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Ross Bullen @bullenross.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A new school year means a new chance to succeed (or, more likely, fail) in academia! Luckily I have just the book for you. Lots of stuff in here from @mcsweeneys.net, lots of new stuff too, and all of it published by the good people at @humoristbooks.bsky.social. Get your copy today!

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Untold! Thrilling! Disastrous! Such is the doomed 1905 South Pole expedition of Hugo Gabriel as depicted in POLE ANTARCTICA by David Guzman, available now from Humorist Books. (The voyage is fake, but the book is real – and hilarious.) www.amazon.com/Pole-Antarct...

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Slouchers: The Gen-Xpanded Edition, novelizes the early '90s classic film in this special anniversary edition from @mikebsacks.bsky.social www.amazon.com/dp/1954158459

Slouchers: The Novelization: Gen-Xpanded Edition

Slouchers: The Novelization: Gen-Xpanded Edition [Sacks, Mike] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Slouchers: The Novelization: Gen-Xpanded Edition

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The “Gen-Xpanded Edition” of the novelization of the early ‘90s slacker classic film SLOUCHERS is available now from Humorist Books. www.amazon.com/dp/1954158459 @mikebsacks.bsky.social

Slouchers: The Novelization: Gen-Xpanded Edition

Slouchers: The Novelization: Gen-Xpanded Edition [Sacks, Mike] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Slouchers: The Novelization: Gen-Xpanded Edition

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Check out this excerpt of HOW TO SUCCEED IN ACADEMIA by @bullenross.bsky.social over at @mcsweeneys.net www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/my-...

My Name Is Gregor Samsa, and This Time I Woke Up as a Grad Student at Cal State San Bernardino

You’ve probably heard about the first time this happened to me. You know: guy goes to sleep, wakes up as a giant bug, freaks out his family, worrie...

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Community Pool, by Keith James. Yet another novel about a decidedly evil small town, dream manipulation, and a weird child that results in a profound and personal journey about what it means to be a dad. www.amazon.com/Community-Po...

Amazon.com: Community Pool: 9781954158320: James, Keith: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The Lobster Heist, by Erin McLaughlin. Alternately sweet and nasty, this novel concerns a guy hunting for his biological family while a new one out of his motley friends. making out of an unlikely friend group. Naturally, this all involves a lobster. www.amazon.com/Audible-The-...

The Lobster Heist

Amazon.com: The Lobster Heist (Audible Audio Edition): Erin McLaughlin, Humorist Books, Virtual Voice: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Walker, by Sam Pasternack. The contemporary descendant of the 19th century’s greatest long-distance pedestrian grabs his birthright and treks across the U.S. to purposely reunite his far-flung family and accidentally get himself embroiled in a massive conspiracy. www.amazon.com/Walker-Sam-P...

Walker [Pasternack, Sam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Walker

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures), by Lance Hansen. The formula for acing this master class is simple: Legendary authors. Original portraits. A limerick that simultaneously celebrates and savages their greatest works. www.amazon.com/Limerature-1...

Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures)

Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures) [Hansen, Lance] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures)

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The Vowels of the Earth, by Matthew David Brozik. A classic humor novel set in northeastern academia, a happy-go-lucky professor becomes part of the secret and possibly galactic cabal to introduce humanity to a whole new letter. www.amazon.com/Vowels-Earth...

The Vowels of the Earth

Amazon.com: The Vowels of the Earth: 9781954158276: Brozik, Matthew David: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane, by Jeff Giles. In a quest through the afterlife, the world’s most foremost skeptic faces the daunting task of preventing the universe from unraveling. www.amazon.com/Langley-Powe...

Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane

Amazon.com: Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane: 9781954158306: Giles, Jeff: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams, by Shawn Carlow. A lot of famous and noble people died on the Titanic. And then there are the malcontents and weirdos — whose stories can finally be told. www.amazon.com/People-Titan...

People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams

People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams [Carlow, Shawn] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Drinksgiving, by Dewey Lovett. A crackling and entertaining caper of a novel set on a booze-and-regret-soaked holiday weekend in a small hometown, this tale of fractious people packs plenty of winter warmth, too. www.amazon.com/Drinksgiving...

Amazon.com: Drinksgiving: 9781954158344: Lovett, Dewey: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The Day Job Survival Handbook, by Matt Visconage. Gifting to the newly employed a guide to navigating the highly political and soul-crushing world of the great American office? It’s a great way to say both “congratulations” and “I’m sorry.” www.amazon.com/Day-Job-Surv...

The Day Job Survival Handbook

The Day Job Survival Handbook [Visconage, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Day Job Survival Handbook

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Sleep, Little One: Bedtime Tales for Tiny Troublemakers, by Brian Dunn and Lucy Mara Budd. These stories will only to serve to assuage little ones’ fears of the stuff in life they actually ought to be afraid of, bolstered with beautifully surreal illustrations. www.amazon.com/Sleep-Little...

