Absurdistfiction Stories

Conversation and Realization takes place in a mid-west bar in this short about the shared existential problems of a father and son.

If you want to visit this 'ghost' Seoul neighborhood, think twice. Don't expect to find Guisin-dong on any map; just make sure it never finds you. 'Guisin-dong' is part of the 'Seoul Villages' collection.

This 10-chapter book relays the adventures of the sixteen year-old boy, Jack Crowhill, who goes through a barrage of insanity that is brought on by many different mysterious and strange people who he meets on his journey. It contains comedy, mystery, and a decent amount of drama. Any feedback would be great. Note: This book is heavily inspired by the works of Lemony Snicket, Douglas Adams, Albert Camus, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Orwell, and countless other writers that I have subconciously channeled during my writing of this book.

The Exiled One is a razor-sharp AI generated satirical tale about greed, power, and the downfall of the world's most insufferable throuple. Elon Musk isn't just an eccentric billionaire-he's an exiled alien, banished from his home planet for being a raging sociopath with an unhealthy obsession with money and control. Finding refuge on Earth, he falls madly in love with Donald Trump, the only human who matches his unchecked narcissism. Their duo soon becomes a trio when J.D. Vance joins their unholy alliance, forming the world's most detested power couple... plus one. As their hunger for wealth and domination spirals out of control, a formidable team of diverse vigilantes-brilliant women and LGBTQ+ hacktivists-rises to take them down. With dazzling cyber sabotage, social media chaos, and a hefty dose of public humiliation, the vigilantes strip the trio of their power and wealth, reducing their bank accounts to the minimum wage of their respective home states. Exiled once again, the disgraced men retreat to a tiny, miserable island, where they must finally face the one thing they've avoided their entire lives: consequences. With biting humor and sharp political satire, The Exiled One is an outrageous, laugh-out-loud takedown of unchecked greed and fragile egos.

Humanity is gone. All that remains are their platitudes, endless motivational slogans... and sentient toasters. When aliens arrive to study them, nothing goes according to plan. Worlds wobble, haikus ascend, and chaos becomes enlightenment. High vibes only. Chaos guaranteed.

This story is a quirky, offbeat tale that playfully explores mental health themes through exaggerated characters and absurd situations. The story takes place in a fictional location called Mindville, suggesting a world where different mental states are personified. Main Characters: 1. Neurotic Nelly: A character who embodies anxiety and obsessive tendencies, initially focused on organizing and worrying about small details. 2. Psychotic Pete: A character who represents chaotic thinking and delusions, full of energy and bizarre ideas. Overall, the story presents a humorous and unconventional look at mental health, using exaggerated characters to illustrate how different perspectives can sometimes complement each other in unexpected ways.

Earth has always been the center of the universe... in humans' minds. So when aliens finally show up in full, technicolor glory, everyone expects panic. Screaming. Mass hysteria. Global chaos. But not humans. Humans shrug. Humans sip lattes. Humans take selfies. Humans casually wave and say, "Cool. Sup?" Aliens are baffled. Excited. Confused. Angry. Mostly confused. And in the middle of it all, one brave-or possibly insane-boy shouts, "Take me! Take me!" This is a hilarious, mind-bending journey through interstellar first contact, human indifference, and the existential crisis of a species that thought it was the only thing that mattered.

Eleanor Voss's life is the rhythmic lurch between briefings and after-hours triage. She can make a joke sound like policy, a denial sound like comfort - but the jokes stop landing when the President declares "Economic Independence Day," orders money redesigned with his portrait, and decides the calendar needs a thirteenth month. Each morning she wakes to a new small catastrophe and a pile of color-coded folders that must be made to mean something. With dark humor and an unblinking eye for the machinery behind headlines, this novel follows Eleanor as she trades good faith for survival, allies for alliances, and sleep for contingency statements. The West Wing's cast - an iron-general, a crooked fixer, a constitutional scholar who keeps trying to stitch the country back together - are both comic and tragic. As the spin tightens, Eleanor must ask: how far will she go to save a nation that no longer recognizes itself? Funny, sharp, and humane, this is a story about the absurdity of power and the people who stand between spectacle and ruin.

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What if the afterlife were just another department of the State? Frank had one plan: jump off a building and end it all. What he didn't expect was to gently float to the ground like a bureaucratic Mary Poppins-minus the umbrella or job satisfaction. Now Frank can't seem to die, and worse, someone (or something) clearly doesn't want him to. Soon he's being monitored, manipulated, and mysteriously assigned to surveil his coworker Jill. Who's watching who? Why does he keep getting new phones stuffed into his pockets? And what's with the man in the dumpster who won't stop talking about climate change? Caught between mind-numbing office reports, bowel-obsessed childhood trauma, and a cosmic surveillance program with suspiciously corporate workflows, Frank has questions. Unfortunately, the only answer he's getting is: keep watching Jill... and don't forget to post about it. A darkly absurd comedy about surveillance, mortality, and mid-level management, Department of Eternal Affairs is perfect for fans of Christopher Moore, The Good Place, and Kafka for Dummies.

What if your pet goldfish started talking? And what if he wasn't just talking... but plotting?

Originally written for @esthetiquecommunity Monthly Writing Contest (January 2025) A middle-aged art forger is confronted by an enigmatic presence in the afterlife and employed to spread a conspiracy. Dead but still working -- just his luck! But as he sinks into this afterlife of workaholism, the boundaries between life, death, and legacy blur with the surreal. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Published in February 2025 Book Cover (Design & Illustration i.e. Painting Depicted) © by Maddy Alson 2025 Copyright © by CrownedMadness (Maddy Alson) 2025

Everything and anything can happen at The Summer Cottage.

Meet Seoul's most elusive shaman. A heartthrob for men, a symbol of independence for women, a modern superhero for kids, a guardian of traditions for senior citizens, and a precious crime fighter for the police (but not an ally when they err on the wrong side of justice!)... Seoul loves Kim D. K. Initially published in the anthology 'Every Second Sunday' (2010), 'Hunting for Kim Mudangnim' is also part of the collection 'Seoul Villages' (2020).

Do you know how terrifying hunger truly is? Deep within the belly of this world lies a pit-dark, silent, and immeasurable. It hangs wide like a gaping maw. They call it "The PitA," while others see it as the echoing hell of the mortal realm. A place where anomalies and the absurd are found. Yet, humans have never been good at being afraid. They descend into its depths to find what they believe exists: the "Hollow Nexus." At the core of it all is their arrogance and ego. They are willing to abandon life on the surface, choosing to rot in the depths just to reach another sky at the bottom of the deepest abyss. Slowly, the warm memories of home erode, replaced by a heartbeat echoing in the cold silence. Meanwhile, death records pile up over time, name after name vanishes, forgotten. And in the end- nothing truly stops. Because for them, it is all worth it. For the sake of what they call: The Ascension of Mankind.