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It's Not Your Fault
Welcome back to your favorite politically incorrect town, Darbyshire! If you haven’t done so already, go back and read the first book before starting this one, as many of the characters from “Darbyshire: Welcome to the Jungle” reappear in “Darbyshire: It’s Not Your Fault”. This edition introduces ten new characters within the Darbyshire universe, and really ramps up the nonsense that you either fondly, or not so fondly remember from the inaugural book.
Unsurprisingly, many of the stories take deep dives into a wide variety of “interesting” cultural issues of our current society. With an overdose of hyperbolic language, as well some tasteless jokes, the tales herein take a few metaphorical half court shots to satirically illustrate the fact that life isn’t always about rainbows, butterflies, and selfies.
Remember, Darbyshire is a series of meme-grade, literary eagle putts. Like a funhouse mirror, the fables warp the soberingly depressing reality of the modern world into something so exceptionally gay, even stoic, card-carrying members of the global lumberjack community won’t possess the capacity to retard their ensuing titillation—all but guaranteeing what seasoned thought leaders describe as their industry’s ultimate nightmare scenario: the widespread abandonment of faggots in forests everywhere.
Unsurprisingly, many of the stories take deep dives into a wide variety of “interesting” cultural issues of our current society. With an overdose of hyperbolic language, as well some tasteless jokes, the tales herein take a few metaphorical half court shots to satirically illustrate the fact that life isn’t always about rainbows, butterflies, and selfies.
Remember, Darbyshire is a series of meme-grade, literary eagle putts. Like a funhouse mirror, the fables warp the soberingly depressing reality of the modern world into something so exceptionally gay, even stoic, card-carrying members of the global lumberjack community won’t possess the capacity to retard their ensuing titillation—all but guaranteeing what seasoned thought leaders describe as their industry’s ultimate nightmare scenario: the widespread abandonment of faggots in forests everywhere.
180 pages, Hardcover
Published April 1, 2020
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March 16, 2020
I read Darbyshire 1 and was intrigued with the idea of a second book. I have to admit this book surprised me, especially as I am questioning everything as Covid-19 seems to be taking over the world. The short stories made me look at society and determine what is important to me. The characters are well developed and are believable and engaging. More importantly, I laughed so much while reading this book. Maverick Alexander is extremely witty! Maverick- thanks for mentioning me in your book! lol!
June 3, 2020
Garrett Grief 7
Garrett’s insurance provider is paying $40-grand a month for his DA Rehab treatment.
The AA meeting had started. My name’s Bob, & I’m an alcoholic; Dick Kickem…
Everyone else was waiting for the newbie Garrett Grief (pothead, Darbyshire U) to share.
Finally, Hi, my name’s Garrett & I’m an alcoholic.
Garrett started his AM group therapy. He filled out the poorly Xeroxed worksheets.
PM. Garrett & all the other group members were put into oversized van “The Druggy Buggy & taken for horseback riding.
After his 90-day treatment Garrett joined the Darbyshire’s Alpha Gym.
Derek Doomsday 16
Derek Doomsday (chipmunk) prepared for nuclear winter (doomsday).
He ate well & exercised regularly & was in good shape.
Derek spent about 5-hrs. a day on the Internet
With what Derek was reading he was having trouble making sense of the world.
Derek needed to find a right-hand-man to help him solve the global nuclear Houston 500 dilemma.
George Monocle park. The crash had left Derek with a broken leg & 6 shattered ribs.
Mr. Trenchpipe tried to help Derek up.
He tried his best to explain to Derek what would/might happen if the nuclear holocaust became a reality.
Get a life & quit worrying about it.
The Trenchpipes 32
Home gardening center. Mr. Tench Trenchpipe was on a mission.
Mrs. Tiffany Trenchpipe (wife) maned the household while hubby was out galivanting around town.
Tench was teaching Tommy Trenchpipe (12, son/brother, tuba player) manly things so he would grow up right.
Jenny Trenchpipe (daughter/sister, Fresh; Women’s Studies) was home for Thanksgiving from Darbyshire U.
She had brought home her mate Zander for everyone to meet.
PC Pirate 40
The Pirate Ship (22’ speedboat) smashed into the huge super yacht with considerable force.
PC Pirate 40 (not your typical pirate) & his entourage boarded the lavish yacht. They were going to collect their booty.
PC Pirate’s mother had taught him proper manners.
The cloud of smoke could be seen for miles around.
The real pirates were long gone.
Captain Milton (former volunteer school crossing guard) was planning on a mutiny.
