Anthology: Unidentified funny objects 3
SCIENCE FICTION. FANTASY. HUMOR.
This is the third annual volume of Unidentified Funny Objects and it contains twenty-three humorous short stories from some of the genre's best-known authors, as well as talented up-and-comers.
My thoughts: Yes, it's time for the second anthology of the week!
Foreword - Alex Shvartsman ....
On the Efficacy of Supervillain Battles in Eliciting Therapeutic Breakthroughs - Jim C. Hines Pretty cool and strange. A short story that worked well on it's own. About a girl standing on her own and getting work done.
The Right Answer - James A. Miller Yes what is the right answer when an alien shows up? Nice short one.
The Gefilte Fish Girl - Mike Resnick A man tells his mum about the mermaid he loves. Funny.
Master of Business Apocalypse - Jakob Drud Magicians prevents the apocalypse, time after time. A bad boss can ruin it all.
Carla at the Off-Planet Tax Return Helpline - Caroline M. Yoachim The title says it all. It was really funny!
Why I Bought Satan Two Cokes on the Day I Graduated High School - Nathaniel Lee Angels everywhere, poor Satan gets his ass kicked and a kid befriends him. Nice.
Company Store - Robert Silverberg Not for me. This guy have to buy things only from one company.
The Door-to-Door Salesthing from Planet X - Josh Vogt Poor salesman :/
Picture Perfect - Matt Mikalatos I honestly can't remember what it was about
The Discounted Seniors - James Beamon Some are not grateful when this guy saves the day.
That Must Be Them Now - Karen Haber I only remember it was not for me
Notes to My Past And/or Alternate Selves - Sarah Pinsker You would not think a list would be funny but it was so amusing :)
The Real and the Really Real - Tim Pratt A human left alone in a world of robots. Ohh I liked the twist in this one.
Into the Woods, with Zombunny - Camille Griep A fairytale! Ha, I enjoyed this one a lot. I am not gonna say which fairytale.
Live at the Scene - Gini Koch' Newsteam reporting about aliens. Funny :)
The Newsboy’s Last Stand - Krystal Claxton I liked this one about a newsboy telling bad news, and then throwing in god ones. Good.
The Full Lazenby - Jeremy Butler Weird story about ..well just read it ;)
Do Not Remove This Tag - Piers Anthony A jinnni turns up and wants to live large.
Super-Baby-Moms Group Saves the Day! - Tina Connolly All in emailform and it worked great. Amusing.
The Choochoomorphosis - Oliver Buckram Lol. Weird very short story.
The Fate Worse than Death - Kevin J. Anderson and Guy Anthony De Marco Dracula gets a guest, an annoying one. Nice
Elections at Villa Encantada - Cat Rambo About something. Did not keep my attention
Infinite Drive - Jody Lynn Nye Investigators investigate. Eh
Like with all anthologies, some stories were good, some ok, some not to my taste. But almost all were funny (except those that were meh then.) And a nice mix too of sci-fi, fantasy, fairy-tale and all the rest and weird.
The kind of book that you could read before bed, one story a day :)
This is the third annual volume of Unidentified Funny Objects and it contains twenty-three humorous short stories from some of the genre's best-known authors, as well as talented up-and-comers.
ebook, 302 pages
Published September 20th 2014 by Smashwords Edition
Sci.fi, fantasy, fairy-tale, paranormal
For review
My thoughts: Yes, it's time for the second anthology of the week!
Foreword - Alex Shvartsman ....
On the Efficacy of Supervillain Battles in Eliciting Therapeutic Breakthroughs - Jim C. Hines Pretty cool and strange. A short story that worked well on it's own. About a girl standing on her own and getting work done.
The Right Answer - James A. Miller Yes what is the right answer when an alien shows up? Nice short one.
The Gefilte Fish Girl - Mike Resnick A man tells his mum about the mermaid he loves. Funny.
Master of Business Apocalypse - Jakob Drud Magicians prevents the apocalypse, time after time. A bad boss can ruin it all.
Carla at the Off-Planet Tax Return Helpline - Caroline M. Yoachim The title says it all. It was really funny!
Why I Bought Satan Two Cokes on the Day I Graduated High School - Nathaniel Lee Angels everywhere, poor Satan gets his ass kicked and a kid befriends him. Nice.
Company Store - Robert Silverberg Not for me. This guy have to buy things only from one company.
The Door-to-Door Salesthing from Planet X - Josh Vogt Poor salesman :/
Picture Perfect - Matt Mikalatos I honestly can't remember what it was about
The Discounted Seniors - James Beamon Some are not grateful when this guy saves the day.
That Must Be Them Now - Karen Haber I only remember it was not for me
Notes to My Past And/or Alternate Selves - Sarah Pinsker You would not think a list would be funny but it was so amusing :)
The Real and the Really Real - Tim Pratt A human left alone in a world of robots. Ohh I liked the twist in this one.
Into the Woods, with Zombunny - Camille Griep A fairytale! Ha, I enjoyed this one a lot. I am not gonna say which fairytale.
Live at the Scene - Gini Koch' Newsteam reporting about aliens. Funny :)
The Newsboy’s Last Stand - Krystal Claxton I liked this one about a newsboy telling bad news, and then throwing in god ones. Good.
The Full Lazenby - Jeremy Butler Weird story about ..well just read it ;)
Do Not Remove This Tag - Piers Anthony A jinnni turns up and wants to live large.
Super-Baby-Moms Group Saves the Day! - Tina Connolly All in emailform and it worked great. Amusing.
The Choochoomorphosis - Oliver Buckram Lol. Weird very short story.
The Fate Worse than Death - Kevin J. Anderson and Guy Anthony De Marco Dracula gets a guest, an annoying one. Nice
Elections at Villa Encantada - Cat Rambo About something. Did not keep my attention
Infinite Drive - Jody Lynn Nye Investigators investigate. Eh
Like with all anthologies, some stories were good, some ok, some not to my taste. But almost all were funny (except those that were meh then.) And a nice mix too of sci-fi, fantasy, fairy-tale and all the rest and weird.
The kind of book that you could read before bed, one story a day :)
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