Funny Bone

by Daniel W. Kelly

We all want a guy with a great sense of humor, so why should the chuckles stop once we see him naked?

Men get into all kinds of predicaments that poke at the funny bone in this amusingly erotic collection. A witty gay guy turns stand-up comedian when his straight co-worker offers to bottom for him. College party boys make their gay virgin dorm mate into a sex machine with no off button. An employee journeys to the private island home of his boss to advocate for same-sex spousal benefits and gets scared silly by a proposal he can’t refuse. A doctor explains why his specialty is the butt of jokes. A newly single man discovers that nothing puts a smile on his face quite like a cherry pop.

And the punch lines just keep coming. Burly bouncers, gym bears, rest stop rednecks, military men…they’re all lusting for laughs in Funny Bone.

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 12, 2016

About the author

I am the author of the Comfort Cove gay horror series. I also run Boys, Bears and Scares, a site dedicated to horror from the gay male POV.

I fill my little happy bubble with horror, music, video games, and my hubby and our pups!

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 1 out of 5]

WTF did I just read?! This is part of the blurb "Men get into all kinds of predicaments that poke at the funny bone in this amusingly erotic collection" Well, I must not have gotten the joke because several of the stories that I came across included what I would consider rape scenes or forced sexual action. I am not sure if this author knows that there is a difference between erotic scenes and descriptions of rape. Absolutely disgusted. If I would have known that this was anything like this I never would have picked it up. It was described as if the stories were light-hearted and fun and I didn't get any of that at all from this.

** I received an ARC of this title via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. **

[ButtonsMom2003 · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I picked this book up from NetGalley I thought it was an unrelated collection of short stories. Much to my delight I found out that several of them are connected. If I had bothered to look closely at the table of contents before I started reading I would have realized the some of the stories were connected and possibly saved myself a bit of an icky feeling sooner rather than later.

What do I mean by that? Well, the second story contained a scene where the sex was not consensual, in my opinion, and that nearly ended my reading of the book. However, I agreed to read and review the collection so I persevered – but first I looked at the table of contents to choose what I would read next. It was then that I realized that several of the titles seemed to have a connection.

I won’t give away any spoilers but once I realized some of the stories were connected I decided to read them first and I’m glad I did. I think this book is probably geared more towards gay men than women who like to read M/M stories but I still found most of it very enjoyable – and humorous. It was a delightful way to spend a few hours reading; and because they are short stories it’s perfect for reading when you don’t have a lot of time to get absorbed in a long book.

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my review. Review will be posted to Xtreme-Delusions dot com on or after release date.

[D · Rating 1 out of 5]

I received this from NetGalley. I'm so disappointed in Bold Strokes Books, who I used to believe had quality writing. Rape is not amusing, period. I did not finish this book. Apologies to the authors that followed the rape short stories, if there were any.

[Lada · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of hot, raunchy, naughty smuts. No romance at all, some friendship, some funny inserts, and some dub-con. If you're used to stories from Nifty, then you won't have a problem with this book.

[Ide · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a nice titillating read. While character development is secondary to good sex in this genre, the book would have been much more enjoyable if it had done away with all the "straight" guys who just wanted the occasional "man meat" on the side. Their apparent hang ups about identifying as anything but straight were a turn off given that we are in 2016. Being bisexual really isn't that big of a deal!