Humorous Histoires

When aliens invade, four baristas are forced to become the saviours of the world. Grab your double-shot of java and strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride! ***** In the Earth's darkest hour, unexpected heroes are stirring... their coffee, that is. Four baristas on a camping trip are under-qualified to save the world from an alien invasion. But thanks to a hologram with no fashion sense, newly developed superpowers and an alien with a guilty conscience, they've landed the job anyway! So grab your double-shot of java, your blueberry muffin and strap in - Hasta barista, baby. [[2018 Wattys winner and twice featured]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Please note this is a sample of the book, which has been published and is available for purchase: Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WKFVKQJ Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1644342154

Abe Barrett is surrounded by ghosts - some of them are even his roommates! But now Abe's visions show something dark coming, and it wants Abe dead. ***** When Abe Barrett's family died, he started seeing ghosts. Soon he was living with three of them, and it turns out ghosts are just as eccentric as people. Abe is bothered by the ghosts constantly since he doesn't want to solve their murders, avenge them or do much of anything. He just wants to do his job and relax. His dreams, however, have been getting darker as people in town start to disappear. Soon Abe realizes there is something hunting him, and that same threat was involved with his family's deaths. A legacy of darkness is chasing Abe Barrett, and his supernatural roommates may not be enough to save him. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

When a plane crash kills her abusive mother and stepfather, 12-year-old Sky Rossi is ripped from years of neglect and thrown into the guarded world of the Rossi mafia empire. Stolen at two. Forgotten. Starved. Scarred. She returns tiny, malnourished, with jagged short hair she cut herself and clothes that scream "stay away." Her eight older brothers rule New York's ruthless Italian mafia - cold, powerful, and deadly. They expected a fragile little sister they could shield and pamper. They got Sky - a stubborn, hot-tempered tomboy who glares instead of speaking, pushes everyone away, and would rather sleep on the floor than accept their luxury. She trusts no one, flinches at loud noises, and hides her terror behind icy silence or sudden outbursts. The Rossi brothers have faced every enemy in the underworld. But this short, rebellious girl might be the one who finally breaks through their armor... or forces them to face the family they failed.

Three stars fell from the sky. They split one continent into three empires. They gave magic to three bloodlines. For a thousand years, the balance held. Now it's breaking. THE GAME Fifteen teenagers from enemy empires were thrown together by a magical mirror. They didn't choose each other. Half of them were raised to kill the other half. But when you step into the Caraval, you don't get to walk away. "Welcome to the greatest game. Dreams that come true can be beautiful. If you don't wake up, they become nightmares." Now they're hunting twenty-five Divine Keys before the wrong people find them first. The three empires want the keys. A shadow council called the Kurotsuki Zetsubō wants them-twenty-five faces no one has ever seen. THE PLAYERS She stabbed an Emperor. He caught her. Now they're fake-dating. A princess whose empire forgot her, a curse sleeps inside her, and an immortal magician follows her everywhere, whether she likes it or not. Three broken souls who chose darkness because the light abandoned them first. Her parents sold her to a monster. Some love stories start with a kiss. Hers started with a knife. She builds Floating mechs with minds of their own. Weapons that think. She's the smartest person in any room. She was born to save people. She's learning she can't save everyone.She doubts herself constantly. But she never runs. She used to control six elements. Now she has two.Then someone stole four of them.She's going to get her powers back or destroy everything trying. A blade in her hand before she could write her name. She laughs, she teases, she pulls pranks-until a fight starts. Then she goes cold. Their clans have been enemies for centuries. They're starting to think their clans were wrong. Twenty-five Divine Keys. Three empires hunting them. One shadow council pulling strings. Fifteen teenagers who didn't sign up for any of this. The stars gave magic to three empires. They forgot to mention the curse. [START READING]

Reagan Belrose has been dreaming about the same man. Vividly. In her dreams, he knows her, teases her, calls her wife with an ease that feels less fictional and more... remembered. She tells herself it's harmless, just an overactive imagination stitched together from late nights, rom-com addiction and romantic novels. Until she walks straight into him on campus. That same face.....those same eyes and an infuriatingly steady presence. Except this version doesn't look at her like he knows her or soften at the edges when she speaks. If anything, he looks mildly annoyed she exists. The resemblance ends at appearance. His charm is replaced with cool detachment. His warmth with cutting restraint. And whatever dream-version tenderness she'd grown embarrassingly used to? Completely absent. But then they keep running into each other, and every encounter sharpens the tension.... irritation laced with something dangerously familiar. Because the more she watches him, the more certain she becomes of one thing: He moves like the man in her dreams. And sometimes, just sometimes... he looks at her like he's trying not to recognise something too. Is it a coincidence? Psychological projection? Or a trick of an exhausted mind?

死神.✦ ݁˖ ❝ 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦... ❞ 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕 .✦ ݁˖ 01 ↳ The story follows our (soon)beloved main character, Natsuki Kuuhara...... ....a grim reaper with horrible knowledge of human's mind, way too confident with their judgement, until things goes horribly wrong. And she has to do something! ⤷ Inspired by Toilet Bound Hanako-kun 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 ›› 07˙02˙2026 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 ›› --˙--˙-- 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 : Ongoing 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘆: Yumi & UsaNeko 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄! 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝....

