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1/5
Really bad
Work on it.
2/5
Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.
3/5
Good
Worth reading.
4/5
Very Good
1-2 spots that need work
5/5
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Must-read.
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Bored with his everyday life, a middle-aged man steals a gangster's yacht and sails around the world in Nick LaTorre’s JOE’S ODYSSEY.
TOXIC COOKOUT is a biting yet appetizing collection of short stories ranging from real-world horrors to fantasy tales involving otherworldly predators turned loose on suburbia.
DAISY IN THE DOGHOUSE is Joe Barrett's send-up of the digital age.
Modern Midwest Grannies Tackle An Old Fashioned Murder Mystery in GHOST BUSTING MYSTERY.
SOURPUSS is a dark comedy/satire that lashes out at multiple targets including college students, athletes, and especially fraternities.
THE OUTLANDISH AND THE EGO tells the parallel stories of several very different, unique characters whose fates are unexpectedly intertwined.
Charlie Marlow's mission is to voyage deep into the Canadian wilderness to Chow, the ultimate destination restaurant owned by the mysterious Brothers. Chow's chef, Walter...
A mortal is hired by Oberon, King of the Fairies, to disrupt an awful performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, with, well, Puckish results.
Jim Tilberry Tickles The Funny Bone In MONDAYS WITH MORTY: OFFBEAT LESSONS FOR SUCCESS
Easy to devour in one sitting, this tongue-and-cheek account of a BMI-obsessed society is both laughable and cringe-inducing.
New homeownership comes with a deadly price for two roommates when their ghostly resident commits murder, tossing one of them into the weird and perilous...
A successful combination of a hard-boiled mystery story and the surreal and slapstick world of the mentally-challenged.