Synopsis
In a world where fantasy has become everyday, one man stands against absurdity.
The local Tower stomps through the streets. Any hedge could contain a witch. Walls regularly crumble, though none more often than the fourth. In the magical city of Blackpool, all ridiculousness is possible, and it takes everything for Jack Of All Trades to survive.
Badly, at that.
Perpetually late with his rent, he'll take up arms for any paying customer in order to fulfill his quest. His obstacles include polka-loving ghosts, card-game playing vampires, and the most vicious monsters of all: copyright lawyers. When he's joined by an arrogant magus and an insecure vampire, his life gets even more complicated, but no matter what kind of infuriating choose-your-own-adventure he finds himself on, one constant remains—his rent is due at the end of the month.
On second thoughts, maybe he should stay in bed.
The Supernormal isn't your average web-novel. It's an urban fantasy parody that saunters through a world full of the absurd, delighting in poking fun at popular media, widely-accepted ideas, and often itself. Story arcs only loosely connect through the characters, who are themselves slowly fleshed out as the story continues. Think of Discworld meets The Dresden Files meets Gintama.
This novel won't be for everyone, but if it is for you, you're in for a hell of a ride.
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Table of Contents
- 1Lesson 1: A Jack-of-all-trades, But Master of None, is Better Than a Master of One2024-11-13
- 2Lesson 2: Family is Like a Fungus. Even if You Get Rid of It, It's Not Really Gone2024-11-13
- 3Lesson 3: You Should Choose Your Vehicle the Same Way You Choose Your Friends2024-11-13
- 4Lesson 4: Worried Parents Make an Apache Helicopter Look Like a Chihuahua2024-11-13
- 5Lesson 5: You Can't Call Yourself Civilised Until You've Put On Your Pants2024-11-13
- 6Lesson 6: Everybody's a Slave to Something, When You Think About It2024-11-13
- 77: Just Because You Think You're Special Doesn't Mean You're Exempt From Parking Laws, Dammit!2024-11-13
- 8Lesson 8: Comedy and Tragedy Are the Same Thing, Just from Different Perspectives2024-11-13
- 9Lesson 9: Always Bring Your Turtle to a Magic Fight2024-11-13
- 10Lesson 10: The Only Thing More Fragile Than a Snowflake is a Winner's Pride2024-11-13
- 11Lesson 11: Turn-Based Games Are Fun Because They're Unrealistic2024-11-13
- 12Lesson 12: Just Because Something's Made For Kids Doesn't Mean Adults Can't Enjoy It2024-11-13
- 13Lesson 13: A Game Is Only as Serious as Its Stakes2024-11-13
- 14Lesson 14: You Can't Just Leeroy Jenkins Your Way Out of Everything (1)2024-11-13
- 15Lesson 15: You Can't Just Leeroy Jenkins Your Way Out of Everything (2)2024-11-13
- 16Lesson 16: Diplomacy is All Well and Good Until You Get Punched in the Mouth2024-11-13
- 17Lesson 17: Blood is Thicker Than Water2024-11-13
- 18Lesson 18: A Person's Importance Can't Be Measured2024-11-13
- 19Lesson 19: It's a Fine Line Between Man and Beast2024-11-13
- 20Lesson 20: The Blood of the Covenant is Thicker Than the Covenant's Custard (Or Something Like That)2024-11-13
- 21Lesson 21: A New Job Takes Some Getting Used To2024-11-13
- 22Lesson 22: If You Don't Knock Before Entering, You're Best Off Bringing a Shield2024-11-13
- 23Lesson 23: If You Read Someone Else's Diary, Be Prepared For the Consequences2024-11-13
- 24Lesson 24: If You're a Repeat Customer and They Remember You, It Means You're Annoying2024-11-13
- 25Lesson 25: Most of the Time, the Problem's Right In Front of You2024-11-13
- 26Lesson 26: People Too Shy to Ask Directions Normally Have the Best Adventures2024-11-13
- 27Lesson 27: Those Who Can't Talk With Words Use Their Fists Instead2024-11-13
- 28Lesson 28: Going in Circles is Frustrating Until You Realise That Life is a Circle2024-11-13
