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24 alternatives to The Braindead Megaphone

Hilarious short stories displaying the strangeness of life

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Braindead Megaphone launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Deep Thoughts▲65

   Irreverent observations about life

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Incognito▲70

   The secret lives of the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Phone Stories▲73

   Call to hear a short story for a specific moment in life.

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Quarter Life Poetry▲64

   Poems for the Young, Broke and Hangry

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67

   Extraordinary journeys into the human brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Collecting Words▲60

   (Very) short (visual) stories

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Classies▲89

   The mobile library with thousands of classic short stories

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Ordering The Chaos▲61

   Simple ways to organize your ADHD life

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Writing Prompts Reader▲65

   Bite-sized short stories

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    One More Thing▲77

    Short story collection of playful humor, curiosity+heart

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    60dB▲104

    Today's best short audio stories

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Madness, Rack, and Honey▲61

    A book for anyone interested in the human heart

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Devil's Data Dictionary▲60

    An hysterical book making fun of big data

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Microadventures▲91

    Ideas for local adventures for busy folk. 5 to 9 Adventures.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sstories▲92

    Short-fiction stories for busy people

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Look Me in the Eye▲58

    My Life with Asperger's

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Chaos Monkeys▲72

    An exposé of life inside the tech bubble

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    60dB▲94

    Brings you today's best short audio stories

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Radish▲90

    Hundreds of stories at your fingertips

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Elephant in the Room▲65

    Whimsical, hilarious and often downright terrifying

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Living Brain▲63

    The deep mysteries of the human brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Psychedelic Suburbia▲70

    David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Branded Mind▲57

    What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →