A man scratched by his cat, a president stuck on an island, a student and the remains of a rabbit, an annoying uncle and a burning house.A small collection of very short stories, all of them guaranteed to get the reader thinking.Written by Mr Hugo Dash, a pseudonym for an author with an uncanny fascination in the allegorical.

The iconic humorist offers his take on the stranger-than-fiction ( and stranger-than-fact) 2016 presidential election and its equally unbelievable aftermath.The 2016 election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P. J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692. So why n...

What is a Bloke?What is a Bloke? This is the question that has occupied the greatest minds of the anthropological and sociological worlds for many years. Not in a literal sense, of course, at the base level, the definition of a Bloke is perfectly clear: a Bloke is a human male native to Australia, typically between 150 and 200 centimetres tall, frequently partial to beer and ventilated footwear, who has built a mighty nation from the scraps of colonialism and inapp...

“I am a one-year-old and this is my autobiography....”Have you ever looked at your baby and wondered what he or she is thinking? Are you ready to find out?“I thought it was about time someone told it like it is. So I’m spilling the beans on the world of a one-year-old. A world where you’re left in the charge of totally inept parents. Where everything’s at completely the wrong height. Where you’re not allowed to splash in the bath but you are in the pool. Where nobody unders...

Writer, NLP Trainer, Transformational Life Coach, Advanced Certified Hypnotist, Ayurvedic Health Consultant, Reiki Master, Spiritual Intuitive, EFT Practitioner. Dr. Roshan Madhavjee is a Licensed Minister offering Marriage Ceremonies, Memorials, Baby Blessings and Spiritual Counseling.While living in Toronto, Roshan has been consulting and working with both energy healing and kinesiology through in-person and long distance healing for over a decade. Her healing abilities are globa...

The Man in the High Castle is an Amazon TV show, based on the Philip K. Dick novel, about an “alternate present” (beginning in the 1960s) in which Germany and Japan won World War II, with the former Western US occupied by Japan, the former Eastern US occupied by Nazi Germany, and a small “neutral zone” between them. A theme of the story is that in this alternative world there is eager speculation, fueled by the illicit newsreel, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, about how the w...

The ruling council of hell directs Truman Capote to fetch Dr. Harry T. Biffeldorf, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, at UC Berkeley. It’s time to call in his IOU. “Now this is really elegant. See, hell isn’t really so much a place as it is an institution to be preserved. Actually, we registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. We promote chaos theory.” “Huh?” “Oh, come on! You’re the only person in all of eternity who gets the chance to impose order on mayhem. I...

Over 13,000,000 people are currently blogging with thousands being created each day. But what about the blogs you haven't seen, written by the iconic men and women you're dying to know the most intimate details about but who died before the internet was invented?This original take on the biggest literary development since the paperback offers 200 blogs inspired by the most famous minds in history, detailing their hysterical personal revelations, such as: John Lenno...

Reverend Billy's revival tour across America is the subject of the upcoming Morgan Spurlock film What Would Jesus Buy?, his first movie since the national hit Super Size Me! The book is an inspiring -- love-a-lujah! -- compendium of the reverend in full flow, from his exhortations from the pulpit to his reflections on why lesbian marriage will save the Spotted Owl. Reverend Billy believes big box brainless consumerism is destroying our culture and our planet.Rever...

"A howlingly funny parody. … The copy for the fake products is pitch perfect. I wish the Camping Coma Pills were really for sale - I'd take them." —BoingBoing.comThe towering sequel to a "comedy classic" (Austin Chronicle), SkyMaul 2 picks up where its "brilliantly funny" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) predecessor left off. Bursting with boatloads of fantastic stuff—from the Catbox Viewing Dome to the Bullet-Allowing Vest to the Wearable Coatrack—SkyMaul 2

'STOP THE COUNT!'Can you spot the Donald?Now Trump has graciously conceded the US presidential election to Joe Biden, it's becoming increasingly harder to track his whereabouts. In an array of crowded scenes, from building a wall around Mexico to carving his face into Mount Rushmore, at a Trump wrestling match, a golf course in Scotland and having fun at a Tea Party rally, search for Donald J. Trump amongst the masses.With tons of in-jokes and bonus material to find ...

WARNING: THIS BOOK MAY CAUSE HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER.In the hallowed literary tradition of The Darwin Awards and Headlines comes this mind-boggling collection of the most outrageous warning labels ever slapped onto perfectly good products. Before you try to dry your hair with a blowtorch or iron a shirt while you're wearing it, read this hilarious collection of crazy caveats. You'll be surprised how far frightened manufacturers (and their lawyers) must go these days to protect themselv...