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Simple Sabotage: Surviving Bureaucracy with Snark and Style by David Hankins

Simple Sabotage:
Surviving Bureaucracy with Snark and Style

When life gives you lemons, make lemon grenades.

Join Sam Davidson in a series of contemporary fantasy short stories as he navigates the most evil, pernicious, and unremitting form of management in the world: bureaucracy. From incompetent commanders to sarcastic sergeants, Sam learns the tricks of snark and style necessary to survive—and perhaps even thrive—within the system.

Inspired by the Simple Sabotage Field Manual published in 1944 by the Office of Strategic Services (declassified in 2008), this lighthearted Grimsworld Guide includes commentary on the original WWII manual by award-winning author and humorist David Hankins. Focused on the human element of resisting tyranny (how else would you describe bureaucracy?), he applies lessons learned and satirical perspectives from a career in the U.S. Army.

Surviving bureaucracy has never been so fun.

Grimsworld Book 1:

Death and the Taxman

2024 IAN Book of the Year for Outstanding Humor/Comedy

The Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin.

Grimsworld Book 2:

Death and the Dragon

This hilarious sequel is the wild ride through Hell that Dante wished he’d had.

Death and the Immortal
Grimsworld Book 3:

Death and the Immortal

The thrilling conclusion to Grimsworld is coming on Day of the Dead 2026 (Nov 1st)

Grimsworld Tales by David Hankins
Companion Collection

Grimsworld Tales

A collection of short stories set in Grimsworld.