Announcing Shock Totem #6…
Right on the heels of our fashionably-late fifth issue, we are proud to announce that our sixth issue is primed and almost ready to go. I am doing the layout this time, so I’m making sure everything is...
View ArticleShock Totem #6—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is very happy to announce that our sixth issue is available for purchase! Don’t listen to this guy. Tell everyone! Shock Totem returns with its sixth issue, featuring stories...
View ArticleAnnouncing Shock Totem #7…
Ready for more? We are proud to announce our seventh issue, to be released this coming July. Once again the cover art was created by the brilliant Mikio Murakami, who has done all our magazine artwork...
View ArticleSunday Reads: On Saying No, Joe Hill’s Beard, and Creepy Films
Here are a handful of links from around the Internet that we found interesting this past week. If you’ve got an hour, check out Booktalk Nation’s entertaining video chat between authors Joe Hill and...
View ArticleWarm Bodies In the Flesh
Isaac Marion’s debut novel, Warm Bodies, was a breakthrough in 2011, a beautifully written genre-bending horror romance about an undead named “R” who falls in love with a living girl, Julie, after he...
View ArticleShock Totem #7—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is very happy to announce that our seventh issue is available for purchase! “I see the bad moon rising. I see trouble on the way.” Shock Totem steamrolls ahead with its seventh...
View ArticleAnnouncing 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 First published in 1983, it was full of wonderfully outdated references that, as an...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 ArticleCongratulations, Damien Angelica Walters!
The TOC for the Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume 1, edited by Michael Kelly and Laird Barron, has been released. We’re very proud to announce that Damien Angelica Walters’ “Shall I Whisper to You of...
View ArticleCover Reveal for Adam Cesare’s ZERO LIVES REMAINING!
We are currently in the midst of putting together Adam Cesare’s brilliant novella, Zero Lives Remaining. As previously mentioned, Zero Lives Remaining will be released in e-book, paperback, and limited...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Lee Thompson Discusses Ways to Measure Your Success (Plus a...
A Texas Senator and his wife go missing… On the same day, their son is slaughtered by an enigmatic killer on the lawn of ex-Governor Edward Wood’s residence. Sammy, Wood’s drug dealing son, suspects...
View ArticleAnnouncing Shock Totem #9…
Shock Totem Publications is very proud to announce the impending release of our ninth issue. Click for larger image. Once again the cover art was created by the brilliant Mikio Murakami, who has done...
View ArticleAnnouncing Shock Totem #9.5…
Halloween is here! And what better way to celebrate Halloween than with a new holiday issue. Cover art by Mikio Murakami. In this special edition of Shock Totem you will find seven stories, one poem,...
View ArticleAdam Cesare’s ZERO LIVES REMAINING—Paperback/Digital Editions Available Now!
We are happy to announce that the paperback and digital editions of Adam Cesare’s Zero Lives Remaining are now available for purchase. These are different from the limited hardcover edition, which...
View ArticleShine Your Light on Me—Available Now!
We are very excited to announce that Lee Thompson’s brand-new novella, Shine Your Light on Me, is available. Cover art by Mikio Murakami. Aiden LeDoux is a typical sixteen-year-old boy when the...
View ArticleGreener Pastures—Available for Pre-Order!
We are very excited to announce that Greener Pastures, the debut collection from Michael Wehunt, is available for pre-order. The print edition can be pre-ordered through our webstore. The Kindle...
View ArticleShock Totem #10—Available Now!
It’s been a long time coming, but we are happy to announce that the tenth issue of Shock Totem magazine is available for purchase! Cover art by Mikio Murakami. Here is the official Table of Contents: *...
View ArticleGreener Pastures—Available Now!
Greener Pastures, the debut collection from Michael Wehunt, is officially out today! Click above to see the full wraparound cover created by Michael Bukowski. In his striking debut collection, Greener...
View ArticleStokers, Flashes and Black Ink
Later this month, at this year’s Bram Stoker Awards™ banquet, to be held at the World Horror Convention in Utah, Mercedes and I do battle. To the death! Okay, maybe not to the death. And maybe it’s not...
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