Timeline of America: Sound Bytes from the Consumer Culture    by Floyd M. Orr
Price: $3.99 USD. 108410 words. Published on April 27, 2009. .
Timeline is a capsule history of the things that have defined us. It is a lot more than a pop culture trivia book, although no simpler phrase describes it. The chapters are divided into ten timelines that tell the story of America’s development: events, comforts, cars, toys, movies, television, music, nerds, sports, and gossip. Nostalgic stories and an extensive trivia quiz are also included!

Like We Care    by Tom Matthews
Price: $7.99 USD. 82260 words. Published by Bancroft Press on March 11, 2010. .
What if they just stopped? What if in a grand, scruffy stab at corporate disobedience, teenagers en masse simply stopped spending their money on the cynical crap that’s relentlessly mainlined to them? Like We Care is a biting, clever, and hilarious satire in which two endearingly subversive high school seniors set out to monkey wrench the recording industry, big tobacco, and junk food.

Rate Me Red    by Richie Chevat
Price: $2.99 USD. 97360 words. Published on April 14, 2010. .
Part Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and part Gulliver’s Travels, Rate Me Red is a sharp social satire, a love story and a comic adventure that takes place in the near future in a consumer-mad world that is a wildly exaggerated version of our own.

Eco-thrift: Going Green on a Shoestring    by Louann Vertrees
Price: $5.99 USD. 56090 words. Published on June 16, 2010. .
Eco-thrift: Going Green on a Shoestring examines the impact of excessive consumerism on the environment, our wallets, and even our health. It offers practical tips on getting out of debt and saving money, as well as ways to live a greener and more healthy lifestyle. It also offers recipes for making your own safe, inexpensive, and eco-friendly cleaning and personal care products.

Negotiate Anything! Secrets to Make Companies Treat You Fairly    by Tom Wilson
Price: $9.95 USD. 62850 words. Published on September 13, 2010. .
“Negotiate Anything!” is the culmination of a 30 year longitudinal study of customer service -- a first. It is authored by a husband and wife team. It has two audiences. For consumers, it presents secrets to make companies treat them fairly so they get their money’s worth. For businesses, it teaches them how to pull ahead of the competition by providing excellent customer service.

The Christmas Gift    by Stuart Bracewell
Price: Free! 3190 words. Published on January 10, 2011. .
An anthropological look at the rituals that connect Christmas and Shopping.

The Boy and the Wrapper    by Jonathan Fournier
Price: $1.99 USD. 8170 words. Published on January 12, 2011. .
A one-act romantic comedy play. An awkward shut-in (Andrew) is sent to a mall to get medicine and ends up meeting an off-putting volunteer gift wrapper (Anita). Their personalities clash, but Andrew takes a liking to Anita and returns to the mall again and again and again. As December goes on, the two develop an odd relationship, but a happy ending seems out of reach... until Christmas Eve.

Vampire Society    by Ken La Salle
Price: $3.95 USD. 91510 words. Published on April 7, 2011. .
Vampire Society is a guided tour through the social and political evolution that opened our century. It is a love story and an indictment against our culture of consumption, answering the most important question about love: Is real love possible in the Vampire Society?

You Will Notice That Hallways Are Painted (short story)    by Angela Meyer
Price: Free! 3920 words. Published on May 23, 2011. .
They're not really crazy but they aren't 'functional' members of society either: they drink, feel, touch and love too much. Is it possible to hold onto yourself, and still get out of the institution? Originally published in Torpedo Greatest Hits (Hunter Publishers, 2010) edited by Chris Flynn. Cover artwork and design by Kenneth Erickson.

Birds (short story)    by Angela Meyer
Price: $0.99 USD. 1250 words. Published on May 25, 2011. .
'It’s just a job. It’s just a day. Everyone does it. People are worse off somewhere. There is nothing wrong. The walls are not closing in. You are fine.' A near-future story about anxiety. Originally published in Wet Ink: Issue 14 (2009). Cover: artwork by Lily Mae Martin, type by Kenneth Erickson