The Confocal Compromise
Ambrose checks the hygrometer for the fourth time in ten minutes.
Dry and wry humor & satire stories
Stories in Humor & Satire tagged dry and wry, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 13 to 18 minutes. Writers to know: Rain Signal, The Rust Outline and The Maple Garden. Readers usually start with “The Confocal Compromise” and “The Auditor's Chaos”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Dry and wry humor & satire stories, ranked by readers
01 02 The Auditor's Chaos
Edmund Prickett was thirty-eight years old, and he believed in Tuesday.
03 The Water Tank Waltz
The power went out at 7:40 on a Thursday evening in August.
04 The Gratitude Game
Okay, so, I'm twenty-eight years old and I like to think of myself as a rational person.
05 A Frayed Wire and a Prayer
Burt Rosenberg parked the Land Rover outside the plaster mill at six forty on a Friday evening and sat in the driver's seat for a full…
06 The HR File on Leela Malone
*This one started with the image of a retirement party gone sideways because the ex shows up with a clipboard and a grudge.
07 Sanctuary Secrets
*This one's pure comedy of ego and a couple of show-offs who found a way to keep showing off.
08 The Nanny's Briefs
Elias Strand was thirty-four years old and he was losing his mind in a beige room.
09 The Favor Lane
Brianna Sampson had been a nightmare for several days, and she knew it.
10 The Weather Station Incident
Gregor Wakefield was forty-four years old and sitting in a Corolla outside a weather station on the top of a hill in rural New Zealand…