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Bill Alive
Bill Alive
Writer. Thinker. Goofball.
May 14, 2025 2 min read

New Release! The Sofa King (And Other Stories)

If you’ve a taste for odd characters with bizarre enthusiasms, ridiculous situations, and bemused bystanders, you’ve plucked the right volume from the shelf.

So, this next new release is a change of pace.

For the last several books of my twelve-month publishing challenge, I’ve been focused on comedy.

But with Challenge Book #8, I bring you a collection of five stories that might almost be called “literary”. Maybe…

So, what do you make of that title?

The Sofa King… really?

What kind of a story collection is this?

Judge for yourself, Gentle Reader. Here are the five tales that await you, should you be so brave.

  • In “The Sofa King”, a hapless ex-furniture salesman tells a cautionary tale of the exuberant Harold Kubanda, a one-of-a-kind Customer From Hell.

  • In “Into the Kiln”, a frantic young Wendall makes a desperate drive across several states to raid the mailbox of his long-time girlfriend Cassie… before she can open a package that he mailed her himself.

  • In “The Jaded, the Jaundiced, and the Violet”, Jimmy Hanson is a sallow, middle-aged man who has one small joy in his small, slow life. But one year, when autumn comes early, one small choice could ruin everything he’s built.

  • On a stormy night at an inn on a remote island, two employees hear the rumor of a most unlikely threat. Can Edgar pry the truth from “Mad, Mad Malvolio” in time?

  • Finally, in “Free Soles,” a young office drone named Matthew meets two odd old women on his subway commute who issue a challenge that could threaten his entire worldview. Or even worse… his job.

Prepare for some strange little stories, my friend. I doubt you’ve read anything quite like these.

If you’ve a taste for odd characters with bizarre enthusiasms, ridiculous situations, and bemused bystanders, you’ve plucked the right volume from the shelf.

Get it now.

One-click THE SOFA KING (And Other Stories) now!

“LITERARY?” BUT WHAT IF I LIKE COMEDY?

No worries, my friend! We’ll be right back to comedy with Challenge Book #9

Happy reading!

[Bill Alive]

Bill Alive