Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles –A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
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convenience store woman, maybe?
the metamorphosis by kafka
this is how you lose the time war
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Finna by Nino Cipri
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You could try *A Short Stay in Hell* by Stephen Peck. It’s only 104 pages, and it’s about a strange, unexpected version of hell. I think it’s pretty fun and wacky, but it’s definitely not all lighthearted—just as a general note.
You may also be interested in *Open Throat* by Henry Hoke, which is under 200 pages. It’s told from the perspective of a mountain lion who lives in Los Angeles. Again, definitely not all lighthearted, but funny and interesting and strange for certain.
Here’s one I pretty much never see recommended on Reddit, *God’s Country* by Percival Everett. ~230 pages. It’s a ridiculous satire of a western, very funny and wacky and weird. Percival Everett is a mad genius IMO.
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Happy Snak, Nicole Kimberling. Just finished this. It was hilarious!!
Bonkers aliens, and the fast food operator who becomes guardian of it’s “ghost”.
Gaia Jones is on A-Ki space station for one reason, and it’s not to schmooze the hermaphroditic aliens.
(Note, no sex with aliens occurs!)
She’s out to make a name for herself and her restaurant. Not an easy task in A-Ki’s tightly controlled, rigidly separated society. But her business plan gets complicated when she rushes to the aid of a dying alien—and finds herself the unwilling guardian of a shunned alien ghost named Kenjan. And the new owner of Kenjan’s servant, Wave Walker.
Then Kenjan’s grieving lover, the powerful leader of the Kishocha, offers her a dream and a nightmare rolled into one: a brand new store with a strange double purpose—half snack bar, half shrine to his dead beloved. The catch? She must spend the rest of her life there, tending Kenjan the Heretic’s ghost. Or the entire station will be destroyed.
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Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles –A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
convenience store woman, maybe?
the metamorphosis by kafka
this is how you lose the time war
Finna by Nino Cipri
You could try *A Short Stay in Hell* by Stephen Peck. It’s only 104 pages, and it’s about a strange, unexpected version of hell. I think it’s pretty fun and wacky, but it’s definitely not all lighthearted—just as a general note.
You may also be interested in *Open Throat* by Henry Hoke, which is under 200 pages. It’s told from the perspective of a mountain lion who lives in Los Angeles. Again, definitely not all lighthearted, but funny and interesting and strange for certain.
Here’s one I pretty much never see recommended on Reddit, *God’s Country* by Percival Everett. ~230 pages. It’s a ridiculous satire of a western, very funny and wacky and weird. Percival Everett is a mad genius IMO.
Happy Snak, Nicole Kimberling. Just finished this. It was hilarious!!
Bonkers aliens, and the fast food operator who becomes guardian of it’s “ghost”.
Gaia Jones is on A-Ki space station for one reason, and it’s not to schmooze the hermaphroditic aliens.
(Note, no sex with aliens occurs!)
She’s out to make a name for herself and her restaurant. Not an easy task in A-Ki’s tightly controlled, rigidly separated society. But her business plan gets complicated when she rushes to the aid of a dying alien—and finds herself the unwilling guardian of a shunned alien ghost named Kenjan. And the new owner of Kenjan’s servant, Wave Walker.
Then Kenjan’s grieving lover, the powerful leader of the Kishocha, offers her a dream and a nightmare rolled into one: a brand new store with a strange double purpose—half snack bar, half shrine to his dead beloved. The catch? She must spend the rest of her life there, tending Kenjan the Heretic’s ghost. Or the entire station will be destroyed.