Found 119 works tagged 'Satire'.
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"They Are Ours"
Published Jun 14, 2019 · 2,568 words (10 minutes) · 35 views
Fantasy Humor Satire Science Fiction Police Fantasy
Anthropomorph isn't just any place. So its local police force aren't just any cops....
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Enforcement Claws
Published Jun 9, 2019 · 6,588 words (24 minutes) · 29 views
Fantasy Humor Satire werewolf pride supernatural zombie funny witch
I've written a lot of funny fantasy for Esther Friesner, and the ones set in modern suburbia took on a life of their own. For this one, I wondered what might happen if you mixed a supernatural Home Owners Association with . . . Pride Month?
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Off the Menu
Published May 29, 2019 · 195 words (1 minute) · 27 views
Literary Fiction Satire poetry politics brexit
An angry poem written in response to Brexit, about isolationism taken to extremes.
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The Terroir From Beyond Space
Published May 21, 2019 · 4,058 words (15 minutes) · 2 likes · 38 views
Horror Humor Satire Science Fiction Anthology Travel Solar System Cookbook food Drink space Report short story
In this early short story, originally published in the Ouen Press 2018 Short Story Competition Anthology, what starts out as a deep Solar System explorer's guide to food in space gradually turns into something more dire.
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Ode to My Dark Lady
Published May 14, 2019 · 109 words (1 minute) · 85 views
Humor Literary Fiction Satire cats poetry Shakespeare parody
This poem was written in a workshop about parodying Shakespeare. The cat this was written about is still, seven years later, just as terrible.
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The Owl and Great Cthulhu
Published May 12, 2019 · 307 words (2 minutes) · 49 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction Satire poetry Lovecraft parody
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Mimicking Human Behavior: A field guide for extraterrestrial visitors
Published May 5, 2019 · 1,337 words (5 minutes) · 68 views
Humor Satire Science Fiction manners tourism alien abduction alien invasion Alien etiquette
A compilation of etiquette tips for alien species to follow on their first visit to the planet. A new installment in the series “I Was Abducted by Aliens in a Former Life”
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Bite Me
Published May 5, 2019 · 5,052 words (19 minutes) · 43 views
Fantasy Humor Satire zombies sword and sorcery walking dead magic Monsters zombie funny
We all know zombies bite. Maybe the way to fight them is to bite back. When I was invited to submit to CHICKS AND BALANCES, the final CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL anthology, I realized I had no ideas for a story. Nothing. Bupkis. So I combed back through my files and thought it might be nice to find out what Dagmar and Ramdane have been up to. The deadline was only a few days away, so I wrote in a great hurry. Later I discovered the publisher had chosen "Bite Me" for the cover!
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Electoral Changes
Published May 4, 2019 · 979 words (4 minutes) · 44 views
Horror Satire gargoyles political allegory political campaigns
Campaign manager Molly Martinez has a bigger problem than she anticipated when her friend Reed McAllen, the manager for the candidate in the next Congressional district, disappears. Things are not what they seem to be....
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Into the Adlight
Published Apr 16, 2019 · 3,378 words (13 minutes) · 3 likes · 520 views
Satire Science Fiction cyberpunk documentary punk advertising
Published in 2012, this is a cyberpunk satire about guerilla documentary-making, advertising, and data security. I have republished it here because I saw this article today, which makes it look as though the central conceit of the story might soon be a reality: https://futurism.com/startrocket-giant-ads-night-sky-cubesats Sigh.
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