Comedy: August 27, 2025 Issue [#13295]
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 This week: Dark Comedy
  Edited by: ⱲєbⱲitϚћ WDC's 25 Author IconMail Icon
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Table of Contents

1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

Comedy can be subtle, blatant or purely fun and addictive if you find a show that is sure to make you laugh episode after episode.


Letter from the editor

Hello folks! Welcome to the August edition of the Comedy Newsletter.

Recently I found the TV series Wednesday. It's on Netflix with the second season now showing. What have I found out about the show? That there's a place for dark humor that is entertaining and funny. I fell in love with the macabre Addam's girl played by Jenna Ortega. She's perfect for the part.

Wednesday Addams is the Goth girl with ESP powers coming through her visions. She didn't get along well with others in her old high school. Well, I guess throwing a bag full or hungry piranhas into the swimming pool to get even with the jocks who bullied her brother, Pugsley, didn't make anyone like her any better. Since she is considered an "Outcast," her parents enrolled her into their Alma-Mater, "Nevermore Academy." After a little snubbing from some of the other outcasts she proved her value at the school and fit in perfectly. Solving mysteries on the side kept her from getting bored.

Some of her classmates include, vampires, werewolves, sirens, and some geek-dude who can control bees and spiders and other insects. *Spider* He had no friends until Wednesday showed up.

My brother and my son and daughter-in-law look forward to the show whenever they come over for a Sunday dinner on whichever day of the week it happens to happen. We all laugh our way through it.

"How can you WebWitch? There's so much gruesomeness in the show." *Monster7*

I know. That's why it's Dark Humor. When the laughs can override icky monster slaughter and severed body parts, and her morose character, that's talent! *Laugh*


Some Wednesdayisms: Wednesday, Netflix.

"I don't bury hatchets. I sharpen them."

“Anytime I grow nauseous at the sight of a rainbow or hear a pop song that makes my ears bleed, I'll think of you.”

"I know I'm stubborn, single-minded, and obsessive. But those are all traits of great writers. Yes, and serial killers — what's your point?"

“It's amateurs like you who give kidnapping a bad game.”

*Witch**Witch**Witch**Witch*


If these Wednesday Quotes have piqued your interest --then you are as witchy as I am!

See you next month at the site-wide festivities celebrating WDC's 25th Birthday! *Party*


A gift from Kit, made by Gaby!







Editor's Picks

 
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Bittersweet Roots Open in new Window. (18+)
Bitter bites and sweet memories: honoring Gran one grapefruit at a time
#2345475 by Charles 🐾 Author IconMail Icon


 
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Business As Usual Open in new Window. (13+)
Rudy's seen it all, and none of it really surprises him anymore
#2345296 by Jeffrey Meyer Author IconMail Icon


 
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VANITY VARMINTS Open in new Window. (E)
a critter-cally acclaimed flash fable where vanity refuses to yield to reality
#2155089 by DRSmith Author IconMail Icon


 What Else is There to Do in a Small Town Open in new Window. (E)
I once found myself stranded in Hays City. You'd be surprised what happens in small towns.
#2345115 by PaulZ PlacE Author IconMail Icon


*Spider* In the spirit of Wednesday:
 
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The Addams Girl Open in new Window. (ASR)
Related to everyone's favorite Goth lady...
#2345197 by Amethyst Angel 🌼 Author IconMail Icon



(Someone say "Comedy Dark?")

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Morbid Attraction Open in new Window. (13+)
Syllabic Verse Poem - 24 Lines
#2080473 by ♥tHiNg♥ Author IconMail Icon



Comedy dealing with a messy problem.

Yip! Open in new Window. (E)
Entry for daily flash fiction challenge
#2343439 by No Sox with Sandals Author IconMail Icon



Let the WDC Birthday fun begin! *Party*

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ANGEL-WITCH Bingo! Sept. 1-7 Open in new Window. (E)
WDC 's 25th Birthday Week--Annual Angel-Witch Bingo: Sept 1-7
#2095903 by ⱲєbⱲitϚћ WDC's 25 Author IconMail Icon
*Die5*


The Bard's Hall Contest Open in new Window. (13+)
AUGUST: Diamante Poem!
#981150 by StephBee Author IconMail Icon
Coming September 1st. Cop Shop Mystery! Can YOU solve a mystery in exactly 25 sentences?

*Police* A few 2024 Winning Entries to peruse: *PoliceCar*

Another Nessie? Open in new Window. (E)
A mysterious lump appears in the town lake. Written for a Bard's Hall challenge.
#2326425 by Dan I Am Author IconMail Icon


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The Bard's Lake Monster Open in new Window. (18+)
24 sentences that offer a silly explanation to a Loch Ness Monster story prompt
#2326487 by Charles 🐾 Author IconMail Icon


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The Lochness Monster? Open in new Window. (E)
A story of exactly 24 sentences. Is that Nessie swimming in the lake over there?
#2326177 by Choconut Author IconMail Icon


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Bards Hall Founders Day Mystery Nessie  Open in new Window. (E)
Nessie, Lochness Monster at the lake on Founders Day but she isn't alone. Founding Hall.
#2326270 by Princess Megan Rose Author IconMail Icon




 
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Ask & Answer

🌖 HuntersMoon Author IconMail Icon

I've moved all my life, having been an Army brat and then served for 20 years. Just moved to Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Why everything went wonderfully smooth just as I planned... NOT. Still, even at my old age (78), I love the adventure of it. Every day is filled with new (and mostly pleasant) discoveries.

Wow, sounds wonderful. I looked up that city. It's a beautiful area.

Lots of luck in your new home. And always find time to laugh! *Heart*


See you next month, folks! It's birthday time on WDC. It's also going to be 17 years of yours truly writing up Comedy Newsletters every four weeks. Never missed a one! ...*Witch*

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