Docket #347ZA

by Kevin L. Donihe

Sending instant messages during work hours has fatal consequences for Carlos, Pugnacious Jones, and Zanzibar Pete. Read the messages that lead to their downfall, interspersed with commentary from a Secret Government Agent (Codename: Jeremy) and hideous, contemptible drawings. Also included, an introduction by your friends in the government.

99 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Kevin L. Donihe is one of the originators of the Bizarro Fiction literary movement. He is the author of the Wonderland Award-winning novels HOUSE OF HOUSES and SPACE WALRUS, among other books published by seminal Bizarro publisher Eraserhead Press. He was also the editor of the horror anthology series BARE BONE for Raw Dog Screaming Press. His work has appeared in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF LEGAL THRILLERS and John Skipp's PSYCHOS: SERIAL KILLERS, DEPRAVED MADMEN, AND THE CRIMINALLY INSANE. Hailing from the mountains of Tennessee, he now lives in Astoria, OR.

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is filled with blurbs of instant message chats between Pugnacious Jones, Carlos, and Zanzibar Pete...three friends who meet their untimely end due to these very chats. This is because of Docket #347ZA which states that instant chatting during work is illegal, and therefore, they are snuffed out.

Admittedly, there isn't much to this book. It is humorous, especially with the interjections from Jeremy, the Secret Agent from the government who is monitoring their chats. The things he assumes they are discussing is classic. There really isn't much story whatsoever, but it is a funny little book into a short period of stereotypical chatting and what the government might assume from it if they were suspecting you of criminal activities.

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[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Docket #347ZA starts out with an introduction explaining the circumstances which lead to the main characters (Carlos, Pugnacious Jones, and Zanzibar Pete) liquidation for instant messaging at work. What follows is a hilarious collection of the instant messages that got these men killed, with the addition of some commentary by Jeremy, a secret government agent. I found the messages especially funny because it seems so much like the type of conversations I've had while at various jobs. The Secret Addendum that closes out the book is also amusing. My only gripe with the book is that I wish the drawings were a bit more legible. Some of the text in them is hard to read.

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