black humor

"When she realizes there is something off about her new boyfriend, Mica Angeles finds herself living in a horror novel and must find a way to leave him without bringing an end to everything she knows and loves"--Provided by publisher.

"It's the story "They" don't want you to read. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can be like loosening a necktie, only to realize it was the only thing keeping your head attached." No, don't put the book back on the shelf -- it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from reading it. Yes, it works with e-books, too, I don't have time to explain how. While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting interdimensional child predator, Dave, John, and Amy realized there might actually be something weird going on. Together, they navigate a diabolically convoluted maze of illusions, lies, and their own incompetence in an attempt to uncover a terrible truth they -- like you -- would be better off not knowing. Your first impulse will be to think that a story this gruesome -- and, to be frank, stupid -- cannot possibly be true. That is precisely the reaction "They" are hoping for"--.

"[A] funny, dark novel about one woman's post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her"--OCLC.

"Join Gert, a grown-up in a six-year-old girl's body, who has been stuck in the magical world of Fairyland for nearly thirty years on a maddening quest to return home. It's just her, a fly named Larry, and a battle-axe, against Slug Lords, Mushroom Men, Zombie Fauns, Barbarians, her nemesis, Queen Cloudia, and even more insanity!"--Back cover.

"Dario Heyward knows one thing: He's never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It's been three years since Dario's even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous director of Moldavia's creature features. But then Dario's brother invites him home to a mysterious ceremony involving his father and a tribute to his first film--The Curse of the Mummy's Tongue. Dario swears his homecoming will be a one-time visit. A way for him to get closure on his past--and reunite with Hayley, his first love and costar of Zombie Children of the Harvest Sun, a production fraught with real-life tragedy--and say good-bye for good. But the unthinkable happens--Dario gets sucked back into the twisted world of Moldavia and the horrors, both real and imagined, he's left there"--Provided by publisher.

"Joy works the graveyard shift at a grocery store outside Boston and nurses an addiction to cough syrup. Then a sickness that begins with memory loss and ends with death sweeps the country, and for the first time in her life, Joy has an advantage: she is immune. This gains her admittance to a hospital in rural Kansas and a chance to escape her bleak existence. As winter descends, the hospital's fragile order breaks down and Joy breaks free, embarking on a journey to Florida to find her birth mother, the woman who abandoned her as a child."--Back cover.

"... the controversial protagonist of cult classic Diary of an oxygen thief retools his advertising skills to seduce women online. It's a pursuit that quickly becomes a dangerous fixation, often requiring even more creativity and deception than his award-winning ad campaigns" -- Provided by publisher.