Dead Funny

By Alan Gorevan

Say hello to a killer audience.

Tonight, Jessica Roberts has her first gig as a stand-up comedian.
She's nervous.
But not nervous enough.
In this blackly comic short story, she's about to get more audience participation than she ever dreamed of...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alan Gorevan
• Release date: Mar 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463658765

Alan Gorevan

Alan Gorevan is an award-winning thriller writer and intellectual property attorney. He lives in Dublin.

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Dead Funny

Alan Gorevan

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Copyright © 2020 by Alan Gorevan

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This book is a work of fiction. People, places, events and situations are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or historical events, is purely coincidental.

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

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Excerpt

About the Author

Chapter One

On Wednesday evening, Jessica Roberts stood outside Burke’s Pub for fifteen minutes before she found the courage to step inside. She would have stayed on the street longer, reading an article about the murders on her phone, but her hands were numb from the chilly February air, and she didn’t even have a drink.

She stepped inside the pub, the cloying smell of beer hitting her at once, the buzz of conversation so loud that it stopped her for a second, making her wonder if she really wanted to do this.

Burke’s was full of young professionals who worked near Grafton Street. The pub was long and narrow. A mahogany bar ran its length. The wall opposite the bar was lined with stools. No room for tables, so a wooden shelf ran along the wall.

As Jessica entered, the TV on the wall sprang to life. The pub filled with the booming voice of a football commentator.

She felt a nervous chill, thinking of the killings, one in Paris and one in Milan. Both had taken place over the previous month, and people were starting to talk