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Welcome to Downtrodden Abbey, where a battle for the deed to the
property is waged between legitimate aristocrats and literal
pretenders to the throne. The Crawfish family--Marry, Supple, Enid,
Lady Flora, and Lord Roderick--are content wiling their days away
with naughty charades and twenty-two course dinners until the
sinking of the Gigantic takes down the next in line to inherit
Downtrodden. Soon, cousin Isabich and her son, Atchew, the rightful
heir to the Abbey, arrive to claim what's theirs. Downstairs, the
servants are running amok, as crippled weakling Brace is
aggressively courted by teen hottie Nana, and lady's maid
"Potatoes" O'Grotten and her flamboyant sidekick, Tomaine, cause
trouble at every turn. The ensuing, insufferably overwrought
melodrama takes the reader upstairs and downstairs, into parlours
and drawing rooms, boudoirs and bathrooms, and across every
class--from the classiest to the classless--in the social pecking
order of Edwardian England. Uproariously funny, with a wicked sense
of humor that "Downton Abbey "diehards will enjoy, Gillians
Fetlocks skewers your favorite characters with panache in this
winning parody
UNHOLY ROMANCE Unholy Romance is a hilarious story about Jesus
Christ's second coming. His task, if he can manage to stay alive
this time, is to conceive a new set of Commandments which are more
relevant to the 21st century than those left behind in stone by
'old lick-arse' Moses. For thirty days, Jesus must live amongst the
human race as one of their own, adopting their ways, savage and all
as that may be. By doing this he will learn to appreciate his
subjects true motivations and so develop more appropriate
Commandments. His only ammunition on earth during his brief stay is
an allowance of three miracles. As instructed by his dad, God the
Father, Jesus must communicate the Commandments to the people
through a diary, which he will leave behind as the new Bible. It is
this diary that forms the basis for Unholy Romance Above all else,
this is a tale of an unlikely and ultimately passionate romance
between Jesus Christ and Megan Milligan, a feisty, Irish phone sex
operator and devoted atheist, as they struggle to come to terms
with an unplanned pregnancy TARGET MARKET: Anyone over eighteen who
can laugh at life without fear of ending up in Costa del Hell THE
REVIEWS: 'I was in floods of laughter. A great read.' NOAH 'It
definitely shows a darker side to Jesus, which I would be delighted
to take the credit for.' THE DEVIL 'I may yet take a libel action
against Jesus for defamation of character. I do not have a drink
problem and am not a rampant homosexual, as seems to be portrayed
in the book.' THE HOLY SPIRIT 'I have the inside track on the book,
which I will sell to the highest bidder.' JUDAS 'I wash my hands of
this disturbingly controversial page turner.' PONTIUS PILATE 'I'd
need to see some evidence that Jesus actually wrote this book
before commenting.' DOUBTING THOMAS 'Go on my son ' GOD THE FATHER
'I could have done with this great read while I was lost in the
desert, when all I had for entertainment was a bunch of 'are we
there yet?' moaners MOSES 'It's a great book of two halves...and a
cover KING SOLOMON LITERARY AGENT COMMENT: "Other samples on the
subject of Jesus' return to modern earth have passed across our
desks here, but none have shown such promise. I do think this is
hilarious and would like to see it in print" PMA Literary &
Film Management INC, New York. WARNING: Unholy Romance is a
romantic religious parody. Please do not purchase if easily
offended by religious parody
When keen Forensic Anthropology student Sarah Bellum has to attend
an interview in her housemate's place, with the enigmatic vending
machine entrepreneur Crispin Dry of Dry Goods, Inc, it sets off a
chain of events that will alter her weekend plans for ever... Sound
familiar? Good - it's a parody. Of many stories - almost all of
them famous. Just check out the chapter headings for an idea of
what's in store Finding herself drawn hypnotically to this dark and
complicated (and dead) man - Sarah, her housemate (name as yet
unremembered) and their friends become embroiled in a family whose
business is steeped in history. Or maybe just lost in it. An
action-packed adventure of love, loyalty, war, alcohol, zombies,
rickshaws, and squid. Some things will be changed in your hearts
afterwards for evermore - but hopefully not the bits that work.
