Series in Dark Comedy
Books in Dark Comedy
1982: A Year in the Life of Wendy Wood
Oxford, 1982: When struggling singer Wendy Wood is given a second shot at fame, she’s determined not to let it slip through her fingers. In 1982, Wendy Wood was all set for success. Lead singer of up-and-coming band Velvet Temptation, she was poised on the brink of stardom. But conflict within the band, betrayals, and sheer bad luck saw her dreams turn to dust. Forty years on, her health failing, Wendy finds solace in karaoke nights, each song a haunting reminder of what might have been. Then, she’s offered the chance to return to the past. Steadfast in her pursuit of the fame that once eluded her, can she make the most of this opportunity to rewrite her destiny? Join Wendy as she immerses herself in the vibrant music scene of 1982, navigating the complexities of love, ambition, and second chances in this humorous time travel story. 1982 is part of the anthology series, A Year in the Life . Each book revisits a different aspect of life in the 1980s, and each story can be enjoyed standalone.
A Goddamned Christmas Miracle
A traditional Christmas in the Canadian North goes awry in this sweet and funny rime caper.
An Apocalypse of Our Own
NOTE: This book is included in the collection FIVE NOVELLAS by Jeff Strand. Can the friend zone survive the end of the world? Missy and Kevin are friends. Just friends. They’d never actually date each other, because they’ve been friends since childhood and that would be weird. Now it’s the apocalypse. People are leaking blood from their eyeballs and turning into homicidal oozing mutants. Fortunately, Kevin has access to an underground shelter, and he and Missy make it there in time to avoid a horrible gruesome death. But they’re trapped down there. Things are going to get weird. A gooey 24,000-word novella from the four-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of such demented horror/comedies as BLISTER, WOLF HUNT, DEAD CLOWN BARBECUE, and BENJAMIN'S PARASITE.
Bad to The Bone
Mike Faricy is the winner of; The 2019 Crime Masters of America Poison Cup Award. The 2020 Crime Master's of America Best Selling Series Award. Nominated for the 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 Silver Falchion Award. Bad to the Bone P.I. Dev Haskell receives an unexpected phone call from former friend with benefits, Heidi Bauer. Seems she has a question about an investment possibility and would Dev mind checking it out. At the same time an old friend, Augie Douglas, pays a visit. A cousin of Augie’s wife, a nice, bright, kid has been arrested for the murder of a former girlfriend. Augie believes the kid is innocent … At no surprise things get crazy. The two guys looking for new investors… mmm, the more Dev learns the more things just don’t add up. Or do they? The murder of the former girlfriend… it just might be a setup, but why? Oh, and Morton, Dev’s Golden Retriever… He’s got a new friend, Princess, and he’s looking after her, big time... Faricy is America’s hottest new mystery writer and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional private investigators out there today. The Dirty Lowdown If you like Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Elmore Leonard, Janet DeLeon, Laurence Shames, and Janet Evanovich- make room for one more!
Bad to The Bone
Mike Faricy is the winner of; The 2019 Crime Masters of America Poison Cup Award. The 2020 Crime Master's of America Best Selling Series Award. Nominated for the 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 Silver Falchion Award. Bad to the Bone P.I. Dev Haskell receives an unexpected phone call from former friend with benefits, Heidi Bauer. Seems she has a question about an investment possibility and would Dev mind checking it out. At the same time an old friend, Augie Douglas, pays a visit. A cousin of Augie’s wife, a nice, bright, kid has been arrested for the murder of a former girlfriend. Augie believes the kid is innocent … At no surprise things get crazy. The two guys looking for new investors… mmm, the more Dev learns the more things just don’t add up. Or do they? The murder of the former girlfriend… it just might be a setup, but why? Oh, and Morton, Dev’s Golden Retriever… He’s got a new friend, Princess, and he’s looking after her, big time... Faricy is America’s hottest new mystery writer and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional private investigators out there today. The Dirty Lowdown If you like Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Elmore Leonard, Janet DeLeon, Laurence Shames, and Janet Evanovich- make room for one more!
Bang Up
"You want to pay me to sleep with your wife?" Kirk is extremely surprised by Ralph's proposition. He's even more surprised by the next part: Kirk is supposed to perform BADLY, to make Ralph look good by comparison. And Julie isn't supposed to know that any of this was planned. It's the kind of offer any smart, sane person would turn down. But this is not a book about smart, sane people. This is "bad decisions spiral out of control" all the way. From the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such books as PRESSURE, DWELLER, and AUTUMN BLEEDS INTO WINTER comes something lighter, goofier, and way, way smuttier.
Bankers Hours
Bankers Hours Anthony DiMento, more commonly known as Beau, has a problem. A $250,000 problem! Seems in an effort to keep the DiMento bar open he borrowed money from the owner of Cheater's strip club, Declan Osborne. Now the payment is due and Beau doesn't have the money. But Beau does have a plan . . . kind of, maybe, sort of. A plan that at least seemed logical at the time. Just rob a bank. * But that was before Beau fell for gorgeous bank teller, Cindy. * Before the Ditschler brothers, Mendel, Lucerne and Elvis, decided to rob the same bank. * Before Milton, Declan Osborne's thug, took an intense dislike to Beau. * Before Otto O'Malley, self proclaimed protector of bank teller Cindy, inserted himself. Bankers Hours - Better grab your copy now.
