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Ritch Duncan
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Lover, fighter, liar
I wrote the latest on Deathbed, and yes, it’s a Christmas story.

Read “Nibbles” right now at DeathbedWriting.com and subscribe free to get an original horror story by a comedy writer sent to your inbox every Monday. Subscribe.DeathbedWriting.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go?

If you need me next year, I’ll be saving my friends, completing my training and taking down an evil empire.
Who’s in?
December 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
You ready for work?

SURVIVAL JOB by @benzelevansky.com (Brooklyn 99, Parks and Recreation) is live now on DeathbedWriting.com.

It’s a charming tale of a young artist struggling to succeed in late stage capitalism, and yes, there’s a Japanese pull saw involved.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Coming Monday to DeathbedWriting.com:
SURVIVAL JOB, our first story from Emmy award winning writer and actor @benzelevansky.com (Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine.)

Subscribe free at Subscribe.DeathbedWriting.com and get it delivered to your inbox first thing Monday…just in time for work.
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New on DeathbedWriting.com, from Kevin Maher, (kevingeeksout) author of the book SANTA DOESN’T NEED YOUR HELP, (illustrated by @joedator ) comes:

“EVIL IS AFOOT or: Season’s Greetings from the Carsel Family”
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I just clicked on an ad to buy a funny dinosaur T shirt and they wanted 35 bucks for it. That’s nuts.
I was like “Excuse me, I didn’t just attend the Funny Dinosaur Concert.”
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
You guys, it's Cyber Monday, so make sure to remember to look at your phones today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Happy Holidays from Deathbed: Horror Stories By Comedy Writers!

Enjoy links to all nine of our previously published stories, and catch up on all things Deathbed in the first Deathbed Digest!
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December 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Black Sabbath > Black Friday
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Buckle up, clowns. It’s gonna be a gory night.

New from Gena Radcliffe @genadoesthings.bsky.social , co- host of the Kill by Kill Podcast:
THE TELLTALE HONK subscribe.deathbedwriting.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
LOL
Hi, Kathy.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Find yourself someone who loves you as truly and deeply as Spectrum customers in Spectrum commercials love their Spectrum service:
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I don’t to say Wicked is overrated but I just heard a person from Boston say It was “pretty” good.
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Here’s a cute joke you can do while you’re watching the new Ken Burns documentary.
When it starts, and the announcer says “Major Funding for The American Revolution was provided by-“
yell “FRANCE!”
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Coming Monday from Gena Radcliffe , co-host of the Kill By Kill Podcast, t’s the truly terrifying tale, THE TELLTALE HONK.

(Believe it or not, the scariest part isn’t the “having a clown as a roommate part.)
Read it first with a free subscription to Deathbed:
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November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New story up now. I wrote this one. I’m proud of it. Read and subscribe to Deathbed here: tinyurl.com/3s7mvk3d
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Always lovely when people still remember Jest Magazine- nice mention in Dan McCoy's Special Interests newsletter: danmccoyinterests.com/misty-waterc...
Misty Watercolor Memories
Presuming that our current political hellscape doesn't fuck my travel, I'll be on the road when this newsletter drops, for two Flop House live shows in Chicago (as of this writing there are still a fe...
danmccoyinterests.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I wrote a new short story coming out next Monday.

It’s called THE TANTRUM.

It’s scary, and I think, pretty good.

Read it first by subscribing free at DeathbedWriting.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Read

THE MONSTER HUNTER CHANGES HIS MIND by Dan McCoy (The Daily Show, The Flop House Podcast) www.DeathbedWriting.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
BEST VEGAN SLOPPY JOES RECIPE
BY Ritch Duncan

Ingredients: One (1) 12oz can diced tomatoes

Instructions: Serve
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A Brand New Story available now, free, on Deathbed: Horror Stories by Comedy Writers

THE MONSTER HUNTER CHANGES HIS MIND

A sweeping tale of medieval beasts, mind-bending metaphor, and mountainous cleavage.

By Dan McCoy
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November 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Guys! ALL of the stories on Deathbed: Horror Stories By Comedy Writers now have Bluesky share buttons!
Check out PLEASE BURN by Scott Jacobson, and share with a friend! deathbed.ghost.io/please-burn/
PLEASE BURN
by Scott Jacobson  — There it was, in the shed, as promised. A small wooden box – once used for gifting a bottle of wine – with the words “PLEASE BURN” scrawled in black paint marker on the lid...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW ON DeathbedWriting.com

Jesse’s late father has a message for him. It’s written on a small wooden box. And the box says:

PLEASE BURN

An original horror story about family.

By Scott Jacobson (Bob’s Burgers, The Daily Show)

Read and subscribe free:
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October 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Reposted by Ritch Duncan
I have been making changes on my patreon. I am determined to make good and funny work & it's pretty clear I can only do that working for myself... so I'm starting a monthly zine & a monthly print. Putting together the first zine now!
October 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM