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A collection of John Waters essential screenplays, adapted for audio. Listen as Waters himself narrates each role in the most delightfully deranged and iconic classics of American filth, camp, and trash! John Waters takes us back to the scenes of his most beloved films, as well as his original...

A grotesque and hilarious satire about the American dream, suburban living, and the corrupting influence of power, set in a world that could only have sprung from the unhinged and brilliant mind of John Waters. On the verge of a suburban mental health crisis, frazzled and wildly unstable...

A feel-good fable and an enduring critique of conformity told with true John Waters flair. Tracy Turnblad, a spunky, full-figured Baltimore teen, wants nothing more than to be a featured dancer on The Corny Collins Show. So when she gets chosen to be on the air, it seems like all her dreams are...

The return of a spectacular, reviled, and iconic classic of American filth! John Waters takes us back to the scene of his original crime against good taste. Listen as Babs Johnson fights to hold on to her title as “Filthiest Person Alive,“ fending off the craven attempts to dethrone her by...

A very John Waters traveling show, replete with freaks, robbery, murder, sex, blasphemy, and savage shellfish—a lurid, surreal celebration of filth and trash. The Cavalcade of Perversion is a traveling show run by Lady Divine and a crew of her fellow degenerates. They have to drag suburban...

One part of John Waters’s iconic Trash Trilogy, Flamingos Forever is a dark-comedy screenplay about a drag queen trying to retain her title of “Filthiest Person in the World.” Fifteen years after the events of Pink Flamingos, Babs Johnson returns to Baltimore from a life spent largely in...

“Burroughs famously dubbed Waters the Pope of Trash. Female Trouble, we might say, is his Summa Trashologica.” —Ed Halter, The Criterion Collection It all goes to hell when Baltimore bad girl Dawn Davenport doesn’t get the cha-cha heels she’s been demanding for Christmas. In this...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Girl Dinner is a darkly-fun novel about power, lust, and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . . Good girls deserve a treat. Every member of The House, the most exclusive...

Connie never dreamed she'd get the chance to follow in the footsteps of her beloved late mother, to become a classical singer. But when she attracts jealous comments from the choir, more attention than she would like from the lead tenor and some unwanted scandalous publicity involving the royal family, she starts to wonder if she is doing the right thing.

When cryptid chasers Bobbie and Grayson head to a friend's prepper compound for a Halloween party, all bets are off about who the real freak is—even when the masks come off. Grayson is acting strangely out of character. Bobbie's on the hunt for family jewels. Garth and his friends put the Trailer Park Boys to shame. And Earl? He's just being Earl. And quite frankly, that's enough.

By his own admission, things haven’t gone too easily for Ben Parker of late. However, hopeful of turning his fortunes around at his newest business, the Life’s a Pitch campsite, there was an air of quiet confidence wafting around the campground wherever he stepped. Until, that is, some unexpected news from his ex-wife throws something of a spanner into the works, placing him in a serious financial pickle as a result.

When a string of idiotic decisions lands Bobbie in a boatload of trouble, she’s got to keep a lid on her temper before she winds up on the next episode of Snapped! With her cousin Earl’s hand in one pocket and partner Grayson picking the other, Bobbie’s cash is disappearing faster than banana pudding at a Baptist pot luck. Oddly, so are the folks in the tiny fishing village of Astor, Florida. Then again, it’s the middle of gator-hunting season. And with horrendous tales of a murderous beast trolling the riverbanks, just who’s the angler and who’s the bait is as blurry as swamp gas at midnight.

Sebastian von Westhofen kämpft mit allen Mitteln darum, seinen Führerschein nicht zu verlieren. Dort trifft er auf Jana Meer, eine leidenschaftliche Köchin, die wenig Verständnis für arrogante Anzugträger hat, die sich für jede Arbeit zu schade sind. Zwischen Strafstunden, kulinarischen Herausforderungen und unerwarteten Gefühlen entwickelt sich eine Geschichte, die zeigt, dass das Leben manchmal die besten Rezepte schreibt.

Each story in this new collection offers a delightful and original reimagining of the incomparable Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman – seeing them journey to the horse races in Paris, solve puzzles at a wartime Bletchley Park, and even transported forward in time to the year 2025. JEEVES AGAIN is a joyful celebration of Wodehouse as a much-beloved British literary icon – as well as a timely and entertaining reminder of the lasting impact of his characters on a whole new generation of readers and writers.

Leonie hat gerade ihr Touristikstudium beendet und fiebert der Traumhochzeit mit Luca entgegen. Gefeiert wird im Herzen Italiens, in Perugia, wo Lucas Eltern ein Hotel betreiben. Auch Gabriele lässt sich den großen Tag ihrer Enkelin nicht entgehen – es ist das erste Mal seit dem Tod ihres Mannes, dass sie sich wieder hinauswagt ins Leben. Das ist schwer, aber auch ganz schön prickelnd, vor allem, als sie in Italien dem charmant-knarzigen Reiseführer Francesco begegnet. Leonies Eltern, Katrin und Oliver, sind seit Jahren getrennt. Nun sitzen sie auf dem Weg zur Hochzeit im gleichen Flieger.

On her last day as a Detective, Midge McGowan is given the retirement present from hell: a ticket to take part in a haunted house tour. She’ll have to spend a weekend ghost-hunting in an isolated mansion, with a group of misfits, including a know-it-all paranormal investigator and a has-been pop star. It isn’t long before the tour starts to spiral out of control. Midge and the guests see an unsettling figure walking the grounds late at night. Then the unthinkable happens – someone is murdered in a room that’s been locked from the inside.

In the haze of stale beer, bad jokes, and even worse poker hands, Joe, Ray, Mike, and Terry hatch the ultimate midlife crisis: robbing a bank. They're not criminals, just four average blokes with too much time, too little money, and one tragically convincing plan scribbled on the back of a pizza box. But what starts as a beer-fuelled fantasy soon spirals into a dangerously real operation.

What’s the worst way to be found dead? How about in an apparent auto-asphyxiation accident, complete with latex gear and gimp mask… When Gabe’s friend Ben is discovered in such a situation, the author goes on a drug-fueled adventure to prove that the death was no accident. Set in the world of deviant sexuality and consensual torture, what Gabe uncovers is nearly beyond comprehension. Will he catch a killer or lose himself while wading through the most miserable filth this planet can offer?

When s series of bizarre mishaps turns an ordinary town upside down, two unlikely heroes find themselves in way over their head. With secrets, schemes and trail's of chaos. They must outwit quirky criminals, dodge absurd danger, alive a mystery that stranger and funnier than anyone imagined. Tension meets hilarity.

Eleven short stories focused on regular people in serious trouble, to keep you waiting for resolutions, or to make you smile, laugh, and touch your heart.