The forty-five short stories in this collection are dark; humorous; off-beat with a twist; and occasionally puerile. If you enjoy reading Dahl or Saki you might well enjoy reading these (it's a theory, but not necessarily a good one).Ragu The Eskimo - They say the innuit language has fifty words to describe fifty type of snow. Ragu hated all fifty types of snow.Blood - There's only so much evidence a small Jack...

Something old; something new; something original - from the shiny red crayon of Peter Coomber. One hundred and one dark, humorous short stories: sometimes with a twist; occasionally puerile. Artificial Intelligence (AI) writing software was not used in the writing of any of these stories; they were all written by a 100% naturally stupid human being.This book caused Emily Brontë to stop eating penguins*.Did ...

I, ChimpLife from the other side of the bars. Being the life, thoughts and ambitions of an ambitious, thoughtful and lively Pan troglodytes. Martin the chimpanzee sets out important events that helped to shape his life, and his thoughts on subjects close to his heart: music, writing and the arts, bananas...“..had Tian Tian and I spitting out our bamboo in disgust at his treatment behind bars..” - Yang Yang (Edinburgh Zoo)"..Эта...

Fourteen dark, humorous (and occasionally puerile) short stories from the crayon of Peter Coomber. A fusion of Saki, Dahl and Mao Zedong (OK, so this description is stretching things a little bit, but that is the nature of fiction).No animals were harmed during the writing of these stories (except for the panda). Contains some strong language. Please hold your hands over your ears when reading these stories.This May 2021 edition ...

Yet another collection from the crayon of Peter Coomber, of thirty original short stories with a twist that are off-beat, humorous, sometimes dark and often puerile.No pandas or hamsters were harmed (too much) in the making of this book. (The penguin was an accident.)Painting By Numbers – Robert announces at his retirement party that he will be doing 'some painting'. His wife is pleased that she will finally see a newly decorated kitchen... until s...

The second book of short stories from the crayon of Peter Coomber. Fifty dark, off-beat, humorous short stories with a twist. If you enjoy reading Dahl or Saki then you will enjoy reading these (it's a theory, anyway).I, Chimp - A bored zoo chimp starts to paint on his compound walls.Chin A Panda - A man. A panda. A fight. Who wins?This Never Happened, Too -Nancy Beardsley's half-blind, deaf dog succumbs to the unstop...

Pieces of batter from the fryer.A collection of twenty-one very short pieces from the shiny red crayon of Peter Coomber, in his usual dark, humorous - and occasionally puerile - style (if you can call it style).No animals were harmed during the writing of these pieces, although an annoying mosquito came very close to death. Luckily it found escape through an open window.A Remembrance Of Things Past: A very short take on the French classic. I can...

This book contains a whole lot of jumbled thoughts and opinions, written whilst I gazed out of the window at the back garden.These jumbled thoughts and opinions are not in any way a measured and thoughtful set of ideas about the ways of the World, and are not a rant about the injustices of the World and how to set things right.These thoughts and opinions have been not been put together in any sort of theme, or set out in any particular order (except by alphabetical order of...

(With apologies to Esperanto readers.)Short And Curlies is a short collection of very short, short stories. As a further experiment in silliness these have been translated into Esperanto; the translation - no doubt - being crude and untranslatable, but at least it is free.Kvindek-du Belmont Avenue estis malbela vicdomo sur malbela strato, sed starante sur ŝanceliĝema ligna tabureto proksime al la eta alta fenestro de la malgranda, supraetaĝa ĉambro, Wilson povi...

A complete A - Z of hilarious jokes and gags to make you giggle. Arranged in alphabetical sections, this bumper book is packed full of the best (and very worst) jokes for every occasion!

The first-ever joke book from one of the UK's best-loved comedians, Les Dawson's Joke Book is a must for any fan of this perennially popular comedian. Collecting together the highlights of his 26-year career across radio and television, from his early days on Opportunity Knocks to Cissie and Ada. A lover of language, Les was a secret poet and was fond of high culture, often undercutting his own admiration of the art forms for comic effect. The book includes examples of al...

Comedian and TV star, Tim Vine, will have you laughing for hours with this new, abridged version of his hilarious joke book . . .*Velcro.What a rip off.Why do you never see an elephant on a bus?Because he's got a massive bum.So I went to the doctors. I said, 'I got hurt in a pillow fight.' He said, 'You've got concushion.'Believe it or not there are twice as many eyebrows in the world as there are peopleI tried to surf the Internet and ...