Captain Milton went to see Doon-Ling (Darbyshire U, ship designer). It would cost $6-billion, 6 nuclear reactors, homing missiles, laser cannons) to build the state-of-the-art pirate ship.
The SS PayPal was ready for its 1st. journey.
The Darbyshire PD was no match for the new/improved pirates.
Captain Milton & his buccaneers had plundered all the vessels that came within a 50-mile radius of Darbyshire Bay.
Now what?
The United Nations Peace & the Security Council declared Captain Milton a global public enemy #1.
The Pirate Challenge had officially gone defunct.
The media coined him Milton “Nautical Hitler.”
All rise. The District Court of Darbyshire is now in session, Judge is Judy presiding.
Prosecution: Defense: Brett H. Whiskers (defendants celebrity lawyer, skilled lover); Captain Milton
Hank Honesty 83
Darbyshire. Tench made the mistake of asking Hank Honesty (neighbor) how he was doing.
Hank 1st interview for a barista was at Starcucks.
Then the Darbyshire Gazette for a field correspondent.
Next the Referee’s Institute of Referees.
Roastie’s fancy steakhouse. Time for Hank to eat.
Gordon Fiesta 93
Gordon Fiesta (25+, aka Party, out of shape, Darbyshire U) was busy watching porn on his browser.
He had what he thought an intellectual blog.
Gordon decided to attend a woman’s march/rally.
Officer (f, A/A PD) arrested Gordon for his bizarre behavior.
Andre Privateer 106
Andre Privateer (49, con artist) was extraordinary able to seduce an entry-level secretary of who/where kept access to the cash flow.
He had quite the lucrative bank account, but Andre scammed for the love of the game.
After awhile he was losing his touch.
One night, as he was flipping TV channels, an advertisement caught Andre’s eye: The Snuggie.
He ordered it right away & when the package arrived it was more than 1. 75 to be exact.
Someone Somewhere is always coming up with a new patent.
1-day Andre decided to redesign the Snuggie product.
The new product was called the CummySnuggie.
Now it was time to market the product.
Bob Jay 116
Atlantic Ocean 65’charter sailboat. Captain Robert “Bob Jay” Jenkins (former Darbyshire mayor) was making his announcements to the Darbyshire city politicians who will embark on a fishing trip.
This was the 2nd yr. for the Republican & Democrat assemblymen to get together.
They had 2 other major topics to discuss: the homeless problem & a threat of hepatitis A outbreak.
Nancy Pelosi & Marco Rubio were discussing something.
BJ had a surprise for the politicians.
The Star-Spangled Banner was playing on the Bluetooth speakers.
Captain’s Law.
Dance Faguilar 127
Dance Faguilar (Newfoundland) was like all the rest of the people on social media, pretending to be somebody else.
DJ Dick Cheese was playing the tunes.
He introduced himself as Sir Dancealot to the gypsy Barbies Katrina & her BFF Sabrina.
4-hrs later Dance had to take a break.
Simon Stagman 134
Simon Stagman (22, Japanese 8-point buck, BA) was fresh out of Darbyshire U.
The young buck started to send out of resumes daily, but it was to no avail.
Simon started working for a startup fashion brand called InnrBeauty.com.
a fast trip to Banana Republic to get some new threads.
Turns out he really was just an unpaid Rockstar intern.
The clock struck 5, & Simon had ended another week.
When Simon arrived at his Impala, the words Cis Buck had been spray painted on it.
His fiancé Lisa hated her job as a cyber threat analyst also.
Lisa was bound & determined to stick it out with Simon.
The Darbyshire Rodeo 152
This was the yr. of the Darbyshire championships. It included: bull riding, hogtying, barrel racing, & all the other exciting events.
The sponsors are: Tench Trenchpipe’s Boner Circus, Banana Finger’s Alpha Gym, & Brett Whiskers Inc.
The parking lot was jam-packed full.
Milton the crossing guard was doing his best to keep things organized.
Gordon Fiesta, Jerry Jerryson, Dance Faguilar, & PC Pirate carpooled together.
Mayor Bob Jenkins (Darbyshire) made his announcement to the rodeo crowd: welcome to the 47th annual Junior College Rodeo Championship.
Everyone in Darbyshire enjoyed themselves.
What about Derek Doomsday?
I do not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing free books from publishers & authors. Therefore, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one.
Warning: This book contains adult content, or expletive language &/or uncensored sexually explicit material which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.
An awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very professionally written satire book. It was quite easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge description list of unique characters, settings, facts etc. to keep track of. This could also make another great satire movie, an animated cartoon, or better yet a mini TV series. Well that was different. There is no doubt in my mind this is an extremely easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free author (s); Gwabboh LLC.; Goodreads; MakingConnections; Making Connections discussion group talk; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
Garrett’s insurance provider is paying $40-grand a month for his DA Rehab treatment.
The AA meeting had started. My name’s Bob, & I’m an alcoholic; Dick Kickem…
Everyone else was waiting for the newbie Garrett Grief (pothead, Darbyshire U) to share.
Finally, Hi, my name’s Garrett & I’m an alcoholic.
Garrett started his AM group therapy. He filled out the poorly Xeroxed worksheets.
PM. Garrett & all the other group members were put into oversized van “The Druggy Buggy & taken for horseback riding.
After his 90-day treatment Garrett joined the Darbyshire’s Alpha Gym.
Derek Doomsday 16
Derek Doomsday (chipmunk) prepared for nuclear winter (doomsday).
He ate well & exercised regularly & was in good shape.
Derek spent about 5-hrs. a day on the Internet
With what Derek was reading he was having trouble making sense of the world.
Derek needed to find a right-hand-man to help him solve the global nuclear Houston 500 dilemma.
George Monocle park. The crash had left Derek with a broken leg & 6 shattered ribs.
Mr. Trenchpipe tried to help Derek up.
He tried his best to explain to Derek what would/might happen if the nuclear holocaust became a reality.
Get a life & quit worrying about it.
The Trenchpipes 32
Home gardening center. Mr. Tench Trenchpipe was on a mission.
Mrs. Tiffany Trenchpipe (wife) maned the household while hubby was out galivanting around town.
Tench was teaching Tommy Trenchpipe (12, son/brother, tuba player) manly things so he would grow up right.
Jenny Trenchpipe (daughter/sister, Fresh; Women’s Studies) was home for Thanksgiving from Darbyshire U.
She had brought home her mate Zander for everyone to meet.
PC Pirate 40
The Pirate Ship (22’ speedboat) smashed into the huge super yacht with considerable force.
PC Pirate 40 (not your typical pirate) & his entourage boarded the lavish yacht. They were going to collect their booty.
PC Pirate’s mother had taught him proper manners.
The cloud of smoke could be seen for miles around.
The real pirates were long gone.
Captain Milton (former volunteer school crossing guard) was planning on a mutiny.
Captain Milton went to see Doon-Ling (Darbyshire U, ship designer). It would cost $6-billion, 6 nuclear reactors, homing missiles, laser cannons) to build the state-of-the-art pirate ship.
The SS PayPal was ready for its 1st. journey.
The Darbyshire PD was no match for the new/improved pirates.
Captain Milton & his buccaneers had plundered all the vessels that came within a 50-mile radius of Darbyshire Bay.
Now what?
The United Nations Peace & the Security Council declared Captain Milton a global public enemy #1.
The Pirate Challenge had officially gone defunct.
The media coined him Milton “Nautical Hitler.”
All rise. The District Court of Darbyshire is now in session, Judge is Judy presiding.
Prosecution: Defense: Brett H. Whiskers (defendants celebrity lawyer, skilled lover); Captain Milton
Hank Honesty 83
Darbyshire. Tench made the mistake of asking Hank Honesty (neighbor) how he was doing.
Hank 1st interview for a barista was at Starcucks.
Then the Darbyshire Gazette for a field correspondent.
Next the Referee’s Institute of Referees.
Roastie’s fancy steakhouse. Time for Hank to eat.
Gordon Fiesta 93
Gordon Fiesta (25+, aka Party, out of shape, Darbyshire U) was busy watching porn on his browser.
He had what he thought an intellectual blog.
Gordon decided to attend a woman’s march/rally.
Officer (f, A/A PD) arrested Gordon for his bizarre behavior.
Andre Privateer 106
Andre Privateer (49, con artist) was extraordinary able to seduce an entry-level secretary of who/where kept access to the cash flow.
He had quite the lucrative bank account, but Andre scammed for the love of the game.
After awhile he was losing his touch.
One night, as he was flipping TV channels, an advertisement caught Andre’s eye: The Snuggie.
He ordered it right away & when the package arrived it was more than 1. 75 to be exact.
Someone Somewhere is always coming up with a new patent.
1-day Andre decided to redesign the Snuggie product.
The new product was called the CummySnuggie.
Now it was time to market the product.
Bob Jay 116
Atlantic Ocean 65’charter sailboat. Captain Robert “Bob Jay” Jenkins (former Darbyshire mayor) was making his announcements to the Darbyshire city politicians who will embark on a fishing trip.
