R Saunders

Only a Frump could be elected in this modern age. Because no one trusted a man to get anything right anymore. The first female president fit the model, and this reporter was putting the pieces together on how she got elected. She simply put a new approach to classic poltical ploys. The right gal at the rigth time. All wasn't smooth sailing though... Excerpt: "About time you showed up." "Hey, I'm right on time!" "Yea, but I needed to talk to someone...

It all started when politicians and out-spoken celebrities and sports figures started being exposed for the stinkers they are. It all started with a science grant that created a hypocrisy scanner. Tested on terrorists, it made them disappear. Tested on only the "sometimes" hypocritical, it made them evacuate their bowels. (To say it nicely.) The results changed Washington and sports teams. But only those, who were hypocritical. Integrity got new...

A Collection of the Dark Humor Satire of R. L. Saunders Life in our dystopian near-futures has never been funnier. Saunders gets inspiration from our daily news, and these stories are therapy for us as well. Skewering what is accepted as conventional wisdom, Saunders explores concepts which are more easily delivered with entertainment than op-eds or tweet-storms. Always taking the "what if" of current controversies to their slippery-slope results,...

Indecision has been known to kill people. In politics, it just makes fund-raising harder.That's why we gremlins love the politicians. When they built Washington on our swamp, we got the best deal out of it.Us and the faerie-folk.Until then, we only had the natives and the migrant colonists to work with. Influencing their minds and helping them to live more "interesting" lives."But when they paved over that swamp and replaced it with all sorts of statuary,...

This man had ruined his life. So he wanted payback. Found him in a chain restaurant. Back booth. Playing solitaire. "Maestro the Magnificent." Humbug. The guy that had launched a self-help cult based on Get Rich Quick advice was now a disheveled mess. After faking his death and disappearing, it didn't help him. Something about being cursed with eternal life. And having to "sleep in the bed he'd made" - forever. He was nearly begging...

John Earl Stark had a problem. If his book sales didn't pick up, he'd have to go get a real job. So he called an old friend, a fellow author just returned from a "digital rehab" and wanting to get back into the swing of writing. Their styles and approaches were completely different. And each had nothing to lose by comparing notes with the other. Both of them needed a re-start at their "writing life". Of course, this was in between John's playing...

Ever wonder how all these Romances and Academic papers get written? Interestingly, most of these authors have pets. Cats, particularly, who like to type. Seriously. But you'll never know it. Because they get into your dreams at night and make you think you did all that typing. Of course, this might explain some of the wild theories that come out of Universities these days, as well as the exotic Romances... Excerpt: F. D. C. Willard, a red tabby cross-bred...

Can the future be saved by returning a woman to affect the present? Peter was a perfect gentleman. When he showed up at an all-woman's club unannounced, the defenses came up. Mari met him, surrounded by women like herself who battled criminal men daily. There was no longer any need for physical sex, the war between sexes had already been won. Yet here was a white male in a three-piece suit asking for her help to save humankind. This one man, who...

If laughter is the best medicine, then reading humorous short stories should be the best practice to maintain your health. These three authors with their six stories have written stories that both poke fun at the sacrosanct and also, skewer them for dissection as both pompous and ripe. From the ranks of Voltaire, Twain, and Vonnegut, these new voices have something to say about how our current culture and what they consider serious. You may find...

If laughter is the best medicine, then reading humorous short stories should be the best practice to maintain your health. These three authors with their six stories have written stories that both poke fun at the sacrosanct and also skewer them for dissection as both pompous and ripe. From the ranks of Voltaire, Twain, and Vonnegut, these new voices have something to say about how our current culture and what they consider serious. You may find...