Books tagged: satire

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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.
Double Feature: The Big Bad Wolf - Kangaroo Stu and the Rocky Crocodile    by Brennan Haley
Price: $0.99 USD. 3640 words. Published on March 11, 2010. .

Both the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood have a big surprise in store for the other, and Grandma isn't going to believe her eyes either. Then Kangaroo Stu and his brother Skippy must confront the mysterious Rocky Crocodile in the Australian outback. Two great stories to delight you and your kids for less than one bottle of pop or a chocolate bar? And no cavities either? Bargain!
The Time Traveller, Smith    by JC McLaughlin
Price: $0.99 USD. 16870 words. Published on March 18, 2010. .

Max Smith, a clockmaker's assistant, is far from Edwardian London, in a world destroyed by war - 100 years in his future! Held captive by the despicable Beau Riche, King of London, Max is caught up in the world-conquering machinations of Ben Landon, Envoy of the Protestant-Moslem Republic of Texas. Armed with the mysterious Eye of Time he must decide whether to save the world... or destroy it!
Goldilocks and the Gummi Bears    by Brennan Haley
Price: Free! 1190 words. Published on March 18, 2010. .

Goldilocks has a sweet tooth for trouble and might have met her match in the Gummi Bears. This is a children's story that four out of five dentists would definitely recommend. Just be sure to brush afterwards.
Still Looking: A Single Man's Journey    by Larry Durstin
Price: $3.99 USD. 90430 words. Published on March 24, 2010. .

In yet another attempt to piece together the puzzle of his romantic life, Ray joins a men's group designed for each member to re-experience the single great mythic journey in his life where all truths are revealed. Realizing that one strange year—beginning on the morning after John Lennon was shot—may hold the key to his journey as a man, Ray discovers a frightening truth about himself
Trilogy of Super Cool Unbelievable Awesome Adventures    by Brennan Haley
Price: $0.99 USD. 5330 words. Published on April 1, 2010. .

Three stories for the price of one! Solemn and the Ogrenaut has a young boy running away from home and right into the path of a two headed monster; The Last Unicorn has a young farm girl named Amber trying to rescue the very last unicorn; The Gargling Moroccan Gargoyle is the continuing adventures of Jordan the Pirate caught between Sheik Yerbootie, a diamond, a monkey, and a Gargoyle. Have fun!
You're Not Very Important    by Douglas Texter
Price: $3.00 USD. 56450 words. Published by Creative Guy Publishing on April 5, 2010. .

12 Steps Away from Self-Esteem and Toward a Better World. Douglas Texter takes his readers on a whirlwind tour of the practice of self-betterment throughout the ages in this biting parody of self-help literature. He carefully explores the Big 12 myths of self-improvement, and at the same time, delivers a devastating, sardonic social and political commentary.
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.
This Unhappy Planet    by Marc Horne
You set the price! 43990 words. Published on April 23, 2010. .

California: everyone is visualizing their own reality, and two guys are getting rich off it. Then one day a young marine decides to walk into the ocean, and everything changes. A twisted comedy of manners set during the end of the George W Bush years.
Bad Faith!    by Mike O'Connor
Price: $2.99 USD. 73130 words. Published on April 26, 2010. .

A huge lottery win is guaranteed to create a buzz in a small Irish village like Ceanngoorley. When the win in question is attributed to a talking statue of the Virgin Mary, greed and superstition collide in a tsunami of hilarious chaos. Will the devious Father O'Hoora prove to be the real winner, or will his grand plans be thwarted by a vengeful bishop and a mysterious American stranger?