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Try "God is Disappointed with You" by Mark Russell.
That's the Amazon link. I listened to the audio book, it's pretty much as the post above is written.
I would have to say John Dies at the End. While it's not obviously inspired by Lovecraft, after I read it the only thing I could say to describe it was 'Modern-day Lovecraftian Comedy'.
Note: I have not read this book despite the fact that I read all sorts of trash vampire novels on KU.
At risk of self-advertising: the first book in the series, "The Atrocity Archives", is currently on special offer in the USA and Canada for $1.99 as an ebook — Amazon Kindle link here, but it's also cheap on iBooks and Nook right now. (Price will go back up to $7.99 at the end of next week.)
This is to promote the cheapification(?) of book seven, "The Nightmare Stacks" (ebook price just dropped from $13.99 to $7.99 at the beginning of the month) and the oncoming publication of book eight, "The Delirium Brief" (due out in July, will cost $13.99 for the first 9-12 months — if that's too much for you, the price will come down if you wait long enough).
Only one I know of is a newish release https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y3DL462?tag=mountaindalep-20&geniuslink=true
Ravenous- is a book where an undead guy wakes in modern times due to magic of some kind. I haven't read it yet, but MountainDale press released it and I haven't been disappointed by one of their releases yet.
There's a good book, written as a summary of each of the Bible's chapters, pretty much in the style of this post. Try "God is Disappointed with You" by Mark Russell.
That's the Amazon UK link. I listened to the audio book and enjoyed it a lot.
If you have kindle unlimited I would encourage the "Tales of Weird Florida" series by Martin Shannon.
Funny, interesting world building, and pretty lightweight books. This is the 'core' series, but he has branched out to other characters within the setting he built. Very Dresden Files meets Florida Weird setup.
The Necrotic Apocalypse series is a LitRPG series (novels where characters exist with 'game-like' powers, such as stats, skills, etc) featuring a zombie apocalypse.
The main character accidentally started it, and now he's just trying to help humanity survive...and get some revenge.
https://www.amazon.com/Ravenous-Zombie-Apocalypse-LitRPG-Necrotic-ebook/dp/B08Y3DL462
I haven’t read this one but I’ve heard good things. It’s about a zombie in the apocalypse that gains power by eating other organisms.
Different from your version but there is Ravenous: A Zombie Apocalypse LitRPG which is a story that has a zombie apocalypse with a litrpg system.
Weird suggestion, but I found them a good listen. It's humorous but very endearing and very relistenable, two books written by Mark Russell with cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler that latter they made into audiobook format (with PDF accompaniment) going through the Bible chapter by chapter as well as the apocryphal writings from the Torah and Talmud from Judaism.
They are read by James Urbaniak (Doctor Venture from Venture Brothers) and are short narratives of each chapter in a comical but earnest way just summarising what happened or was said.
The Sandman Slim series has been a very guilty pleasure of mine. Urban fantasy. It's like really great fast food; not exactly mentally nourishing but eminently readable.
If you like Butcher check out Shayne Silvers. The Nate Temple Series shares a ton of fans with Dresden. Nate is an anti-hero wizard. Check it out!
https://www.amazon.com/Obsidian-Son-Supernatural-Thriller-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B009NNHPIA
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross is about a top-secret British intelligence agency charged with managing all things supernatural.
The sci-fi twist is that magic is basically applied math, and as computing becomes more ubiquitous, more and more stuff starts leaking over.
Think a joke-cracking IT professional evolving into James Bond as he fights the supernatural, and you've got The Laundry Files.
I love John Dies at the End. There are three novels so far with a fourth apparently on the way; I recommend the first novel if you want to feel disturbed.
There's also a lot of humor; but the basics of this story for me are Lovecraftian existential horror: The universe is a vast, uncaring void full of terrible things against which we are defenseless. Some of the musings in this book have kept me awake nights for the past nine years.
I love these books and I think everyone should read them; but honoring your request I'll just recommend the first novel.
Bob Howard from Capital Laundry Services shows up, the books are confiscated and everyone forgets it happened. This probably kicks off an interesting adventure involving time travel, where we learn that the Deep Ones actually opened the first book store some time during the mid-paleolithic.
You need to read this book. It's ridiculous (on his travels to the far east he masters the martial art of Jew-Jitsu) but it also has a lot of legitimate information on life in first-century Judea.
Charlie Stross's Laundry series. Sci-Fi -> Lovecraftian Fantasy in an action/spy thriller framework.
Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan saga.
This is an equivalent to "why don't you speak?" for an introvert. Gonna give you some hard love and say just suck it up. Use your imagination. You can't go outside so the only thing you can think of... is to literally just lay in bed and sulk and sleep?
Really? Is that the best you can fucking do?
Have you ever thought of, I dunno, picking up a book? An actual good book? Not the shitty ones in high school that try to shove life lessons down your throat. I mean a book that you'd actually want to read yourself? Try this, John Dies at the End, one of my all time favorites. Best thing is you can download free samples for pretty much all eBooks on Amazon.
What about exercise at home? Start those 30 day challenges. Learn to dance, tons of YouTube videos to teach yourself Salsa.
You said you bring your laptop so you can work anywhere, and that opportunity will still be there when this passes. But think about this. Now you can whip out a book and read. Chicks dig that shit.
You said you love exploring the city. There are tons of outdoor dancing - Bryant Park for one has these dance festivals every summer. Well now you'll have a one-up knowing Salsa. And guess what, plenty of those dance events are like 2:1 girls to guys. You show up knowing Salsa and ooo lawdy.
You have 2 paths right now. You can either do something about it, in which you can come out of this stronger, or don't, in which you'll end up depressed and tearing brain matter out of your ears. I know you can do this dude, you fucking got this
> Edit : Well maybe not.. it's not on kindle it seems
It is on Kindle (and Audible) (in the US at least).
Someone wrote a series about this. I thought it was good. Check it out.
In that vein, I cannot recommend this book enough: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
It's a really good book, they also used this quote at the beginning of the movie.
The Lord Darcy series was started in the '60s so you're looking for dead tree editions.
Start your search here (googl link because reddit hates parentheses).
The Atrocity Archives is Charlie Stross's Laundry series.
Jesus' best friend Biff is a lot cooler though.
> Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Someone wrote a long story on 4chan called "Stranded in Fantasy". A group of people from our world get pulled into a D&D-style fantasy world and try to survive.
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Stranded_in_fantasy
And this may not be exactly what you're looking for, but check out "The Atrocity Archives". It's a combination of Lovecraft-style horror and Dilbert-style bureaucracy.
I think Christopher Moore is incredibly funny, especially if you're a fan of the kind of humor in Good Omens. <em>Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend</em> is really good, and strikes the same kind of tone as Omens.
I also found The Martian surprisingly hilarious.
Speaking of Jesus' childhood...
I think you'd really enjoy Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal . Great read, really insightful, and frequently hilarious.