Sleep, Little One: Bedtime Tales for Tiny Troublemakers

Sleep, Little One: Bedtime Tales for Tiny Troublemakers [Dunn, Brian, Budd, Lucy Mara] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sleep, Little One: Bedtime Tales for Tiny Troublemakers

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else), by Ross Bullen. If you really want to be an adjunct professor, real-life academic Ross Bullen will show you how it’s not all fame, glamour, and glory. As it turns out, there’s none of that at all! www.amazon.com/Succeed-Acad...

How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else)

How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else) [Bullen, Ross] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else)

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Optical Disillusions, by Robert Criss. These aren’t brainteasers so much as they are brain mockers. These puzzles will challenge your perceptions of reality and yourself, and take you to dark, and twisted places. But, you know, in a fun way. www.amazon.com/dp/195415842...

Optical DisIllusions

Optical DisIllusions [Criss, Robert] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Optical DisIllusions

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The Humorist Books 2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Here then are a publisher’s dozen books that entertain, elicit laughs, enrich the mind, don’t cost much, ship quickly, and are very easy to wrap. In other words, the perfect gifts for anyone and everyone. (THREAD)

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Happy pub day to Robert Criss, whose OPTICAL DISILLUSIONS is available now. We think you'll agree that it's the funniest, darkest book of visual puzzles ever assembled… if your fragile brain can even handle it, we mean. www.amazon.com/dp/195415842...

Optical DisIllusions

Optical DisIllusions [Criss, Robert] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Optical DisIllusions

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Ross Bullen @bullenross.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Did you know my new comedy book from @humoristbooks.bsky.social contains a complete history of the adjunct professor, from ancient times to modern times, including the names of the 99 adjunct professors aboard the Mayflower? Pick up a copy today! humoristbooks.com/how-to-succe...

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Ross Bullen @bullenross.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The only thing academics like more than free food is a free excerpt from my new book HOW TO SUCCEED IN ACADEMIA (WHILE FAILING AT EVERYTHING ELSE)! Check out this exclusive excerpt on the @humoristbooks.bsky.social website! humoristbooks.com/read-an-excl...

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Read an Exclusive Excerpt from 'How to Succeed in Academia' by Ross Bullen - Humorist Books

New this week from Humorist Books: How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else), by funny person, career-track professor, and podcaster Ross Bullen. It’s a book about the […]

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Ross Bullen @bullenross.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Great news if you're a fan of my stuff in @mcsweeneys.net (and bad news if you're not): I have written a WHOLE BOOK of academic satire! It's available NOW from the good people at @humoristbooks.bsky.social.

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

@bullenross.bsky.social is a professor AND a writer, so putting him through the gauntlet of “5 Writerly Questions” wasn’t that big a deal since he obviously loves to do homework. humoristbooks.com/6-important-...

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6 Important Writerly Questions with Ross Bullen - Humorist Books

Attention students, administrators, and adjunct professors: Ross Bullen, author of How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else), is speaking. It’s the go-to guide for career academics...

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Read an excerpt of Ross Bullen’s HOW TO SUCCEED IN ACADEMIA (WHILE FAILING AT EVERYTHING ELSE) right here! humoristbooks.com/read-an-excl...

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Read an Exclusive Excerpt from 'How to Succeed in Academia' by Ross Bullen - Humorist Books

New this week from Humorist Books: How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else), by funny person, career-track professor, and podcaster Ross Bullen. It’s a book about the […]

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Considering a career in academia? Already stuck on a tenure path? Allow @bullenross.bsky.social to talk you right out of it. The hilariously harrowing and deeply silly HOW TO SUCCEED IN ACADEMIA (WHILE FAILING AT EVERYTHING ELSE) is out now from Humorist Books. www.amazon.com/Succeed-Acad...

How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else)

How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else) [Bullen, Ross] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else)

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Read an excerpt here! humoristbooks.com/read-an-excl...

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Read an Exclusive Excerpt of "Sleep, Little One" by Brian Dunn - Humorist Books

From Sleep, Little One: Bedtime Tales for Tiny Troublemakers by Brian Dunn, with illustrations by Lucy Mara Budd, here’s a story that won’t relieve little ones’ rightful and righteous anxiety whatsoev...

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Check out our interview with Humorist Books author Brian Dunn of the new release SLEEP, LITTLE ONE humoristbooks.com/6-important-...

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6 Important Writerly Questions with Brian Dunn ("Sleep, Little One") - Humorist Books

Just out from Humorist Books: Sleep, Little One: Bedtime Tales for Tiny Troublemakers. With the dark, realistic, and audacious storytelling of Brian Dunn and the whimsical and haunting illustrations o...

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Catch Sam Pasternack talking about and reading from his terrific novel WALKER, October 3 at the Penn bookstore www.business-services.upenn.edu/walker

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Matt Visconage, now available at Bookshop. Buy indie. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Day Job Survival Handbook

Check out The Day Job Survival Handbook - <p><strong>Congrats! And... condolences.</strong> You're about to embark on the thrilling adventure of white-collar life: endless emails, relentless <strong>c...

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Work sucks - laugh it off. THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK is now available. www.amazon.com/Day-Job-Surv...