This was the 2nd yr. for the Republican & Democrat assemblymen to get together.
They had 2 other major topics to discuss: the homeless problem & a threat of hepatitis A outbreak.
Nancy Pelosi & Marco Rubio were discussing something.
BJ had a surprise for the politicians.
The Star-Spangled Banner was playing on the Bluetooth speakers.
Captain’s Law.
Dance Faguilar 127
Dance Faguilar (Newfoundland) was like all the rest of the people on social media, pretending to be somebody else.
DJ Dick Cheese was playing the tunes.
He introduced himself as Sir Dancealot to the gypsy Barbies Katrina & her BFF Sabrina.
4-hrs later Dance had to take a break.
Simon Stagman 134
Simon Stagman (22, Japanese 8-point buck, BA) was fresh out of Darbyshire U.
The young buck started to send out of resumes daily, but it was to no avail.
Simon started working for a startup fashion brand called InnrBeauty.com.
a fast trip to Banana Republic to get some new threads.
Turns out he really was just an unpaid Rockstar intern.
The clock struck 5, & Simon had ended another week.
When Simon arrived at his Impala, the words Cis Buck had been spray painted on it.
His fiancé Lisa hated her job as a cyber threat analyst also.
Lisa was bound & determined to stick it out with Simon.
The Darbyshire Rodeo 152
This was the yr. of the Darbyshire championships. It included: bull riding, hogtying, barrel racing, & all the other exciting events.
The sponsors are: Tench Trenchpipe’s Boner Circus, Banana Finger’s Alpha Gym, & Brett Whiskers Inc.
The parking lot was jam-packed full.
Milton the crossing guard was doing his best to keep things organized.
Gordon Fiesta, Jerry Jerryson, Dance Faguilar, & PC Pirate carpooled together.
Mayor Bob Jenkins (Darbyshire) made his announcement to the rodeo crowd: welcome to the 47th annual Junior College Rodeo Championship.
Everyone in Darbyshire enjoyed themselves.
What about Derek Doomsday?
I do not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing free books from publishers & authors. Therefore, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one.
Warning: This book contains adult content, or expletive language &/or uncensored sexually explicit material which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.
An awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very professionally written satire book. It was quite easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge description list of unique characters, settings, facts etc. to keep track of. This could also make another great satire movie, an animated cartoon, or better yet a mini TV series. Well that was different. There is no doubt in my mind this is an extremely easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free author (s); Gwabboh LLC.; Goodreads; MakingConnections; Making Connections discussion group talk; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
May 3, 2020
A good book. Good characters and good plot development.
May 1, 2020
Wonderful read
April 26, 2020
Absolutely wonderful!
April 1, 2020
I enjoyed this book immensely. It was unique, thought provoking and really funny! I would highly recommend this book, but be prepared to laugh. Maverick Alexander has an uncanny ability to envelope you until you find yourself in the community of Darbyshire. He unveiled some pretty unique characters and they came to life with each and every word. All of the characters honestly feel like people you know. Hank Honesty was my favorite and well worth reading. The illustrations are incredible as well. I can't wait for the next book in the series!
Maverick Alexander is definitely an up-and-coming author!
Maverick Alexander is definitely an up-and-coming author!
March 13, 2020
I read the first one on a recommendation from a friend, and I thought it was pretty funny. Good usage of humor to explain politics and social issues. The first Darbyshire book was more of flash-fiction, but this is a longer deal, and it changes the tone a lot. The characters are way more memorable this time around (my favorite was "PC Pirate." Maverick hits that character right on the head.)
It's nice to see that in this crazy world that some people still have their heads on straight. I hope the series doesn't stop here.
The artwork is great, too, by the way.
It's nice to see that in this crazy world that some people still have their heads on straight. I hope the series doesn't stop here.
The artwork is great, too, by the way.
March 21, 2020
I just finished reading this book and I want to go back and read it again. I absolutely loved it! There is so much meaning in every sentence. Can't wait for the audio book on this as well...the author did an incredible job!! Great book!
August 24, 2020
Compelling insightful look into the world that is happening around us in short chapters seething with dark humor directly in context with scenarios happening in and around our country. Learned more reading this hilarious politically incorrect book than watching our tainted media. The author really did a good job at poking fun at how people are acting irrational and are how clueless they look like or sound. The eBook version I read was hard to read since it was different from the normal book format and the lettering was very small. Liked the images in the story and thought they fit very well in the book.
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