Hannah's Forehead & Other Horror Stories

by David Thorne

Genres: Humor

262 pages, Paperback

Published August 18, 2025

About the author

David Thorne is an Australian humourist, satirist, Internet personality and New York Times best-selling author. His work has been featured on the BBC, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Thorne gained public recognition in late 2008 for an email exchange in which he attempts to pay an overdue bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider. The exchange spread virally via email and social networking sites, leading to a surge of visitors to his website 27b/6 (27bslash6). 27b/6 features a collection of humorous emails and articles from Thorne's life. These and additional essays appear in Thorne's book, The Internet is a Playground. Published by Penguin Group and released on 28 April 2011, the book debuted at number four on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Reviews

[Kimmy C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starting with Hannah’s Forehead (or, Fivehead, as these are commonly known), we weave through the expected range (i.e: randomly selected pieces) in this, his 2025 offering. A differing format (foreheadmat??) this time, with very short paragraph/stories - 2-3-4 on every page spread. It’s like tap dancing through a minefield of craziness, but in a good way.

[Alex Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finished the book a few days ago and I can't still sleep at night. The most terrifying forehead I've ever read about.

[Darcy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another gem, we knew what we were getting. 😂

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

another masterpiece

[TurquoiseLily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like David Thorne's absurd, observational comedy. This book is a collection of short thoughts- none more than a page, most pages holding two. They are the kind of humor I enjoy, and I appreciate a collection of them. But it is also strange to read them in book form.

I liked it, and would buy more books from him as his creativity is one I would like to support. But I wouldn't necessarily say recommend this book to others. It's a pretty niche type of humor that hits in pretty specific situations.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

excited to be the fifth person to write a review for this on goodreads