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The Wizards of Odd is a 1996 English compilation book of humorous short stories by many great writers in the science-fiction/fantasy genre. The stories were compiled by Peter Haining. The book is separated into three sections: Wizards and Wotsits: Stories of Cosmic Absurdity, Swords and Sorcery: Tales of Heroic Fantasy, and Astronauts and ...
"I, Cthulhu" is a short humorous story by fantasy author Neil Gaiman featuring H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu, who is dictating an autobiography to a human slave named Whateley. The story reveals much about Cthulhu's 'birth' and early life.
This is a partial list of works that use metafictional ideas. Metafiction is intentional allusion or reference to a work's fictional nature. It is commonly used for humorous or parodic effect, and has appeared in a wide range of mediums, including writing, film, theatre, and video gaming.
One Across is a humorous fantasy short story by Arthur Sellings.It describes what happens to a crossword enthusiast who becomes too engrossed in the hobby. It was first published in Galaxy Science Fiction in May 1956.
A short story is a piece of prose fiction.It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.
Fantasy comedy or comic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is primarily humorous in intent and tone. Typically set in imaginary worlds, fantasy comedy often involves puns on, and parodies of, other works of fantasy.
Dagon (short story) The Dark Eidolon; The Dead Man (short story) Death and What Comes Next; The Death of Ilalotha; The Deathbird; Dedication (short story) The Devil and Daniel Webster; The Devil in Iron; The Diamond Pit; Diogenes Club series; Distant Replay; The Doom That Came to Sarnath; The Door in the Wall (short story) The Dragon (short story)
Hector Hugh Munro (), photographed by E. O. Hoppé"Tobermory" is a humorous short story by Hector Hugh Munro written under his pen-name, Saki.It was originally published in The Westminster Gazette in 1909, first collected, in a revised form, in The Chronicles of Clovis (1911), and has frequently been reprinted in anthologies.