Tired of inspirational quotations or aggressively cheerful people?
Tiding and Crabill (writers for the snarky greeting card company,
Twisted Tidings) take a knife to many of history's greatest
quotations, providing sometimes scathing, sometimes hilarious
takedowns of writers from Socrates to Tony Robbins. "You can't
shake hands with a clenched fist"? True, but you can do a mean fist
bump. The perfect gift for the cynics and curmudgeons in your life
A novelette about love, lust and sheep. When Dolly the sheep (not
the one that was cloned) falls for the talented Derek the
Weathersheep on her farm, she thinks her world is complete. That's
until the arrival of a handsome Spanish lad, Juan the Lovesheep.
Dolly falls helplessly for the continental arrival and has to
battle her conscience. Can she balance having two men in her life
at the same time? Who's going to get hurt? An erotic sheep-based
novelette from a leading author of sheep-based fiction in Wales.
Take one part bloodsucker, one part magician, one part ruthless
huntress, and throw in a little bondage. What do you get? An
all-out battle where arrows fly, teeth gnash, and magic spells
clash. Who will survive? Find out in "50 Shades of the Twilight
Games," the new graphic novel parody from Bluewater Productions.
Fifty Spades of Grey - Planting the seeds of desire. Christina is
trying to turn Dave's attention away from the garden bed and
towards her bed. Dave, oblivious as usual just thinks he's found a
woman as fascinated as he is by roots, spadework, and the need to
tidy up one's bush in time for summer. Fifty Shades of Blokes is a
series for us guys who just don't get all the fuss about this Fifty
Shades malarkey. When handyman, Dave Woode, does some weekend work
for young entrepreneur, Christina Grey, he encounters a woman who
is beautiful, brilliant, and desperate to try out a 'bit of rough'.
The unworldly, innocent Dave - like almost every man before him -
has no idea what's going on, and believes Christina simply shares
his passions for sports, DIY and gardening. The series follows the
young couple as they embark on a passionate, double-entendre filled
exploration of balls, power tools and spreading a bit of seed
around. With every story written the way men would like it -
incredibly short - the Fifty Shades of Blokes trilogy won't
'possess you' or 'obsess you', but it is quite obviously a parody
that will leave you asking: How do men and women ever get together?
How many men are really as simple as Dave? What does it say about
our sex lives when 'the real books' sell a million copies a week?
N.B. This series is intended for immature audiences.
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A hilariously twisted collection of nine classic fables that have
been given the reboot as satiric bedtime stories for the rich and
famous. From "Goldilocks and the Three Tenors" to "The Six Blond
Men and the Elephant," you'll be laughing from cover to cover even
if you're neither rich nor famous. Illustrated by Tom Hachtman,
creator of the comic strip Gertrude's Follies.
"Fake Personal Ads" is the ideal fun book to pass around at a
party, to laugh at over lunch with a friend, or to just sit alone
with as an amusing companion. There are three types of people:
First, those who read personal ads/dating profiles on the internet
to find eternal love, or, if not that, then someone to accompany
them to karaoke night at the local bar; second, those who read the
personals to laugh at the exaggerated opinion people have about
themselves and, worse, the unrealistic expectations about what they
are looking for in a mate; and, third, those who read dating
profiles to laugh at the self-promotion and then, when no one is
looking, respond to the ad by claiming that they are new to
internet dating, though they have been meeting hundreds of people
online for the past eight years. Who can make this stuff up?
Actually the author, James Francis Johnson, can make this stuff up
and has done so throughout this book. This is a collection of
satirical personal ads that group Men and Women promoting
themselves on the dating market under a particular theme. For
example, one theme is marriage proposals done at sporting events
and projected onto the Jumbotron, so that the Men Seeking Women ad
is called "I Want to Propose to a Lady on the Jumbotron," while the
Women Seeking Men ad is entitled "If You Propose to Me on the
Jumbotron, I'll Kill You." This book is for the second type of
person, who reads personal ads for laughs.
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