United States Post Offices Volume 2 The Great Plains    by Richard Helbock
Price: $12.99 USD. 80200 words. Published on April 4, 2010. .
The second volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date. The listing for each office contains a county location, dates of operation and a Scarcity Index (S/I) value that offers postmark collectors with a guide to the relative value of postmarks from that post office.

Ox Cart Angel    by J. A. Arnold
Price: $2.49 USD. 36780 words. Published by Joel Arnold on August 5, 2011. .
Claire and her father set out from the Dakota Territory, hoping to catch up to the large caravan of Métis fur traders that left the day before. Their destination? The bustling city of St. Paul, where Papa wishes to open a photography studio. But with only Bone Bag, their one-horned ox, to pull their squeaky cart, they soon realize they may have to make their treacherous journey alone.

Old Friend    by Paul Poulsen
Price: $0.99 USD. 98450 words. Published on October 16, 2011. .
Following a personal tragedy, homebuilder Marvin “Crow” Crowley receives an invitation to small town North Dakota where he’ll undertake his largest construction project yet. But when a local girl vanishes, he feels responsible to investigate her disappearance. With co-worker Jennings Gabriel at his side, Crow uncovers a web of lies that will devastate the small town.

The Guard House and Other Stories    by Ryan Christiansen
Price: Free! 4630 words. Published by Knuckledown Press on October 23, 2011. .
This collection of short-short stories carries readers back in time to the post-Civil War era and to the short-lived military post Fort Stevenson, which stood on the frontier near the banks of the Missouri River in Dakota Territory. This work was produced under the Artist-in-Residency Program with the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department and the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Country-fied: Life in the Dakotas    by Elaine Babcock
Price: $2.99 USD. 59590 words. Published by Knuckledown Press on October 28, 2011. .
In the Upper Midwest political conversations can become heated and the weather might be the only safe topic of conversation. In this collection of short essays, however, author Elaine Babcock challenges readers to consider social concerns for hunger, poverty, and justice, all the while expressing joy for daily living with her sense of humor and love for country life.

Crazy Days: Life Lessons, Wacky Times and Good Friends in Forty-Six Years of Retail    by Gerald Rivinius
Price: $3.00 USD. 46960 words. Published on November 7, 2011. .
A memoir of the retail drugstore business told from the perspective of Gerald Rivinius, who started his career in the mid-1960s in North Dakota and saw rapid changes in the business over nearly a half-century career.

Winter's Almost Gone Summer's Coming On    by Elaine Babcock
Price: $2.99 USD. 64720 words. Published by Knuckledown Press on March 25, 2012. .
People who live in the Dakotas are known for their rural and small-town values of hard work and caring for others. With modern media and technology they are exposed to all of the problems and concerns of the world. In this collection of short essays, author Elaine Babcock writes about these issues from the perspective of remembering the past, enjoying the present, and contemplating the future.

1-900-OLD-LADYs: The Lost Art of Making Lefse    by L. Lee Starr
Price: $2.99 USD. 80370 words. Published on May 9, 2012. .
Two elderly sisters begin answering a 900 sex chat line on their North Dakota farm, while pretending to be respectable members of their close-knit community. When the younger sister's husband turns up dead in the barn, the older sister and fellow townsfolk go to extraordinary lengths to conceal the true nature of his death--which ultimately turns out to be murder.

Yes You! Yes Now! Visiting Your Ancestral Town    by Carolyn Schott
Price: $5.99 USD. 14750 words. Published by Steve Tarr on May 14, 2012. .
Visiting Your Ancestral Town was written by Carolyn Schott, a travel expert who started her adventures just like you: not knowing where to start or what to do. Learn from her experiences and enjoy the entertaining stories that will either inspire you to try it yourself or wisely inform you to take some other path. Either way, you’ll enjoy the journey!