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Insomniac and Friends: The Clowns That Put You To Sleep
Paperback
Series: Rejected Children's Books (Funny Books for Adults), Book 39
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 9 2020
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
YeetYeet likes to watch you sleep. Pickles creeps under your bed. Switchblade has a name that is a description of a personality, and he does not disappoint. These are the clowns that have been assigned to handle your sleep disorder, and they are professional, dedicated, and present in ways that you did not request but cannot dispute. The insomnia clinic sent them. They are credentialed. This book introduces the team and documents their methods in illustrated cartoon form with the bright, reassuring tone of a children's guide to a medical service that is not providing medical services.
This adult parody book is horror comedy dressed in the visual language of a gentle bedtime book, and the contrast between those two things is the entire experience. The clowns are cheerful. The clowns are named. The clowns have been in your room. The book is illustrated in a style that should be comforting and isn't. That isn't should come naturally once you've read the first page, and it will stay with you in a way that makes going to sleep a more considered activity than it was before. That's the joke. The joke has layers. Some of the layers are under your bed.
This Book IS For:- Horror fans who want their horror seasoned with comedy and their comedy seasoned with genuine unease
- Anyone who has ever heard a noise at night and made a decision to attribute it to the house settling
- Insomniacs who would like something to read that provides a solid reason for staying awake
- Gift-givers looking for the perfect Halloween gift that also functions as a useful sleep deterrent
- People with an existing clinical relationship with clowns that has not been positive
- Anyone currently living alone who has been doing fine about it and does not need a setback
- Readers who need their illustrated humor to remain in a space that does not follow them into the bedroom
- Parents who use bedtime books to calm children down and have accidentally bought the opposite of that
- Halloween gifts... this is the Halloween gift; nothing else in the category competes
- Gag gifts for the friend who claims they're not scared of clowns, which is statistically improbable and should be tested
- White elephant exchanges where leaving an impression on every person in the room is the strategic objective
- Gifts for insomniacs who have tried everything and might appreciate a companion for the night watch
Horror experiences cost money. Haunted houses are expensive, seasonal, and over in forty-five minutes. This book costs a fraction of a haunted house ticket, never closes for the season, and the specific unease it generates is available for re-reading at any time, including 3am when you are already awake for reasons you'd prefer not to examine. YeetYeet will be there at 3am. YeetYeet is always there at 3am. That is his job. He takes it seriously.
The clowns that put you to sleep are named, credentialed, and on their way. The best you can do is know who they are before they arrive. This book provides that knowledge. It is a gift. It is also, in some meaningful sense, a warning. Buy it for someone who appreciates both functions in a single illustrated package. Pickles is already under something near you. Sleep well.
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