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All books in How to Survive the Afterlife in one box set for the first time. If you love the humor of Pratchett/Douglas Adams, the darkness of Stephen King, and the surrealism of Terry Gilliam, then this is must-listen. Includes: The Limpet Syndrome, Soul Catchers, Dead Ends, and the companion book Existential Crisis.

From beloved content creator Taryn Delanie Smith, comes a luminous and comforting vision of the afterlife—told through her beloved character, Denise, Heaven’s sharp-witted and big-hearted receptionist. For millions of followers, Denise has become a guide to the great beyond: welcoming new...

After two centuries stuck in the Interim, a post-death limbo where souls must stay until they’ve been entirely forgotten by the living, Walter Augustus is finally about to move on to whatever comes next. But when Letty Ferguson uncovers the last remaining copy of Walter’s book of poetry, he finds himself in a race against time. Can Walter, aided by his former employer, Pemberton, and the mysterious and eccentric Hector, destroy the book before Letty fixes him into her memory, condemning him to eternity in the Interim?

Following her 2021 bestselling memoir Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her comes the laugh out loud follow-up Hexy Witch. 'My life's changed a lot since This Country came out. Among all the amazing times there have been some stranger ones: the time a man climbed the wall into my garden and...

John's dead...but his biggest challenges have only just begun. Hell has a problem. Two actually. The souls of Sandy Logan and Ian (Cher) Noble are missing and the fate of the Universe is at stake. John's deal to regain his life sounds easy. Until he discovers Sandy and Ian have both been reincarnated as pigeons and could be anywhere on Earth. What's more they died trying to stop the Prime Minister unleashing Emorfed on the unsuspecting public, a substance designed to remove human emotions.

The only location for millions of souls is Limbo, an ever expanding sphere of metal no longer deep under the Swiss mountains. Death itself is on hold and something must be done to stop the tide and avoid the final endgame. John Hewson will yet again be drawn in to the battle to save humanity. It's third on his to do list behind finding the other parts of his soul and removing an ever increasingly paranoid pigeon.

As the demons gather to debate John’s disappearance the scattered parts of his soul plan revenge on those responsible. All that stands between him and success is his newly acquired Tourette’s Syndrome and an increasing list of pursuers. Demons, Satan, shadow souls and a gang of deceased murderous dictators all want a piece of him. Fortunately there’s plenty to go around. Meanwhile the pigeon, Sandy Logan, contemplates his unfulfilled ambitions. What if he ruled Hell? All he needs is an army and a plan to spark revolution.

Saying all priests and preachers are good people is like saying all politicians are honest. That is a bridge too far. So, have a laugh at this bewildering congregation of ghosts who were in limbo, the name of the place between Heaven and Hell where they were free of their vows of silence and were able to giggle at the confessions they had heard and even their own follies that they owned up to when the pressure was off.

Join Dame Esther Rantzen and her 'That's Life!' pal Adrian Mills each week as they natter about their news, respond to listeners’ emails, share unmissable stories and catch up with a new special guest! In true Dame Esther tradition, these ingredients will make you laugh, make you smile, and sometimes make you cry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes a hilarious travel guide to the afterlife, exploring to die for destinations from literature, mythology, and pop culture. Ever wonder which circles of Dante’s Inferno have the nicest...

For better or worse, the Nearly Dearly Departed Club are back ... and this time it's a matter of life and death. Or rather, stay alive long enough to protect the dead. That's the plan, at least. But then what do they say about best laid plans? There’s been a death at HM Prison Stainmouth. The...

Living in a virtual game world sounds like the ultimate dream. Plenty of action, intrigue, and guess who gets to be the big hero? But what happens when that digital reality gets flipped on its head? Bad guys are after your sweet loot, your fancy title is loaded with unrealistic expectations, and achieving such a high level comes with a big fat target on your back. Something has to give, so when a new crusader faction rolls into town, Talon senses an opportunity.

Between her regular job in Afterlife Arrivals, training for her second job with IA, her community service on The Bus of Death, GA meetings, taking care of her housemates, and every other ghostly commitment in between, Bridget Sway is already stretched pretty thin. Then, her best friend, Sabrina, drops a bombshell. Sabrina thinks she was murdered. And, in the afterlife, murdered dead people usually turn into homicidal maniac dead people. Despite that, Sabrina thinks if they can work out who killed her, then she might be able to get the closure she needs.

Hell's too full, so the Devil hires ad man Dirk Quigby to pen a travel guide enticing travelers to different afterlives: Hindu, Catholic, Protestant (that one's got a lot of subdivisions), Scientologist, and more. Instead of writing a boffo best seller, Dirk unites all religions in a common goal: kill Dirk. E. E. King grew up in one of those tolerant households that don't force religion down kids' throats. This is the result.

Take a hilarious journey into the wonderful out of this world haunts of ghosts relaxing in their own fantastic crypts. We all know that ghosts can be scary, very frightening OR they can be fun in the right mood. These ghosts have all got together for parties to chat about how life was like when they were, well, alive. This audiobook contains four different books of their tales ranging from playful revenge to the confessions of the people who hear confessions as part of their earthly existence.come what may, these are all funny stories designed to share laughter.

This show, a spin off from The End of the World with Michael and Stu, explores perspectives on the afterlife from the ancient world through to contemporary depictions in popular culture. An occasional series, this feed will be updated periodically.

What happens when free speech isn’t cancelled by governments, but by hashtags, algorithms, and tutting strangers on Twitter? Shhh! You’re Offended: The Death (and Afterlife) of Free Speech is a brilliantly funny and biting satire of outrage culture, cancel mobs, and the absurd lengths we now go to just to avoid offending anyone. British satirist Arthur Rantwell takes listeners on a laugh-out-loud journey through the minefield of modern conversation, where every opinion is a potential scandal and every apology is a performance worthy of the West End.

Morti, Geist und Journalist, berichtet aus seiner Redaktion im Jenseits: über die Bürokratie der Ewigkeit, den Mangel an Ruhe und die kleinen Absurditäten des Todes. Mit schwarzem Humor, Schreibmaschine und zu viel Kaffee erzählt er, was nach dem Leben wirklich passiert – sarkastisch, poetisch und herrlich lebendig.

Like all sons, Travis longs to have a good relationship with his father, who abandoned Travis as a child to pursue his gambling lifestyle. Now, as an adult, Travis is willing to forgive and forget in order to make things right with his father, even if it means reaching beyond the grave to do so. But when Travis does reunite with his long-lost father, will he make up for lost time and repair their broken relationship, or is it true that some things and some people never change?

Where do we end up after we pass on? Does grief follow us to the afterlife? Theodore is about to find out the hard way in a strange new land as death, denial, and danger push his mind and body to the limits.