- 29Lesson 29: Some Things Can't Be Taught2024-11-13
- 30Lesson 30: You Can Choose Your Family But You Can't Choose Your Friends2024-11-13
- 31Lesson 31: Confession Doesn't Make the Sins Go Away2024-11-13
- 32Lesson 32: Even Cat People Know That Cats Are Assholes2024-11-13
- 33Lesson 33: A Needle in a Haystack is Easier to Find Than One in a Needle-Stack2024-11-13
- 34Lesson 34: Always Keep a Spare Bag of Catnip - Just in Case2024-11-13
- 35Lesson 35: Friendship Has No Barriers2024-11-13
- 36Lesson 36: Angels and Demons Make Great Partners2024-11-13
- 37Lesson 37: Only Lie in Interviews if You Can Keep it up Forever2024-11-13
- 38Lesson 38: There's No Such Thing as a Fair Fight2024-11-13
- 39Lesson 39: What Takes Forever to Gain May Be Lost in a Moment2024-11-13
- 40Lesson 40: Never Let Go of Their Hand2024-11-13
- 41Lesson 41: Winter is the Best Season for Armageddon—You'll Save so Much on Heating!2024-11-13
- 42Lesson 42: The Best Way to Make Your Point is with a German Suplex2024-11-13
- 43Lesson 43: Admitting When You're Wrong isn't a Weakness2024-11-13
- 44Lesson 44: Masks are Made of Both Lies and Ideals2024-11-13
- 45Lesson 45: What is Sentience if Not a Curse, Anyway?2024-11-13
- 46Lesson 46: You Can't Protect Yourself from Everything2024-11-13
- 47Lesson 47: The Worst Things are All in Your Head2024-11-13
- 48Lesson 48: Rich People Make Their Own Rules2024-11-13
- 49Lesson 49: The Past Comes Back to Bite You When You Least Expect it2024-11-13
- 50Lesson 50: Don't Try to Cultivate What You Don't Understand (1)2024-11-13
- 51Lesson 51: Don't Try to Cultivate What You Don't Understand (2)2024-11-13
- 52Lesson 52: Bookshops are Basically Just Bars for Nerds2024-11-13
- 53Lesson 53: It's Always the Nicest People Who Have the Most to Hide2024-11-13
- 54Lesson 54: A Realistic Detective Show Would be Like a Brick Giving a Lecture on Drying Paint2024-11-13
- 55Lesson 55: You Never See the Background Until it's Too Late2024-11-13
- 56Lesson 56: Do Vampires Dream of Sparkling Sheep?2024-11-13
- 57Lesson 57: Nothing's Ever as Simple as People Would Like2024-11-13
- 58Lesson 58: When You Die, Do it Facing Forward2024-11-13
- 59Lesson 59: Every Ending is Another New Beginning2024-11-13
- 60Lesson 60: A Peaceful Period is Just the Universe Deciding Which Stick to Beat You With2024-11-13
- 61Lesson 61: Your Time Machine Should Not be Made of Wood and Glass2024-11-13
- 62Lesson 62: Even Experts Don't Know Everything2024-11-13
- 63Lesson 63: Time Travel is Unpredictable2024-11-13
- 64Lesson 64: Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick (1)2024-11-13
- 65Lesson 65: Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick (2)2024-11-13
- 66Lesson 66: Jack O'Lantern (1)2024-11-13
- 67Lesson 67: Jack O'Lantern (2)2024-11-13
- 68Lesson 68: Jack and Jill2024-11-13
- 69Lesson 69: Jack and the Beanstalk (1)2024-11-13
- 70Lesson 70: Jack and the Beanstalk (2)2024-11-13
- 71Lesson 71: The Only Size That Matters is the Size of Your Heart2024-11-13
- 72Lesson 72: Some Meanings Aren't in the Dictionary2024-11-13
- 73Lesson 73: Fighting Isn't Just Done With Fists2024-11-13
- 74Lesson 74: Rebuilding Junk is Easier Than Creating a Marvel2024-11-13
- 75Lesson 75: Some People Just Want to Kill You2024-11-13
- 76Lesson 76: Running is Sometimes Harder Than Fighting2024-11-13
- 77Lesson 77: People, Like Infections, Grow On You if Left Unchecked2024-11-13
- 78Lesson 78: Home is Where the Coffee Stains Are2024-11-13
- 79Lesson 79: You Can't Understand Until You Know2024-11-13
- 80Lesson 80: Every Romance Needs an Ex or Ten2024-11-13
- 81Lesson 81: Distrust Runs in Both Directions2024-11-13
- 82Lesson 82: Distrust Runs in Both Directions (2)2024-11-13
- 83Lesson 83: Love May be Blind, But Hatred is Deaf2024-11-13
- 84Lesson 84: Stop the Clocks2024-11-13