How the A--hole Got Locked In

How the A--hole Got Stuck

W. Lyndham Archer is confounded by locks, glue and such, and it's not helping his reputation with wife Norma.

Bibbs 2.0

Bibbs was a great cat the first time around. He'll be even better the second. Short-short by Michael Davidson.

Driving Me Crazy

Roger Defoe humorously recounts one day's mishaps.
Trouble is, he may have forgotten the best part.

Who Can Get Paul

The lone black kid in school has a unique fascination for the other kids. Story by Daniel DiPrinzio.

The Mentals

A man dreams of losing his kids, and losing his mind. By Zaak Fresh.

Die Laughing

Comedy can be a grueling grind. By Zaak Fresh.

Bookseller Blues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Bookseller Blues 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Bookseller Blues 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Arny Heywood exposes, in serial form, the secret, arch thoughts of the harried Barnes and Noble bookstore clerk.

The Ticket

If you spend a buck on a lotto ticket, spend a minute remembering where you put it. By Kurt Kitasaki.

The Seventh Inning Stretch

Inebriate lowjinks at the ballpark are actually much more: they are part of a grand and heroic, even religious, family tradition. By Kurt Kitasaki.

Neighborhood Gossip

"Hard night last night. My neighbor tried to blow up his pool." A mordant peek into the backyard communications network. By Rebecca Knight.

Crouching Spider, Hidden Web

Arachnophobia, a serious problem to its victim, has the unintended effect of causing laughter in everyone else in the vicinity. By Amy Wink Krebs.

My Secret Identity

"Someday, when my boys are all firmly established in their own households, I'm going to drop the bomb ... The Brady Bunch, Stepford dork routine was just an act put on for their benefit."
Mom tells all. By Beth Lane.

This Is Only A Test

The kids are all grown up and in school, now—what to do? How about having a tea party with the dog? By Beth Lane.

Trouble In Minnesota

The satellite TV is on the fritz and Ima Leahy is beginning to wonder if she'll ever figure out why.

What's A Wippycrack?

A decline in hearing produces sump eek went  lexical moments on the way to a sweet epiphany about the fruits of age. By John Maher.

Eating American

"Absolutely no giant sucking sound!"
A visitor from mainland China discovers we do not slurp our noodles, but we make up for it by eating "sheep food!" Ouch!
By Li Mang, translated by Zhang Wenxian.

Something Smells

A "War of the Noses". Story by Pieter Mayer.

Turtle's Ol'Lady's Sister's TV
Kevin the Newfie
First Week on the Job

Three coarse, hilarious tales of everyday urban Canadian hijinks. By Werner Meile.

CONTENT WARNING
These stories are not appropriate for children,
or for those who may be offended by graphic humour.

Lexicon of Bullshit IT Terminology

Author Shaun Meredith gleefully lampoons the overblown verbiage of the information technology world.

A New Kind of Human-Animal Bond

Is your dog your twin? Humor by Janice Moster.

Slipping the Ice Fantastic

Author/motivational speaker and stroke survivor Rhonda Peterson finds rueful humor, and a moral, in the haphazard treatment she receives at the emergency room after a nasty fall.

Warning: Change Room Dangers

A modest plea. By Michelle Piller.

The Fountain of Youth

Dog Park Politics

Safe Coffee

Nothing Against the Medical Community

A series of cheeky takes on everyday life. By Sherie Pollack.

Thank You, Gladys

Got a song you can't get out of your head? You are not alone. By Rob Rosen.

The Krispy Kreme Dream Team

A donut is not just a donut to this group of dough nuts! By Rob Rosen.

The IKEA Paradox

A "big box" item requiring assembly is primarily a test of character. By Rob Rosen.

Aunt Bessie and the 'It'

Haunted humor. By Norman A. Rubin.

Quick Grannie the Revenuers are Coming

It's Prohibition, and Grandma Bessie has commandeered the bathtub for illegal winemaking. By Norman A. Rubin.

Life is a Parody

A strange elderly man has moved in uninvited, and is eating all our protagonist's favorite foods. Story by Norman A. Rubin.

Job Search

Seductive and seditious "Sister Blue Nail" turns the power paradigm of job-seeking on its ear. Story by Betty Seek.

Business Blunder

Lincoln Shahid tells the tale of a friend's over-optimistic entrepreneurship around the time of the Islamic holiday, Eid.

Slim Wiggle

Can a snake change its spots? A little children's tale by G.W. "Bill" Snell.

Ms. Abby's Dead Battery

A funny prisoner's tale by G.W. "Bill" Snell.

The Unfair

Life lessons learned during a humorous youthful stint working the milk bottle toss on the carnival midway.   From her novel-in-progress, Goosed By Gravity: The Hazards of Growing Up, by DC Stanfa.

Driving Lessons

Catholic girls-school students' efforts at team-driving dad's new Malibu come to a "crash-bang" conclusion.  Another chapter from her collection on growing-up-the-hard-way, Goosed By Gravity: The Hazards of Growing Up, by DC Stanfa.

Strangers On the Bus

Adventures of newly liberated girls-school classmates.  They're off to Colorado on a Greyhound. Shouldn't they have told someone they were coming?  From DC Stanfa's collection, Goosed By Gravity: The Hazards of Growing Up.

A Puzzler

The Puzzler is a test of wits, which is/are (we thought) somehow involved with humor—which is why we put it here! By StickYourNeckOut staff.

Can You Hear Me Now?

Yes, but I may not want to! By Lisa Whalen.

Insurance Parody

Lisa Whalen riffs on those maddening forms and communiqués from insurance companies.

The Doubleplay's the Thing

The Bard and The Babe, along with a cast of players both living and dead, animate this delightfully funny baseball burlesque. By Richard Dodge Zboray.