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Shock Totem Publications is once again open for novel/novella submissions!
Please read our updated guidelines and submission requirements on our Submittable page prior to uploading your work.
If you have any questions, please e-mail us.
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Tagged Guidelines, novel, Novella, Shock Totem, Shock Totem Publications, Submissions
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Shock Totem #8.5—Now Available!
Shock Totem Publications is proud to announce that our second holiday issue is available for purchase!

Cover art by Mikio Murakami.

Cover art by Mikio Murakami.
Love is in the air. Can you feel it? The most wonderful and diabolical emotion of them all, and we’re going to celebrate it. Ostensibly as a Valentine’s Day issue, but really…it’s all about love.
And horror, of course.
In this special edition of Shock Totem you will find “Clocks,” a beautifully tragic tale told by master storyteller Darrell Schweitzer. “Silence,” by Robert J. Duperre, is a gut-wrenching tale of love, war, and death. You won’t soon forget this one. In “Broken Beneath the Paperweight of Your Ghosts,” Damien Angelica Walters tells of a man and his tattered heart. Catherine Grant’s “Sauce” teaches us that sometimes things left behind are best left alone. Tim Waggoner examines the perfect lover in “The Man of Her Dreams.” “Hearts of Women, Hearts of Men,” by Zachary C. Parker, follows a battered woman struggling to free herself from an abusive relationship while a serial killer is on the loose. In total, nine tales await you…
Like our previous holiday issue (Christmas 2011), the fiction is paired with nonfiction, this time by Violet LeVoit, Jassen Bailey, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, C.W. LaSart, Bracken MacLeod, John Dixon, Brian Hodge, and more. True tales of first loves, failed relationships, misfortune, death, sex, and…meatloaf.
Love has its dark side, folks, and fittingly this issue has very sharp teeth.
Come see why Shock Totem is billed as “…one of the strongest horror fiction magazines on the market today” (Hellnotes).
Table of Contents:
* Clocks, by Darrell Schweitzer
* Lose and Learn, by Brian Hodge (Holiday Recollection)
* Hearts of Women, Hearts of Men, by Zachary C. Parker
* Unlearning to Lie, by Mason Bundschuh (Holiday Recollection)
* Sauce, by Catherine Grant
* Something to Chew On, by Kristi Petersen Schoonover (Holiday Recollection)
* Silence, by Robert J. Duperre
* Hanging Up the Gloves, by John Dixon (Holiday Recollection)
* Golden Years, by John Boden
* Akai, by Jassen Bailey (Holiday Recollection)
* She Cries, by K. Allen Wood
* The Same Deep Water As You, by Bracken MacLeod (Holiday Recollection)
* One Lucky Horror Nerd, by James Newman (Holiday Recollection)
* Omen, by Amanda C. Davis
* The Scariest Holiday, by C.W. LaSart (Holiday Recollection)
* Broken Beneath the Paperweight of Your Ghosts, by Damien Angelica Walters
* Everything’s Just Methadone and I Like It, by Violet LeVoit (Holiday Recollection)
* The Sickest Love is Denial, by Richard Thomas (Holiday Recollection)
* The Man of Her Dreams, by Tim Waggoner
* Howling Through the Keyhole (Author Notes)
Currently you can purchase the print edition through Amazon or our webstore. More online retailers will follow in the days and weeks to come. The digital edition can be purchased here.
Interested in our back catalog? All past issues are still available digitally and in print and can be ordered directly from us or through Amazon and other online retailers.
Please note that all of our releases (except Dominoes) are enrolled in Amazon’s MatchBook program, so everyone who purchases a print copy gets a Kindle copy for free.
As always, thank you for the support!
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Tagged Amanda C. Davis, Bracken MacLeod, Brian Hodge, C.W. LaSart, Catherine Grant, Damien Angelica Walters, Damien Walters Grintalis, Darrell Schweitzer, Holiday Tales, James Newman, Jassen Bailey, John Boden, John Dixon, K. Allen Wood, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Mason Bundschuh, Mikio Murakami, Richard Thomas, Robert J. Duperre, Shock Totem #8.5, Shock Totem Holiday Issue, Shock Totem Valentine's Day Special, Tim Waggoner, Valentine's Day, Violet LeVoit, Zachary C. Parker
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Announcing 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 featured fiction from Shock Totem Publications staff members as well as the wonderful and insanely prolific Kevin J. Anderson, all based on the end-of-the-year holiday season. It also included anecdotal nonfiction pieces from a wide variety of authors.

Our sharpest cover to date. Ba-doom tssh! I’ll be here all week, folks.
The release was a hit. It sold well and continues to do so. But it was only released as an e-book, and since then many of you have asked for a print version. That is finally coming in late November.
Looking beyond that, we have a Valentine’s Day issue planned for late January 2014 and a Halloween issue planned for October 2014.

This is a cover mock-up. Listed authors are subject to change.
As with the first holiday issue, these releases will feature fiction based on their specific holiday themes. Nonfiction will come from not only authors but the artists and publishers whose talent and contributions to this field are all too often overlooked.
Look for the print version of the debut holiday issue in late November (or download it now), followed by the Valentine’s Day issue in late January 2014 and the Halloween issue in October.
Posted in New Releases, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem News, Staff News
Tagged Amanda C. Davis, Damien Angelica Walters, Damien Walters Grintalis, Dustin LeValley, Holiday Tales, Holidays, Jack Ketchum, Jassen Bailey, Jennifer Pelland, John Boden, K. Allen Wood, Kevin J. Anderson, Leslianne Wilder, Mason Bundschuh, Mercedes M. Yardley, New Release, Ryan Bridger, Sarah Gomes, Shock Totem Christmas Special, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem Halloween Special, Shock Totem Valentine's Day Special, Susan Scofield, Valentine's Day, Violet LeVoit
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Kindle Users: Free Shock Totem
This week only we’re running promos on the first five issues of Shock Totem (not including the special holiday issue). Starting today, Kindle users will be able to download issue #1 for free. Tomorrow, issue #2 will be free, Wednesday, issue #3, and so on.

Click the links below to download!
Monday/Tuesday: Shock Totem 1: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted
Tuesday/Wednesday: Shock Totem 2: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted
Wednesday/Thursday: Shock Totem 3: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted
Thursday/Friday: Shock Totem 4: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted
Friday/Saturday: Shock Totem 5: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted
We ran a similar promo a little over a year ago, and it generated 10,000 downloads. We hope to once again reach thousands of new readers. If you haven’t read all—or any—of our issues, now is the perfect time. If you have, please encourage others to give us a shot.
Thanks!
Posted in Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem News
Tagged Amazon, E-book, Free E-books, KDP Select, Kindle, Kindle Owners' Lending Library, Shock Totem, Shock Totem #1, Shock Totem #2, Shock Totem #3, Shock Totem #4, Shock Totem #4.5, Shock Totem #5, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem Publications
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