𝘛𝘖𝘜𝘊𝘏 & 𝘚𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛. ✦ ݁˖ ❝ 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮. 𝘈 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥... ❞ 𝗠𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗞𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 .✦ ݁˖ 01 ↳ Touch & Sight, two important thing a human would need. The story follows Nadeshiko and Mamoru, a pair of adults who are apparently co-workers. They meet as co-workers, always ending up craving each other's presence. She's a blind woman, yet a bold one often criticized for her attitude, and he's a man with monotone face that's stiff as statue, seeming like a menacing man, yet he's kinder than he seems. ⤷ Tbhk • Original Characters • INSPIRED BY VEIL 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 ›› 20˙07˙2026 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 ›› --˙--˙-- 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 : Ongoing 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 : UsaNeko

"We see what we wish to." I say softly, but challengingly. "And did you wish to see someone like me?" He attacks back, his face coming even nearer to mine. "I just wished for someone to see me." I say, my voice now no more than an uneven whisper. I'm barely breathing now and my eyes are no longer narrowed. He opens his mouth and then closes it. He swallows hard. His eyes are huge and deep and blue. If only he'd let me drown myself in them, I think. That way it would be in something other than silence. "I see you." He says. And my world tilts. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rayne, seventeen-year-old senior at Lincoln High School, has always been alone. Well, for long enough that it feels like always, anyway. She has no friends, no social life, no anything, really. She's what one might call a wallflower, without the "flower." For years she's observed her peers, seen them as they've aged and grown up, blossoming or not, into who they will become as adults. But not one of them had ever seen Rayne. She was completely alone in the world, unnoticed, unseen, and unheard of. Quite frankly, she was invisible. That is.. until the new kid. He's not quite like the rest, there's something odd about him, something off. Maybe it's just the fact that he can see what no one else can, or rather, see the girl no one else cared enough to see. But theories aside, he has secrets of his own. However, his attention is the door that opens all others, and Rayne is thrust into the worlds of other people. And not all of them are good.. With the revelation that she can, in fact, be seen by others, Rayne begins to see inside herself. But what lies underneath scares her. Who is she, she wonders, and most direly, what will

Four teens and a college student are thrown into the midst of an otherworldly civil war when shadowy monsters - known as the Volken - open up portals around their home town, leading them to a fantasy world. After they find themselves wrapped up in a prophecy that requires them to end the war from all corners of the battlefield, they must find a way to play their part, save this new world, and return home. This book tells the story of all five main characters' perspectives (with a few side perspectives here and there) as they venture about the treacherous world of Frubana and learn about the magical, resilient enemies they are pinned up against. Cursing, violence, and death found within.

Before the Hollow's Heart chose its keeper... Before the first banners were raised for war... Before Queen Maerwyn made her fateful pact with the dragon, Iridrax... There were The Raven Lords. Seven immortals. Seven broken souls bound by a forbidden gift that was never meant for mortals-a self-righteous judge, an executioner, a human scavenger driven to madness, an obsessive dream-weaver, a dragon expelled from the heavens, a beast born of the ancient forests, and an old, dying alchemist who bottled immortality itself. Revered as gods by some. Cursed as harbingers by others. Yet they were not born villains. They laughed. They loved. They dreamed of a better world. Then a princess chose duty over the boy she deeply loved. A single broken heart echoed across centuries, turning hope into obsession... and a man into the Lord of Judgment. As kingdoms rose and fell, the Raven Lords walked through history unchanged, leaving behind myths written in blood, ash, and feathers. Some became legends. Some became nightmares. And one... ...still waits at the bottom of a world that could not kill him. Chronicles of Elarion: The Raven Lords is a mythic dark fantasy novella and a prequel to Hollow's Heart, chronicling the centuries-long tragedy that forged the seven Raven Lords, the immortal bond that united them, and the love that would one day threaten all of Elarion. "One lost her to death." "One lost her to life."

Your typical feel-good teen love novel. When two millionaires meet two good bad girls.

This story is going to tell you how 12 year old April became best friends with Michael Jackson. It all started when...

When eighteen-year-old Melissa Valentine moves into a deserted house in the North Carolina mountains, she expects creaky floors, dusty rooms, and maybe a few spiders. What she doesn't expect is a microwave that turns itself on... chores that finish themselves... and a radio that seems to know exactly when she needs background music. At first, the strange happenings are a little creepy. Then they become... convenient. Melissa starts to suspect she might not be living alone. But if there is a ghost in the house, it seems less interested in haunting her and more interested in helping her clean. However, not everything lurking in the mountains is friendly-and the mysterious spirit watching over Melissa might be the only thing standing between her and something far more dangerous. After all, some ghosts haunt houses. This one protects them.

Jameria & Nirian's story

This is the story of how Lightening Mcqueen was born, and with.......a twin? ~~~ Join Lightening Mcqueen and his twin brother Lightening Knifesexy on an exciting journey through siblinghood and beyond! (LIGHTING MCQUEEN DOES BELONG TO DISNEY PIXAR AND LIGHTING KNIFESEXY BELONGS TO JANECONQUEST!) Also, Rehetheunicorn made the AMAZING AND GLORIOUS cover Thank you.

Fiendishly fun conversations with the Prince of Darkness over a beer

Camille Olivares never needed attention to feel whole. She was fine staying in the background-until she met Keigan Gomez, a boy who looked perfect on the outside but was silently falling apart inside. But when a school project pulls them into the same orbit, Camille starts to see what no one else does: behind Keigan's perfect image is someone hurting, someone tired of being who everyone expects him to be. As they grow closer, their connection deepens. And for the first time, Keigan begins to wonder what it's like to choose his own path... with someone who truly sees him. A story about quiet love, hidden struggles, and the courage to break free.

Pain and Konan order the other Akatsuki members to write a dairy (mainly Konan's idea) because they want to know what goes on in their daily lives and what their thoughts and feelings are (just out of curiosity and they are going to show their inner self and secrets!) WARNING: Hilarious thoughts and actions of these Akatsuki members lies ahead! Enjoy!

CANADA ?? ?????????????? Stereotypes/jokes/memes/maple syrup =])) (Disclaimer- I found almost all jokes on the internet and made this book because I couldn't find any like it and figured 'well, somebody has to')