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PICK UP THIS BOOK BEFORE YOU PICK UP THE MICROPHONE Part instruction manual, part memoir and part cautionary tale, “How to FAIL at Stand-Up Comedy” is a hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking exploration of a 30 year career in stand-up. Sabo pulls no punches while revealing what it’s really like to live the life of a traveling comedian, warts and all. Sabo points out everything you can do wrong in this business with glaring detail and without judgment. Chock full of advice from industry insiders and experts in the field, “FAIL” takes you on the journey from open-miker to seasoned ...

No More Pencils. No More Books. Just Blood and Guts and Teachers Hanging from Hooks. Alphonso High is just like any other Title 1 high school on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Except it isn’t. Strange and disturbing events have become the new normal at Alphonso High. A parent mysteriously collapses during a heated exchange with administrators. Students are attacking teachers without provocation. And the principal’s wife winds up dead in the middle of the night. When detectives are sent to investigate, they end up trapped inside the school while students and faculty are dying in increasingly...

IT’S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL YOUR LIFE IS ON THE LINE Joey King is a road weary stand-up comedian going nowhere fast in his career. When he meets a beautiful mysterious blond, his luck begins to change… for the worst! She is murdered right before his eyes, and he unwittingly gets infected with a dangerous and highly contagious pathogen. Joey goes on the run, setting up a deadly cat and mouse game with the government agents commissioned to bring him in. Can they find him in time to prevent a worldwide pandemic? A contemporary thriller with sci-fi/horror elements, this novel will keep ...

“My Dark Itch: Confessions of a Killer Comedian” is the fictional autobiography of a stand-up comedian turned cold-blooded serial killer. This sprawling tale takes the reader on a journey from his tortured upbringing, his adventures in the entertainment world, his near-death experiences and his ultimate turn to the dark side. From the seedy shadows of basement night clubs to the dazzling brightness of fame’s spotlight, from tragedy to triumph, his life is deconstructed and examined, warts and all. Both deadly serious and at times uproariously comical, in its heart this is a tale of ...

“Solid writing that never drops the ball. I cannot recommend ‘Kayla’s Gone’ strongly enough.” It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Morgan LaFlare returns from work to find her fourteen year old daughter, Kayla, missing. The police are convinced that she ran away. Morgan’s gut tells her otherwise. The only one she can turn to is Mark Spence, the former top secret government agent who murdered her ex-boyfriend. Mark, she finds, is facing his own demons. He wants free of his secret agent life, and he’s not sure he can make it out alive. Together they seek the truth, and quickly ...