Big Dicker
Welcome to Mighty Minions Resort. Jimmy’s personal hell. All Jimmy wants is a booster shot of DNA scrambler so he never has to find his one-true soul mate. But life rarely goes the way you plan it. After dropping Xyla off on Blue Sand Beach for a little vacay with her sexbot girlfriends the Big Dicker has to make an emergency landing on the demon-themed Mighty Minions Resort. Picture hordes of exasperated parents, sticky, crying kids, and a park AI that seems determined to suck every credit out of his Harem Station bank account. The only good thing about Mighty Minions from Jimmy’s perspective—it’s not the place you meet your soul mate. Until outlaw Cygnian princess, Delphi, shows up and shatters all his best-laid plans. But Delphi isn’t there to fall in love with Jimmy. She’s there to kidnap him and take him back to her boss, the Loathsome One. Big Dicker is a full-length, romp-y, Sci-Fi Alien Romance that features hot, soul-mate sex on a family-friendly resort, a sentient ship with a strip poker problem, three drunk-outlaw sexbots on vacay, a crazy, but misunderstood, dragonbee bot, and an evil villainess who has big plans for Jimmy’s sperm.
Booty Hunter
Welcome to Harem Station where every perversion is for sale and pleasure is the only objective. Bounty hunter, Serpint, has just returned to Harem Station with a prize addition to his brother’s elite collection of Cygnian princesses. But Serpint sacrificed a lot to bring this little gift home and now all he wants is some no-strings sex with a simple, obedient girl and a bottle of whiskey. Enter Princess Lyra. She’s any filthy-minded rebel’s one-night-stand erotic dream. If you don’t mind her bad attitude and lack of… luster. Not quite the obedient girl Serpint was craving. But Cygnian princesses are hard to pass up. Even one with dark secrets. Because they have a very special, very specific, sexual talent. They glow when they climax. Lyra thinks she’s one of the strong ones. If anyone can resist an overzealous alpha like Serpint, it’s her. But his touch makes her light up like the sun. And she has never been with an Akeelian before… They have two—yes two—super big, super thick, super long… ***** How long can she resist that?
Bunny McGarry Shorts
Gathered together for the first time and featuring two brand new stories, this collection contains all of the short stories and novellas featuring Bunny McGarry, star of the million-selling Dublin Trilogy. Spanning his entire career in law enforcement and beyond, these stories give a whole new perspective on Ireland’s most truly unconventional police officer as he juggles being a force for justice and managing the world’s worst under-12s hurling team. The new stories, The Many Deaths of Timmy Branch and Meanwhile in Dublin chart the journey from his first New Year’s Eve on the job doing the crappiest gig imaginable, to the present day, where someone is trying to dig up some rather sensitive information about him. Dive in to find out why The Irish Post said these are ‘brilliant comedic thrillers', The Strand Magazine considers them to be ‘ A modern great of crime comedy’ and why the Wall Street Journal described them as ‘ poignant, suspenseful and gut-bustingly funny ’. Bunny McGarry Shorts contains : The Many Deaths of Timmy Branch (Short Story): It’s New Year’s Eve and Probationer Garda Bunny McGarry has been tasked with guarding evidence as retribution for doing his job properly. When a call is received, it’s down to Bunny to leap into (and onto) action. Meanwhile in Dublin (Novella) : Brigit is having quite the day. She’s organised to take her dad’s bride-to-be wedding dress shopping and has assembled a motley crew to join her. Paul isn’t faring much better as he agreed to play golf with Brigit’s dad and highly irritating brothers despite having never picked up a golf club in his life. When news of a strange deed reaches them, their day takes a turn from bad to worse. Dog Day Afternoon (Short Story) How to Send a Message (Short Story) Escape from Victory ( Novella ) Bloody Christmas (Novella) Good Deeds and Bad Intentions (Novella) Please note: Most of the short stories included in this collection were previously available in How to Send A Message and in the Dublin Trilogy and McGarry Stateside Deluxe
Chow Down
Chow Down is the fourth book in the Hotshot series. Life gets complicated! * Former cop, Dickie Mullins, owns the Emporium of Dance. A sleazy pick-up bar with lousy food and about to go broke. * Rae Nell, Dickie's ex-wife, is having an affair with NFL washout, Terry Taggert. * Terry is starting a steak business. Delicious, unique steaks. * Rae Nell thinks it would be a good idea if Dickie improved his menu. * Meanwhile, Terry's principal investor, 'Dr.' Craig Cullen wants out, NOW! * Terry has just the plan for the 'Dr.' Cullen. Things quickly go downhill from there... "Faricy is delightfully crazy! I don't know how he comes up with this stuff, but it's a great read." Crime Scene "He's done it again. I was up late and read it in one night." Dead Zone "Oh. My. God. A hilarious tale. I'm loving this series." Eve
Cluck You!
THIS THANKSGIVING, MURDER IS THE MAIN COURSE J and her quarantine buddies decide to take a holiday road trip away from the pox-ridden city streets of their home. Their destination: Beaver City, a quaint hick town nestled deep in the Mid-South. Too bad their Thanksgiving road-trip is about to take a detour to Terrorville. Now they find themselves trapped in a cursed meat-packing plant, where a maniacal turkey is picking them off one by one - intent on showing them that this is one entrée that bites back. Grab your gravy boat and prepare to stuff your face with fright in this thrilling installment of Shingles. This year, there won’t be any leftovers…