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Shock Totem #6
January 2013Shock Totem Radio
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Psychos 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 called “Long Days to Come.”
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The brilliant artwork was created by Cortney Skinner. Quite a lineup, too: Elizabeth Massie, Jonathan Maberry, Tim Waggoner, S. Clayton Rhodes*, Maurice Broaddus, Bev Vincent, Tim Lebbon, Steve Rasnic Tem, John Skipp* & Dori Miller, and Gary A. Braunbeck, to name a few more than a few.
If you’d like to check out the full table of contents, click here.
You can also pre-order via the above link (and get 5% off if you tweet the link), but before you do, check out this groovy contest they’re running for those who do pre-order.
As always from Apex Publications, you can expect quality.
Not to be outdone, Mercedes and John each have stories—“Murder for Beginners” and “Intruder,” respectively—in Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane, the latest slab—and I do mean slab; these things are massive—in an ongoing series edited by the inimitable John Skipp which has thus far included Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead, Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within, and Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed.
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Psychos is due out in September via Black Dog & Leventhal, and features new and classic fiction from the likes of Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, Lawerence Block, Neil Gaiman, Leslianne Wilder*, Violet LeVoit, Weston Ochse*, Kathe Koja, and many more.
If you order now, Amazon has it for $10.07. That’s 608 pages for $10! No-brainer.
We hope you’ll buy both!
* Shock Totem alumni.
Posted in Alumni News, New Releases, Recommended Reading, Staff News
Tagged Apex Publications, Appalachian Undead, Bev Vincent, Black Dog & Leventhal, Cortney Skinner, Depraved Madmen, Dori Miller, Elizabeth Massie, Eugene Johnson, Gary A. Braunbeck, Jack Ketchum, Jason Sizemore, Joe R. Lansdale, John Boden, John Skipp, Jonathan Maberry, K. Allen Wood, Kathe Koja, Lawerence Block, Leslianne Wilder, Maurice Broaddus, Mercedes M. Yardley, Neil Gaiman, Psychos, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, S. Clayton Rhodes, Serial Killers, Shock Totem Connection, Steve Rasnic Tem, The Criminally Insane, Tim Lebbon, Tim Waggoner, Violet LeVoit, Weston Ochse, Zombies
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Bring More Lore!
Born in a New Jersey basement in the mid-90′s, Lore was a DIY magazine for dark fiction and fantasy. In their time, they took home a number of awards, including The Dragon’s Breath Small Press Award for Best New Magazine, as well as had several stories from within their pages garner awards of their own.
I must admit, here, that I had never heard of Lore. This is a fact I am now somewhat ashamed of, after reading this, a collection of stories that appeared during their five-year run. I missed out on some quality reading back in the day.
I won’t go through every story in this collection, but will touch upon those that stuck with me most.
Starting things off with Harlan Ellison is always a smart move. Ellison has long been regarded as a master of speculative fiction, and with “Chatting with Anubis” we get a tongue-in-cheek tale of archaeology and spiritualism and the dark threads that bind them.
“The Mandala,” by Kendall Evans, is a bizarre exercise in surrealism as symbolism. Patricia Russo’s “Rat Familiar” is Grimm-style fantasy that is served up nasty and dark, while Jeffrey Thomas’s “Empathy” is a sadly sweet tale of trust, mistreatment and revenge.
Brian Lumley turns in “The Vehicle” which is a lighthearted “fish out of water” sort of sci-fi tale. Donald R. Burleson gives us what might be my favorite tale in the book, “Sheets,” a terrific haunted-house story, and it is exactly not what you think it is.
All the stories in this volume are strong. Some skirt the edges of the Horror estate, while others wander that bizarre and weird landscape on its outskirts. “The Challenge From Below,” a group-penned tribute to Lovecraft, as well as many other pieces, have never been reprinted before this. And a few are nearly science fiction. All, however, have a classic feel and mature voice.
This is old-school writing.
As of 2011, Lore has resurrected itself. I would have loved the magazine back in its heyday, so I hope to follow them, now, and keep up with what they put out.
This volume can be purchased through the Lore website.
Posted in Blog, Book Reviews, Magazine Reviews, Reviews
Tagged Brain McNaughton, Brian Lumley, Dan Clore, Dark Fantasy, Donald R. Burleson, Elizabeth Massie, Harlan Ellison, Horror, James S. Dorr, Jeffrey Thomas, Kendall Evans, Lawrence Barker, Lore Magazine, Magazine Reviews, Patricia Russo, Peter Cannon, Richard Lee Byers, Robert M. Price, Rod Heather, Sean O'Leary, Tim Emswiler
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