Dark Comedy

Zombie, Waylon Jenkins, is dead set on proving that cosmetology can save the world... What's a zombie — who also happens to be a cosmetologist — to do when dead bodies show up with missing limbs and the local police captain thinks the zombie did it? “After all,” the captain reasons, “who else needs the spare parts?” For Waylon, it involves being dragged into a deep cover zombie military unit where good moisturizer isn't enough to protect his friends or the peaceful life he's struggled to build. Besides, all he really wants to do is die. Written by J.D. Blackrose. © 2022 Falstaff Books, LLC ℗ 2025 Soundbooth Theater

From Jeff Menapace, bestselling author of the Bad Games trilogy, comes Hair of the Bitch, a disturbing psychological thriller with tongue firmly planted in cheek… until it's ripped out. Calvin Court is a massage therapist with a few secrets. He battles depression. He medicates with too much booze. And he's got the hots for one of his clients. She claims the feeling is mutual… until she frames Calvin for murder and blackmails him. The price? Not much. Calvin just has to do her bidding in a black-market industry catering to the very rich and the oh so very disturbed. Maybe he's just better off at the bar. Jeff Menapace is the winner of the 2011 Red Adept Reviews Indie Award for horror. ©2014 Jeff Menapace (P)2015 Jeff Menapace

Waylon Jenkins can't die. He also can't let Dr. Samuel Early, his only hope of dying, go off on a mission to rescue a disembodied zombie in the heart of a Central American jungle without him. But even this skilled cosmetologist to the stars isn't fully prepared to blend-blend-blend himself into a convincing member of a strike team; not when his first instincts are to give moisturizer recommendations to sunburned vacationers. As Waylon and company delve into the jungle, they uncover a much bigger problem than the drug cartels. Someone is after Rodrigo Flores and his family, and it's personal. The only way to help the family get through it alive is to help Flores' daughter, Amalia, win the Miss Mango Pageant. Will Waylon's skills — and his famous friend and client, Mitzi (one name only) — be the team's secret weapon? Can Waylon get through it without breaking his vow never to make a zombie? And who is the mysterious “Señor Cinco” that seems to be behind it all? Hold on to your butt paste. This is going to get wild. © 2022 Falstaff Books, LLC ℗ 2025 Soundbooth Theater

Captain Perkins has once again dragged Waylon Jenkins, zombie and cosmetologist to the biggest Hollywood stars, into a murder case. Eyeless and missing hands, the bodies tingle the experienced officer’s "woo-woo" sense, and the captain demands that Jenkins help find the killer. Unfortunately, one of the victims is linked to Waylon’s favorite client, mononymous Hollywood “it girl,” Mitzi. Meanwhile, Jenkins’ new luxury cosmetic line struggles with several federal agencies, especially since “dehydrated zombie skin cells” aren’t an FDA-approved ingredient. To complicate matters, “Miss Mango,” Amalia, tricks Waylon into building a treehouse for a charity playground, and his executive assistant, Mrs. Betsy Ross, floats through the house in a fit of ghostly depression. Not to mention, a new mystery man has taken over as CEO of The Industries; and if that isn’t enough, Waylon desperately needs a body to loan him an ear. © 2022 Falstaff Books, LLC ℗ 2025 Soundbooth Theater

Waylon and his friends take a much-needed vacation to Disney World, only to find themselves caught up in another murder mystery when Joy Lucky drowns in their hotel pool. Both the past and "attack flamingos" catch up with Waylon as he tries to clear his name. Mitzi and Amalia are invited to ride on a parade float, the zombie team checks out an alligator farm, and Dr. Sang gets cozy with a sexy local medical examiner in this raucous romp through "The Happiest Place on Earth." © 2022 Falstaff Books, LLC ℗ 2025 Soundbooth Theater

Jacob thinks he's on a hot date... ...but it quickly becomes his worst nightmare come true. It's been nearly a week since Jacob last ate, despite his seemingly favorable situation. Locked in a creamery with no way out, he is surrounded by mountains of delicious cheese. It should be a dream come true, but Jacob is a VEGAN. Worse yet, a sadistic killer spouting cheese-based puns is pulling the (mozzarella) strings behind the scenes, all in the name of breaking Jacob of his veganism. Will Jacob overcome his hunger and find a way out of his dairy-themed prison? Or will he succumb to the tasty temptations around him and violate his core beliefs to survive? “The Cheese Stands Alone” by Ben "Baby Swiss" Wolf, bites like sharp cheddar; but thanks to the dulcet tones of narrator, Ryan "Roquefort" Reid, it sounds smooth as a creamy aged brie. Go on... have a taste now. We dair-y you.