The Day Job Survival Handbook

The Day Job Survival Handbook [Visconage, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Day Job Survival Handbook

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Read a bit of Matt Visconage's THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK and then pick up the whole thing! humoristbooks.com/read-an-excl...

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Read an Exclusive Excerpt of THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK - Humorist Books

So. You’re about to embark on the thrilling adventure of white-collar life: endless emails, relentless calendar invites, terrible coffee, and mind games with co-workers and superiors. That’s where The...

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Matt Visconage releases today, and you can read an excerpt over on the Humorist Books Blog. humoristbooks.com/read-an-excl...

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Read an Exclusive Excerpt of THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK - Humorist Books

So. You’re about to embark on the thrilling adventure of white-collar life: endless emails, relentless calendar invites, terrible coffee, and mind games with co-workers and superiors. That’s where The...

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Matt Visconage is available now! www.amazon.com/Day-Job-Surv...

The Day Job Survival Handbook

The Day Job Survival Handbook [Visconage, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Day Job Survival Handbook

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

THE DAY JOB SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Matt Visconage comes out tomorrow…just in time for Labor Day. It's everything you need to make it through the crushing drudgery of having a job! www.amazon.com/Day-Job-Surv...

The Day Job Survival Handbook

The Day Job Survival Handbook [Visconage, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Day Job Survival Handbook

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the travel dad What Am I Doing Here? by Mike Reiss www.amazon.com/What-Am-Doin...

What Am I Doing Here?: A Simpsons' Writer Visits the World's Hellholes So You Don't Have To

Amazon.com: What Am I Doing Here?: A Simpsons' Writer Visits the World's Hellholes So You Don't Have To: 9781954158245: Reiss, Mike, Reiss, Denise: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the old dad How to Be an Old Person, by Brian Boone www.amazon.com/How-Old-Pers...

How to Be an Old Person: Everything to Know for the Newly Old, Retiring, Elderly, or Considering

How to Be an Old Person: Everything to Know for the Newly Old, Retiring, Elderly, or Considering [Boone, Brian, Dundics, Marty] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How to Be an Old Person: Everything to Know for the Newly Old, Retiring, Elderly, or Considering

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the political dad Red Tie, Blue Tie, by Gary M. Almeter and Reese Cassard www.amazon.com/Red-Tie-Blue...

Red Tie, Blue Tie: How to Tell Whether Someone Is Liberal or Conservative in Any Possible Scenario

Red Tie, Blue Tie: How to Tell Whether Someone Is Liberal or Conservative in Any Possible Scenario [Almeter, Gary M., Cassard, Reese] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Red Tie, Blue Tie: How to Tell Whether Someone Is Liberal or Conservative in Any Possible Scenario

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the lone wolf dad Community Pool, by Keith James www.amazon.com/Community-Po...

Amazon.com: Community Pool: 9781954158320: James, Keith: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the literary dad Limerature 101, by Lance Hansen www.amazon.com/Limerature-1...

Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures)

Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures) [Hansen, Lance] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures)

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the adventerous dad The Lobster Heist, by Erin McLaughlin www.amazon.com/Lobster-Heis...

The Lobster Heist

Amazon.com: The Lobster Heist: 9781954158214: McLaughlin, Erin: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the dad who loves being a dad Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane, by Jeff Giles www.amazon.com/Langley-Powe...

Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane

Amazon.com: Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane: 9781954158306: Giles, Jeff: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the brainy dad: The Vowels of the Earth, by Matthew David Brozik www.amazon.com/Vowels-Earth...

The Vowels of the Earth

Amazon.com: The Vowels of the Earth: 9781954158276: Brozik, Matthew David: Books

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the storytelling dad: Walker, by Sam Pasternack www.amazon.com/Walker-Sam-P...

Walker [Pasternack, Sam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Walker

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

For the history buff dad: People of the Titanic, by Shawn Carlow www.amazon.com/People-Titan...

People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams

People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams [Carlow, Shawn] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The Humorist Books Father's Day Gift Guide. Dads love jokes, comedy, and their little interests, and we've got the right book for YOUR DAD!

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Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Manchester, NH: Go see your local champion Shawn Carlow at Bookery on Saturday, June 7 at 4 p.m. as he reads from and discusses his historically hilarious story collection PEOPLE OF THE TITANIC @shawncarlow.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...

Author Event with Shawn Carlow

Shawn Carlow, writer and producer, is originally from Manchester! Now living in LA, he’s written for TV, radio, stage, and other comedians!

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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Shawn Carlow (@shawncarlow.bsky.social)

Writer/Comedian/Producer Author of People of the Titanic - coming 3-18-25 from @HumoristBooks.bsky.social www.ShawnCarlowWrites.com

Humorist Books @humoristbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

PEOPLE OF THE TITANIC by Shawn Carlow sets sail today. Get on board with 30 comic tales of the oddest oddballs who took that trip on the Ship of Dreams. www.amazon.com/People-Titan...

People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams

People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams [Carlow, Shawn] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. People of the Titanic: 30 Tales of Extra-Doomed Souls Who Sailed on the Ship of Dreams