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 **Worth No Penny Press** (abbreviated as WNP Press or WNPP) is a publishing house, known for its tabloid Cheap Newspaper and a bunch of poorly written textbooks.
+===== Textbooks =====
+A number of popular, but low quality textbooks have been published by the WNPP.
+{{:wiki:wnpp_textbook1.png?nolink&250|}}
+{{:wiki:wnpp_textbook2.png?nolink&250|}}
+{{:wiki:wnpp_textbook3.png?nolink&250|}}
+The "How to pick up a ball" textbook has a video instruction sold with it:
+{{youtube>QzqxkdqQp30?medium}}\\
 ===== Cheap Newspaper =====
-Cheap Newspaper has been around since 2005. It features torturous visuals, horrendous font choices, bad English and tabloid journalism.
+[{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper_example.png?nolink&200|Cheap Newspaper layout}}]
+Cheap Newspaper was produced in 2005-2006. It featured torturous visuals, horrendous font choices, bad English and tabloid journalism.
+A lot of its content was centered around an amateur music community called CTG Music, including articles about music production and interviews with notable community members.
+[{{:wiki:ctgmusic.png?nolink&200 |Screenshot of the ctgmusic.com website}}]
-Its stories border on insulting. For instance, the Science section of Vol. 179 featured a story about the android language:
+The dominant part of the content, however, was geared towards silly entertainment. Many stories border on kindergarten stupid. For instance, the science section of Vol. 179 featured a story about an android language proposal:
 <file>
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 course, 'beep'. According to Dr.
 Bungee, the simpliest word of
-the android language is, no
+the android language is, there-
-doubt, 'beep', which may mean
+fore, 'beep', which may mean
 something like "Hey, I'm here"
 or simply "Hello". The second
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 </file>
-Another story was called "Madame la Spam" about a lady whose sole purpose in life was to advertise things. The protagonist eventually throws up, because he cannot take her evil ways.
+[{{ :wiki:madame_le_spam.png?nolink&200|Madame la Spam}}]
-"Jeux d'eau" tells us a story about a person with rare brain damage:
+Another story was called "Madame la Spam", about a lady whose sole purpose in life was to advertise things. The protagonist eventually throws up, because he cannot take her anymore.
+"Jeux d'eau" tells us a story about a person with a rare type of brain damage:
 <file>
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 </file>
-Cheap Newspaper is released in "volumes". Each volume features variable number of pages. Several notable volumes were jokes, for instance volume 16:
+Cheap Newspaper was released in "volumes". Each volume features variable number of pages. Several volumes were "jokes", for instance volume 16:
 [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper16.png?nolink&400 |Cheap Newspaper Vol.16 with a single word: "donkey"}}]
-The tabloid also offered entertainment, typically in a form of obscure game and puzzles. Volume 11 features a card game "Roker". Totally unplayable, this game is unknown to this day and is actively played nowhere and by no one.
+The tabloid also offered entertainment, typically in a form of obscure game and puzzles. Volume 11 features a card game "Roker". Totally unplayable, this game is unknown to this day. It is actively played nowhere and by no one.
 [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper_roker.png?nolink&400 |An obscure card game "Roker"}}]
-In a blaze of contradiction, Cheap Newspaper is available absolutely at no cost, and "cheap" must refer to the quality of its content.
+In a blaze of contradiction, Cheap Newspaper was available absolutely at no cost, and "cheap" must refer to the quality of its content.
+==== Short stories ====
+Cheap Newspaper has published several short stories by Louigi Verona. They include:
-===== Textbooks =====
+  * [[The Mystery of Several Stupid Anonymous Letters]]
+  * [[How People Become Gold Miners]]
-A number of popular, but low quality textbooks have been published by the WNPP.
+  * [[The Midnight Arose]]
+  * [[Law and Genes]]
-{{:wiki:wnpp_textbook1.png?nolink&200|}}
-{{:wiki:wnpp_textbook2.png?nolink&200|}}
-{{:wiki:wnpp_textbook3.png?nolink&200|}}
-The "How to pick up a ball" textbook had a video instruction sold with it:
-{{youtube>QzqxkdqQp30?medium}}\\
 ===== Connection with "The Cave" =====
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-==== External links ====
+===== External links =====
 [[https://louigiverona.com/?page=projects&s=writings&t=cheapnewspaper|A selection of Cheap Newspaper volumes]]

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