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Comedy: December 12, 2018 Issue [#9270]




 This week: The Darkness
  Edited by: Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.
         — Sylvia Plath

I used to feel, but now I only remember how I used to feel.
         — C.C Aurel


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Letter from the editor

Life... is ruin.

All light has fled and all that remains is gloom.

In the darkness, you can only feel your way to the light... but you can no longer feel anything. So you just stand. In the dark. Alone, for all eternity.

...okay, but seriously, though, there's something hilarious about epic despair, isn't there?

Or is it just me? I mean, not to make fun of people who are actually suffering - that would be rude - but sometimes overwrought, melodramatic tragedy can only elicit laughter.

This time of year is especially hard for many people, as the darkness is quite literal. One way to push through is humor. For me, all the attempts at cheery, uplifting "holiday spirit" crap has the opposite effect; it's mostly irritating. Instead, give me some song parodies, or otherwise subvert the feel-good messages, and I'll laugh almost every time. Schadenfreude is almost guaranteed to make my soul soar.

For example, I like to watch the Grinch, but turn it off just before his heart begins to grow.

Does this make me a terrible person? Yeah, probably. I can live with that if it keeps people from caroling outside my door.

But whatever it takes for you to get through this holiday season, enjoy it. Or don't - whichever makes you happier.


Editor's Picks

Some comedy to guide you through the shadows:

 Madhouse Tragedy Open in new Window. [E]
A retread on my Poem of Seeking Asylum from the opposite perspective.
by Acid Wire Author Icon


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by A Guest Visitor


 Darkly Dreaming...Prazak? Open in new Window. [13+]
I've been watching too much Dexter.
by Senzafine Author Icon


 Fight Fire with Fire Open in new Window. [E]
12.9.10 Contest Entry Daily Flash Fiction 295 words
by Grin 'n Bear It! Author Icon


 Harry and his Dead Body Open in new Window. [18+]
A naive bank teller discovers a dead body in his apartment and burys it in the desert.
by Lee Marks Author Icon


 Satan's Waitin' Open in new Window. [13+]
Satan's Here for You
by LeBuert Author Icon


 Under The Bed Open in new Window. [E]
A poem about childhood fears.
by Andrew Lee Austin Author Icon

 
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Happy Holidays, and until next year...

LAUGH ON!!!

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