Tag: dark humor

#SaturdayStorytime: Take A Number

(Beth Turnage Blog) The IRS agents arrived at ten fifteen on a Monday morning. There were two of them, both wearing dark suits and expressions suggesting they’d never laughed at a joke in their lives. “Are you Helga Hilderbrand?” the taller one asked. “Depends. Are you selling something?” “We’re...

#SaturdayStorytime: Hostile Takeover

(Beth Turnage blog) When an investment banker encounters the supernatural, it doesn’t work out well. A Supernatural Dark Comedy It was a good thing I was dead. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have survived the next fifteen minutes. Technically, I guess I was “undead,” but try explaining that to the guy...

Warning! Boomer Need Help. AI Detects High Sarcasm Levels

(Beth Turnage Blog) Professor Halloran stood before the class and adjusted the display behind him. “HTML was not technically a programming language. It was a markup language. Notice the paired opening and closing tags. This forced early internet users to think hierarchically.” Madison raised her hand. “But why didn’t...