-three garden gnomes, each painted in a dazzling array of neon colors. She envisioned them nestled amongst a riot of award-winning petunias. The challenge? Her petunias, alas, were less "award-winning" and more "determinedly wilting."

"These little darlings just need encouragement!" she declared to her fluffy Persian cat, Chairman Meow, who merely blinked in feline disdain from his sunbeam.

Her first quirky interaction came when she tried to "encourage" her petunias with a megaphone. Mr. Grumbles, startled by the sudden booming instruction to "BLOOM, YOU BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS, BLOOM!", nearly dropped his prize-winning topiary. "Is everything quite alright, Millicent?" he called out, a suspicious twitch in his mustache.

"Just motivational gardening, dear!" Aunty chirped back, not missing a beat.

Next, there was the incident of the exotic seeds. Aunty had bought a packet labeled "Mystical Moon Blooms" from a suspiciously enthusiastic online vendor. She envisioned giant, glowing flowers that would outshine the Henderson-Smythes' meticulously clipped rose bushes. What actually sprouted were… well, they looked suspiciously like particularly aggressive, fast-growing thistles with an alarming penchant for tangling themselves around anything stationary. Including, much to her chagrin, the ankles of the mailman.

"Just a new variety of ornamental climber, Gerald!" she shouted as he untangled himself with admirable, albeit pained, professionalism.

Her biggest challenge arrived in the form of a rogue squirrel with an inexplicable vendetta against her neon gnomes. "He's clearly jealous of their fabulousness!" Aunty theorized, attempting to deter the bushy-tailed menace with a tiny, brightly colored wind chime. The squirrel, unfazed, merely used the chime as a perch from which to launch a surprise attack on Grumpy Gus, her most patriotic gnome.

The grand finale came during Blossom Nook's annual "Garden Grandeur" competition. Aunty, undeterred by the thistles now forming a formidable, glowing wall around her property, and the gnomes looking suspiciously disheveled, decided to make a dramatic entrance. She'd spent hours arranging fairy lights in her "Mystical Moon Blooms," hoping their promised luminescence would manifest just in time.

As twilight fell, and the judges approached her garden, Aunty flicked the switch. Instead of a soft glow, there was a sudden, blinding flash, followed by a puff of smoke, and the faint smell of burnt sugar. The thistles, it turned out, were not conductors of light, but rather quite excellent at short-circuiting cheap fairy lights. The Henderson-Smythes gasped, Mr. Grumbles snickered openly, and Chairman Meow, for once, looked genuinely impressed by the sheer chaos.

Aunty, covered in a fine dusting of soot but still beaming, simply clapped her hands. "Well, that was certainly unexpected! But think of the drama, darlings! Who needs tidy petunias when you have a light show?" Her neighbors, initially horrified, couldn't help but chuckle. Her garden might have been a disaster, but Aunty Millicent, with her boundless enthusiasm and hilarious mishaps, was undeniably the most vibrant bloom in Blossom Nook.

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Dead Men Don't Swing

DEAD MEN DON'T SWING: LAURA & GERRY SERIES (LAURA & GERRY MYSTERIES Book 4) https://a.co/d/5OzqiRS

Laura and Gerry have moved from Scarborough to North York. Death has followed them to the highrise they manage and Laura has to deal with a tenant with attitude as well as a dead one in the dumpster. Cookie the corpse magnet strikes again in this hilarious yet slightly bawdy mystery.

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Book Tour and Giveaway

Read a fun excerpt from one of the stories in the terrific collection by Gretchen McCullough. A glimpse into life of an expat in Cairo. Enter the #Giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the book.

SHAHRAZAD’S GIFT byGretchen McCullough Contemporary Fiction / Linked Short Stories / Humor Publisher: Cune PressDate of Publication: February 20, 2024Number of Pages: 198 pages  Scroll down for Giveaway! Shahrazad’s Gift is a collection of linked short stories set in contemporary Cairo—magical, absurd, and humorous. The author focuses on the off-beat, little-known stories, far from CNN news: a…

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“First step in gold digging – find a man worth pursuing, one with a ton of gold. You must go forth and hunt for such a person, for I hate to break it to you, honey – he will not be hunting for you. He can be married or single, it doesn’t matter; all that matters, is that he has the gold.” Scarlett ………………………………….. No more Ms Nice Bitch! Time to get what you don’t deserve. And more. Much more. #TongueInCheek #SelfHelp Manual #KindleUnlimited #HumorousFiction #EveRabi Download this manual by clicking on link below: smarturl.it/0v4cgk https://www.instagram.com/p/B3py6qnA9KC/?igshid=1xwkolsz501mh