★ Life Stories · Comedy

Comedy stories.

Lighter stories played for laughs.

Comedy 26 min read

The Crust the Judge Marked Down

My husband has watched me lose the same pie contest to the same woman for twenty-two years, and every single August he tells me the... Read more

By Clara Voss July 13, 2026

It was 6:52 on a Tuesday morning in the second week of March when I stood in my own kitchen in my long johns and... Read more

By Nadia Cross July 10, 2026

Comedy 24 min read

There was a plaster gnome standing in the middle of my peony bed with a chip out of his pointed hat and a grin like... Read more

By Clara Voss July 9, 2026

Comedy 23 min read

We bought it as a joke. That is the part I have to start with, because it is the part I am most ashamed of... Read more

By Nadia Cross June 29, 2026

Comedy 25 min read

There is a particular sound a bingo dauber makes when you slam it down on a card just a little harder than you need to,... Read more

By Nadia Cross June 29, 2026