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Number 1 in New Releases ‘A Devilishly Fun Book’ The Release of ‘Greg Maxwell’s Inferno’ The Erotic, Judeo-Christian, Modern-Day Odyssey No One Asked For

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New York, NY: Today, Humorist Books, imprint of Weekly Humorist Magazine, announced a new book release: Greg Maxwell’s Inferno by Keith James: “The erotic, Judeo-Christian, modern-day odyssey no one asked for.” 

It has been a long time coming but the release of Keith James’ new book Greg Maxwell’s Inferno is finally here. The Erotic, Judeo-Christian, Modern-Day Odyssey No One Asked For is now available to purchase and download from major retailers. This satirical take on Dante’s classic poem takes place in modern day San Diego where demons circle the city, Hell has come to claim the last mortal universe. A bleeding tower has burst through the 24-Hour Fitness parking lot, and one name is called to challenge Lucifer’s Champion –  Greg Maxwell. 

Who is Greg Maxwell? Imagine the person you would want to fight for humanity’s survival. Now think of the opposite person. Now think of that person’s dad. Cocaine. Talking animals. Weekend trips to Cape Cod. Secret JFK sex videos. This is the erotic, Judeo-Christian, modern-day Odyssey no one asked for. This is Greg Maxwell’s Inferno.

Mike Sacks, author of Stinker Lets Loose, Randy!, Poking a Dead Frog, calls it ‘“The funniest piece of fiction I’ve read since Trump’s ‘The Art of the Deal.’”

What a devilishly fun book is this.” says Brian Boone, contributor, Vulture;

“A good novel ought to knock a reader out of their own head and into the thoughts of an individual much different from themselves, and Greg Maxwell’s Inferno does just that, sending one headlong into the mind of a truly — but hilariously — deplorable individual as he somehow nonchalantly experiences some of the most impossible, imaginative, and consequential sequences ever attempted in a comic novel. What a devilishly fun book is this.” says Brian Boone, contributor, Vulture; author of Great Men of Science, and So You Want to Be an Old Person: Everything to Know for the Newly Old, Retiring, Elderly, or Considering

“This is a wild, bonkers, funny epic quest of a story.” says Marty Dundics, CEO of Humorist Media and Editor-in-Chief of Weekly Humorist Magazine. “The worlds created and characters are so extreme and the humor so blunt and raw, I think this is a read that will be hard for people to put down. You don’t have to like Greg Maxwell to care how this story ends. I look forward to seeing it as a streamer in the future.”

In its first 2 weeks Greg Maxwell’s Inferno has ranked #1 in New Releases for Absurdist Fiction, American Horror, Folklore, Urban Legends Humor, and in top 100 for Humorous Erotica! 

Keith James is a writer and performer from San Diego, California. He has trained and performed at Pack Theater, iO West, and UCB. His written work can be found in McSweeney’s, Second City’s Points in Case, the Taco Bell Quarterly, and others. He also writes and hosts the Gus Biblowitz: Basketball Legend audio series.

Greg Maxwell’s Inferno will be available starting August 10, 2021, at 13.99 paperback and 5.99 e-book on Amazon.com and wide release to bookstores and web outlets. For more information , visit  gregmaxwellsinferno.com

The audiobook for Greg Maxwell’s Inferno, read by the author, is available now. 

To purchase visit the Amazon page.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Humorist Books (August 10, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1954158084
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1954158085
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.39 x 9 inches

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About Humorist Media:

Humorist Media LLC is a comedy media company that publishes WEEKLY HUMORISTmagazine, comedy podcasts- including TALKWARD (their flagship interview show), stand up comedy showcase show GUARANTEED DELIVERY! as well as humor books and merchandise. They also develop streaming and traditional live action and animated scripted entertainment in addition to branded multi platform media. Press inquiries: info@humoristmedia.com

 

Humorist Books Announces 2 Book Deal With Comedian Jessica Delfino

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NEW YORK- Weekly Humorist imprint Humorist Books to publish Dumb Jokes For Smart Folks (due out November 27th) and Moms Who Kill, by comic and New Yorker contributor Jessica Delfino.

Dumb Jokes For Smart Folks combines wordplay and humorous themes to deliver laughs to anyone who digs a good–or at least a heartfeltfully written–joke. To get the most out of this book, readers should be willing to chuckle or guffaw at some and groan at others. It’s written for adults and any precocious kids left out there who still read their parents’ joke books. 

The second title, Moms Who Kill, is a collection of humorous essays by mothers about raising children and family. It should be noted that these are no ordinary mothers, but such luminary comedians and writers as NPR’s Ophira Eisenberg, The New Yorker’s Emily Flake, and many more.

Dumb Jokes For Smart Folks is inspired by the children’s joke books and even some of the more adult humor that Jessica Delfino grew up reading and listening to in her New England hometown. Maine humorist Tim Sample, the music of the Dr. Demento show and Rodney Dangerfield’s “It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Me” are some of her earliest humor influences (and later, 2 Live Crew). These, along with such a wide and varied literary humor canon as “The Little Golden Book of Jokes and Riddles”, to the poetry of Lewis Carroll that her mother used to read to her, to “Truly Tasteless Jokes,” along with every book that Stephen King ever wrote. Always precocious, she read and took in comedy, movies and music

Jessica writing jokes from a remote location in the woods.

above her age level, and was ahead of the curve with a 2006 YouTube viral comedy music video: an ode to a woman’s body part that Awkwafina and WAP might have even been inspired by.

Jessica worked as a stand-up comedian and comedic musician in New York City from the early 2000s, touring on the success of the aforementioned viral video from 2006 until more recently, when motherhood took center stage. She shifted her focus to writing satire, essays and articles for publications such as The New Yorker Shouts, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The New York Times, Working Mother, Mother Magazine, The Atlantic, SELF Magazine, Huffington Post and Pitchfork. Her short, comedic parenting essay “Driving Under The Influence Of Child” was also featured in Gestalten’s parenting book published in August 2020, and her writing was included in Lenka Clayton’s, “Mothers’ Days” journal.

Humorist Books is an offshoot of Weekly Humorist, with Andy Newton as editor and Marty Dundics as publisher.

For more, go to DumbJokesForSmartFolks.com. Jessica can be found on Twitter @jessicadelfino, and her personal site, www.jessicadelfino.com.