David Prosser funny stories futuristic stories long stories Monday, August 11, 2025 A Mom I Can Get Behind by David Prosser <i>Demon-summoning black metal singer Charlie decides to trade in his mother for a new model.</i><br><br>"It's always clean up after yourself, mow the lawn, put it back in my purse, get a real job, stop trying to summon entities..." <br><br>"Is that it?" the guy behind the desk, Mr. Parker, asks, after I trail off, reliving the trauma. There's so much trauma. He flips around his laptop scree… Read more Labels: David Prosser funny stories futuristic stories long stories 6 comments:
funny stories medium length stories Peter Aronson Monday, July 7, 2025 Shrunk Yet? by Peter Aronson <i>Patrick, paranoid about the robustness of his marriage since most of his friends have divorced, starts wondering what his wife talks to her psychiatrist about.</i><br><br>Personally, I thought my wife and I had our shit together. <br><br>Helen and I had been married for 19 years, were in good health and by choice never had kids, so we could travel freely and do whatever we wanted to do whenever we wanted to do it. <br><br>… Read more Labels: funny stories medium length stories Peter Aronson 21 comments:
funny stories John Wegner medium length stories Monday, June 16, 2025 Heaving Bosoms by John Wegner <i>An English student drowning in campus identity politics has an existential reckoning when she starts working for a best selling author whose novels are full of heaving bosoms.</i><br><br><i>The gulf coast breeze blew gently through the rusted mesh on the screened porch. Del could hear the June Bugs and mosquitoes plinking against the wire as the wind cooled the evening's sweat off his chest and arms. He too… Read more Labels: funny stories John Wegner medium length stories 24 comments:
funny stories Jan Allen medium length stories pick of the month Monday, June 2, 2025 Ms. Congeniality by Jan Allen <i>A sassy and sexually charged senior citizen takes a singles trip to New York City, with the hope of catching Husband #6.</i><br><br>The glossy paper pinned to the bulletin board at our public library advertised: "Weeklong Bus Tour to New York City for Single Senior Citizens." This sounded like the perfect way to find a new boyfriend, maybe even another husband. Husband #5 died in 2021 and I haven&#… Read more Labels: funny stories Jan Allen medium length stories pick of the month 16 comments:
Adam Strassberg funny stories futuristic stories medium length stories Friday, May 9, 2025 PrayGPT by Adam Strassberg <i>When attendance at his fire-and-brimstone sermons drops to zero, a flawed preacher turns to ChatGPT to help him amplify his prayers.</i><br><br>Fake news pretended that the COVID pandemic had caused the death of the Church, but Pastor Carl knew the truth - much more dire - that the death of the Church had caused the COVID pandemic. God was vengeful and mercurial. He required prayers of supplication to stay H… Read more Labels: Adam Strassberg funny stories futuristic stories medium length stories 9 comments:
Dale Alexander funny stories medium length stories Friday, April 25, 2025 How an Alligator Blackmailed Me by Dale Alexander <i> A man on holiday in southern Georgia has an unexpected conversation with an alligator.</i><br><br>Outside, on the patio behind our vacation rental, it was hot at 5am. Everything there was hot. No one took the heat in southern Georgia lightly, in August, but the views were worth it. I had driven 20 hours from Minneapolis to experience the epic slowdown of the Georgia coastline, and I intended to soak it up, … Read more Labels: Dale Alexander funny stories medium length stories 12 comments:
Brooksie C Fontaine fantastic stories funny stories medium length stories pick of the month Friday, April 11, 2025 Heart of Stone by Brooksie C. Fontaine <i>Terry is starting to fall in love with a woman he met online, but can't bear to tell her the truth about himself.</i><br><br>We met playing video games. I was Taurus77. She was HeartOfStone89. <br><br>Both of us had been bantering back and forth while fighting digital cyclops with digital swords. Now, we've been messaging for a couple weeks. <br><br>Taurus77: You can call me by my real name, if you want. It's A… Read more Labels: Brooksie C Fontaine fantastic stories funny stories medium length stories pick of the month 29 comments:
funny stories Gilbert Allen medium length stories Friday, February 14, 2025 Wives Only by Gilbert Allen <i>Teresa, wife of a head-turningly attractive Methodist minister, navigates her new role in a wealthy South Carolina congregation, and is asked to give the women marriage advice.</i><br><br>I will make myself the perfect minister's wife for my <i>querido</i>! It is Valentine's Day, and we are at home in the parsonage of the Methodist church, in what they call Belladonna Commons. To save money, it is outside t… Read more Labels: funny stories Gilbert Allen medium length stories 9 comments:
Bill Tope funny stories medium length stories Friday, January 17, 2025 Scold by Bill Tope <i>Alicia, fed up of rejections from literary magazines, starts up her own enterprise, publishing bad stories and obloquy; first published at EgoPHobia.</i><br><br>Alicia Menendez frowned unhappily down at the rejection slip clutched in her fingers. Just home from work, she had printed it out from an email she received only minutes ago. Alicia had subbed this mag only four days ago and they lost no time in turn… Read more Labels: Bill Tope funny stories medium length stories 45 comments:
funny stories Harrison Kim pick of the month short stories Monday, November 18, 2024 The Übermensch of Wreck Beach by Harrison Kim <i>Naked aged beach hippie Leon shows his baseball bat to the modern world.</i><br><br>I'm the Übermensch of Wreck Beach, the naked iconoclast with my djembe drum and a sign requesting a new partner tied round my waist. I stand waiting for a suitable mate, at the bottom of the two hundred beach stairs to this, the most famous nude beach in North America. <br><br>The scent of salt rises from the sea beyond, for a fe… Read more Labels: funny stories Harrison Kim pick of the month short stories 19 comments:
funny stories novellas Willy Friday, November 15, 2024 I, Stupidhead by Willy <i>A wheelchair-bound deadbeat is challenged by his girlfriend to be more proactive, starting with a political protest.</i><br><br>Today is sulphuric fart of a day. A ripper. A stinking, soggy mess. The Berkeley sky is almond yellow. The wind that usually blows from the Richmond Slot and cleans the city of its daily smog has now changed direction, and a slow, metallic breeze from South Bay is coming at us. This… Read more Labels: funny stories novellas Willy 19 comments:
funny stories James Rumpel short stories Monday, November 4, 2024 Election Day by James Rumpel <i>With the USA elections in the news, how might voting change in the future? </i><br><br>Chaz Martin was blasted out of his slumber by a loud klaxon. The explosion of noise was a huge contrast compared to the canary tweets that his phone normally played to wake him up. <br><br>"Aah-ooo-gah. VOTE! Aah-ooo-gah. Vote! Aah-ooo-gah. VOTE!" <br><br>He jerked to attention, sending his pillows flying. After stabbing at the… Read more Labels: funny stories James Rumpel short stories 5 comments:
Bud Pharo funny stories medium length stories Friday, November 1, 2024 Come Hell or High Cholesterol: A Vegan Boot Camp Tale by Bud Pharo <i>A fast-food addicted billionaire agrees to go to vegan boot camp to try to appease his mistress, but it's not what he expects.</i><br><br>As a modern-day robber baron and corporate raider, I prided myself on not caring what other people thought, but my girlfriend, Wendy, was different. Therefore, I agreed to attend a local dietary self-help program in order to get back into her good graces as well as her… Read more Labels: Bud Pharo funny stories medium length stories 9 comments:
Cliff Aliperti funny stories medium length stories pick of the month Friday, October 11, 2024 Nora Naughton by Cliff Aliperti <i>Theo Naughton's daughter Nora has died and left him all alone - Fred is worried for him, but has underestimated his resourcefulness.</i><br>The ship on which Theseus sailed... was preserved by the Athenians down to the time of Demetrius Phalereus. They took away the old timbers from time to time, and put new and sound ones in their places, so that the vessel became a standing illustration for the phi… Read more Labels: Cliff Aliperti funny stories medium length stories pick of the month 14 comments:
Adam Kowal funny stories long stories Friday, August 30, 2024 Semantics by Adam Kowal <i>Two of Jesus's apostles sneak into his tomb to witness the prophesied resurrection in this blasphemously irreverent comedy.</i><br><br>Thieves and murderers hid bodies, not holy men. Yet, three days prior, a conspiracy was enacted by a loose brotherhood of religious men to hide the body of a man destined to change the world. <br><br>For weeks, festival season had brought people from across the land to Jerusalem,… Read more Labels: Adam Kowal funny stories long stories 8 comments:
Derrick R Lafayette funny stories futuristic stories medium length stories Friday, July 12, 2024 I Hate My Job by Derrick R. Lafayette <i>Dream architect Hank Utah is suffering from crippling ennui, and faces a reckoning.</i><br><br>The word Styrofoam was written on the wall inside the elevator. A floor wasn't chosen. I knew where to go but refused to commit, pondering what eternity would be like in this small box of metal and wire. The claustrophobia that would set in when I yearned to be horizontal. Would I be able to sleep beneath the f… Read more Labels: Derrick R Lafayette funny stories futuristic stories medium length stories 20 comments:
AM Potter criminal stories funny stories medium length stories Friday, July 5, 2024 The Midlife Ride of Harvey Revere by A.M. Potter <i>When Harvey Revere escapes from a Las Vegas prison cell, his wife and mother persuade bounty hunter Domenick Vanucci to capture him again, and they have a pretty good idea of where he might be.</i><br>I stared at the stack of bond revocation notices in front of me. Doesn't anybody show up for court these days? To work almost anywhere in Las Vegas, Joe or Jane citizen is required to pony up ninety buc… Read more Labels: AM Potter criminal stories funny stories medium length stories 4 comments:
funny stories Maureen Mancini Amaturo short stories Wednesday, June 19, 2024 When Yogi Berra and William Shakespeare Met On A Train by Maureen Mancini Amaturo <i>...In which a 20th-century American sports hero tries to explain the rules of baseball to a 16th-century British playwright.</i><br><br>"I know why nobody takes the train anymore. It's too crowded." Yogi spotted a three-seater with a strangely dressed man sitting near the window. Before taking the aisle seat, Yogi wondered, <i>What team is that guy on?</i><br><br>The man bent lower to the notebook on his lap … Read more Labels: funny stories Maureen Mancini Amaturo short stories 12 comments:
criminal stories Devin James Leonard funny stories medium length stories Monday, June 17, 2024 Role With It by Devin James Leonard <i>Logan is dealing drugs to try and finance Des's movie, but Des's method acting might get them both into trouble. </i><br><br>When Desmond Renna isn't working as an actor, which is always, he practices honing his craft by playing a fictional character in his everyday life. He jots the roles down on pieces of paper - everything from a custodian to a cop or a crook, landlord to lawyer or landscaper … Read more Labels: criminal stories Devin James Leonard funny stories medium length stories 6 comments:
funny stories Mark Payne medium length stories Friday, June 7, 2024 Mr Bufo Has a Go at Mountaineering by Mark Payne <i>Two old friends, Peter Bufo and David Arvic, climb Snowdonia in Wales, hoping to escape into nature and friendship.</i><br><br><b>The Flat</b><br><br>"Fuck!" <br><br>There was a pause. <br><br>"Fuck!" <br><br>The second "Fuck" was louder. <br><br>"Fuuuuck!" <br><br>The third "Fuck" was louder, desperate and pleading. <br><br>"What - the bloody hell - are you doing - in there?" <br><br>The Michael Caine voice was in pl… Read more Labels: funny stories Mark Payne medium length stories 7 comments:
