Announcing Dominoes…
Shock Totem Publications is proud to announce Dominoes, by John Boden. Dominoes is a Little Horror Book, the perfect bedtime read for strange parents and bizarro children, a book not only meant to be...
View ArticleAnnouncing Ugly As Sin…
Shock Totem Publications is very happy to announce the upcoming paperback/digital release of James Newman’s brand-new novel, Ugly As Sin. Cover art for Thunderstorm Books’ sold-out limited edition...
View ArticleResurrecting the Backlist: The Dead Book LIVES!
As a reader, the first time I came across a new edition of a backlist book was Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series. First published in 1983, it was full of wonderfully outdated references that, as an...
View ArticleAnnouncing Shock Totem #8…
Shock Totem Publications is excited to announce the upcoming eighth issue of Shock Totem magazine. We do not have cover art finalized at this time, but it will once again be created by the amazing...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Shock Totem Holiday Series…
Shock Totem Publications is proud to announce a new holiday series of books. Back in 2011 we released something a little different: Shock Totem: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted 2011. It...
View ArticleAnnouncing Zero Lives Remaining…
Shock Totem Publications is very excited to announce Zero Lives Remaining, a new novella by Adam Cesare. Zero Lives Remaining will be released in e-book, paperback, and limited edition hardcover...
View ArticleDominoes—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is proud to announce that Dominoes, by John Boden, is now available! Dominoes is a Little Horror Book, the perfect bedtime read for strange parents and bizarro children, a book...
View ArticleUgly As Sin Cover Reveal
Coming later this month, James Newman’s Ugly As Sin! Here is the amazing cover art created by Mikio Murakami (with additional layout work by Yannick Bouchard)… Covers by Mikio Murakami. Layout by...
View ArticleUgly As Sin—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is very happy to announce that the digital and paperback editions of James Newman’s Ugly As Sin are now available! Covers by Mikio Murakami. Cover type by Yannick Bouchard. Our...
View ArticleShock Totem # 8 Cover Reveal
Here we go, folks… The cover art for our next issue, due later this month. Cover art by Mikio Murakami. And for those who might have missed it, here is the table of contents: * Article (TBD) *...
View ArticleShock Totem #8—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is proud to announce that our eighth issue is available for purchase! Currently only in digital format, but the print edition should be up soon. Shock Totem returns with its...
View ArticleShock Totem #8.5—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is proud to announce that our second holiday issue is available for purchase! Currently only in digital format, but the print edition should be up soon. Cover art by Mikio...
View ArticleAnnouncing Beautiful Sorrows…
Shock Totem Publications is proud to announce the upcoming release of Beautiful Sorrows, a collection of 27 short stories by Mercedes M. Yardley. There is a place where sorrows pile up like snow and...
View ArticlePsychos and the Appalachian Undead
Some staff news, ya’ll! Cue banjo! This coming October, if not sooner, Apex Publications is set to release Appalachian Undead, a new anthology dedicated to the walking dead. I contributed a quirky tale...
View ArticleShock Totem Invades Killercon
This coming weekend, at the fourth annual Killercon convention in Las Vegas, joining the likes of F. Paul Wilson, Wrath James White, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Adam Cesare, and more, the Shock Totem...
View ArticleBeautiful Sorrows Now Available for Preorder
As previously mentioned, we will be offering to those attending this weekend’s Killercon convention a special paperback pre-release of Beautiful Sorrows, by Mercedes M. Yardley. But for those unable to...
View ArticleBeautiful Sorrows—Selling Fast!
A special paperback pre-release of Beautiful Sorrows was available this past weekend in Las Vegas, at the fourth annual Killercon convention. The entire Shock Totem team was on hand for this event and...
View ArticleBeautiful Sorrows Hardcover—SOLD OUT!
The limited edition hardcover of Beautiful Sorrows is officially SOLD OUT! Mini-tribal! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who bought a copy. None of us expected our very first hardcover to...
View ArticleBeautiful Sorrows—Now Available!
“Beautiful Sorrows… delicate prose with devastating impact. Mercedes Yardley is a female Joe Hill, and I fear her ‘Broken’ will haunt me to my grave.” —F. Paul Wilson Shock Totem Publications is proud...
View ArticleShock Totem #5—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is very happy to announce that our long-awaited fifth issue is available for purchase! This issue of Shock Totem is yet another eclectic mix of horror fiction and nonfiction,...
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