Two books that read the systems producing ordinary life.
Two titles are in development under The Means of Production and its imprint, The Worst Words Worth the Work — one in media criticism, one in fiction. They share a single method: take the machinery seriously, and refuse to mistake the backdrop for the subject.
A slate is a promise, and this press would rather keep a short one. Books enter this page when they are being written, not when they are being considered; the nine that left it were the second kind. Dates remain unannounced — the work earns its difficulty before it earns a release. To ask about rights, review copies, or a particular title, write to the press.
Two books, in progress
This page listed eleven. Nine of them were announcements, and an announcement is not a book. What remains is what is being written.
Broadcast Programming
A study of narrative transmission and cultural conditioning in the age of mass media. Blending media theory, mythology, and criticism, the book explores how societies teach people what to desire, fear, remember, and forget.
Handbook for the Recently Deceased
A bureaucratic survival manual for the newly dead. Combining dark humor, administrative absurdity, and speculative fiction, the book offers practical guidance for navigating memory, paperwork, unfinished business, and the afterlife.