PART VI  Written by Danny Tanner /surreal comedy/  After a wild night in Brussels, Obe Dreipantz followed Bobby to Russia. There, while sitting in a quiet café called “Jolly Days” located in Pulkovo Airport (St. Petersburg, Russia, Earth, Milky Way), she explained to Bobby that she has a twin sister who is currentlyContinue Reading

PART V  Written by Danny Tanner /surreal comedy/ The first campaign video went viral two hours after being posted in ‘Saratov Daily.’ At the end of the video, Alyona reminded the country that it was ruled by either stuffy old white men with Dry Pants or snivelly young white men with Wet PantsContinue Reading

Day 39 In the Kitchen  /absurdist comedy/  For every accident in life, there are many different angles from which to view it. When I look back now at the events of that day in the kitchen, I see it from a wider perspective, with greater joy. But back then… A dish fullContinue Reading

Day 38 Between the Roads /absurdist comedy/ My father once told me, “When you hit rock bottom, Bullet, there is no place to go but UP.” It’s been a difficult time, but I was determined to continue living to the fullest, despite all the pain and horrors of the past hours. That’sContinue Reading

Day 37 Fear  /absurdist comedy/ There’s an old saying among the men of Rsa: “real home is where your active sex life is.” For years I searched for my home, and I found it only in Gunung Kinabalu: the place of violent but passionate hearts. So, if you’d ask me now, afterContinue Reading

PART III /short story – surreal comedy/ Written by Dany Tanner    The meeting was a total bummer. After Mr. Robinson ran out of the room, Bobby plopped into his solid-gold spray-painted RIG (Really Important Guy) swivel chair and began to bawl. One by one, his advisors collected their belongings and skulked off. OnContinue Reading

/short story – surreal comedy/  Written by Dany Tanner   PART II   Obe Dreipantz wandered the streets of Paris, arms crossed in front of her, shivering but happy. Paris, like New York, Stockholm and McCool Junction in Nebraska, always excited her. Culture out the ass! There was art on every corner, musicians onContinue Reading

Absurdism is, in a philosophical sense, the idea that there are no gods, higher purpose, or order to things. At least, that’s what Wikipedia told me. With that in mind, it’s pretty easy to find humor in the mundane. For example, consider a rubber duck. Humans tend to be highly sociable butContinue Reading

Day 34 Passing Through Difficulties  /absurdist comedy/   Do you remember how the Dalai Lama once said that you could be a rich and powerful man, with a big house and a huge bedroom playing relaxing music, but still be full of jealousy, anger, and attachment and unable to relax? I was thatContinue Reading

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/short story – surreal comedy/  Written by Dany Tanner  Part I    DP Airlines Flight 96 from McCool Junction, Nebraska to Paris, was droning somewhere over the Indian Ocean when Bobby finally got the nerve up to speak to the attractive young woman next to him. “Hi,” he coughed. His throat was hoarse,Continue Reading