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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-books, 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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Beautiful Sorrows Joins the 99 Cent Movement
For the next seven days, the Kindle edition of Beautiful Sorrows will be on sale for just 99 cents. Please consider buying a copy for yourself or a friend. Help us make this one a bestseller!
[ Both covers created by Yannick Bouchard ]
Praise for Beautiful Sorrows:
“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, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Keep and The Tomb
“Mercedes M. Yardley has the Right Stuff. She demonstrates that in her wonderful collection of short stories: Beautiful Sorrows. Each story is a different kind of gem, the bagful priceless.” —Gene O’Neill, Bram Stoker Award™-winning Author of The Taste of Tenderloin and Double Jack
“Mercedes Yardley’s debut collection, Beautiful Sorrows, holds its hands out, palms up, no tricks, no irony, no clever retreats from honest emotions. Life’s travails inhabit these pages, and she renders them beautifully.” —Christopher Barzak, author of One for Sorrow and The Love We Share Without Knowing
Again, you can download the 99-cent digital version here. Or if you’d prefer the print version, you can order it through our webstore, Amazon, or other online booksellers.
If you have any questions, please let us know. As always, your support is greatly appreciated!
Posted in Alumni News, Sales, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem News, Staff News
Tagged Beautiful Sorrows, Christopher Barzak, F. Paul Wilson, Gene O’Neill, Joe Hill, Mercedes M. Yardley, Neil Gaiman, New Release, Paperback, Releases, Sales, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem Publications, Whimsical Horror
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Shock 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, featuring previously unpublished stories from the likes of Ari Marmell, Darrell Schweitzer, Joe Mirabello, Mekenzie Larsen, and others. There is also a five-part illustrated microfiction serial, by Kurt Newton, which is something new for us; plus a conversation with horror legend Jack Ketchum, narrative nonfiction by Nick Contor, reviews and more.
The full table of contents is as follows:
* Taking Root: An Editorial, by Mercedes M. Yardley
* In Deepest Silence, by Ari Marmell
* Girl and the Blue Burqa, by D. Thomas Mooers
* Digging in the Dirt: A Conversation with Jack Ketchum, by John Boden
* Hide-and-Seek, by F.J. Bergmann (Poetry)
* Eyes of a Stranger: An Essay, by Nick Contor
* Postmortem, by Kurt Newton
* Jimmy Bunny, by Darrell Schweitzer
* Strange Goods and Other Oddities (Reviews)
* Little Knife Houses, by Jaelithe Ingold (2011 Shock Totem Flash Fiction Contest Winner)
* Canon, by Anaea Lay
* Bloodstains & Blue Suede Shoes, Part 3, by John Boden and Simon Marshall-Jones
* The Catch, by Joe Mirabello
* Three Strikes, by Mekenzie Larsen
* To ‘Bie or Not to ‘Bie, by Sean Eads
* Howling Through the Keyhole (Author Notes)
As of right now, you can order this issue—and past issues, which are all still available—directly from us or through Amazon, in both print ($6.99) and digital ($2.99) formats.
As always, thank you for the support!
Posted in New Releases, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem News
Tagged Anaea Lay, Ari Marmell, D. Thomas Mooers, Darrell Schweitzer, Jack Ketchum, Jaelithe Ingold, Joe Mirabello, Kurt Newton, Mekenzie Larsen, Narrative Nonfiction, Sean Eads, Shock Totem, Shock Totem #5, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem Magazine, Shock Totem Publications
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Halloween Sale—13% Off Entire Order!
To celebrate this special day, we are offering 13% off your entire order for anything purchased through our webstore. Today only!
Just click here and enter the code HALLOWEEN upon checkout.
Happy Halloween, folks!
Posted in Sales, Shock Totem News
Tagged Halloween, Halloween Sale, Shock Totem, Shock Totem Publications
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Beautiful 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 to announce that Mercedes M. Yardley’s brilliant collection of whimsical horror tales, Beautiful Sorrows, is now available in print and digital formats.
[ Cover created by Yannick Bouchard ]
The print edition is $13.99, and can be purchased through Amazon or our webstore. The digital version is a mere $2.99 (currently only available for the Kindle), and can be purchased here.
If you have any questions, please let us know. And if you purchase a copy, you have our sincere gratitude.
Posted in Alumni News, New Releases, Publishing, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem News, Staff News
Tagged Beautiful Sorrows, F. Paul Wilson, Mercedes M. Yardley, New Release, Paperback, Releases, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem Publications
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Hellnotes Reviews The Wicked
The lovely Sheila M. Merritt has reviewed The Wicked, by James Newman, over at the Hellnotes website.
“The Wicked indeed reflects the time it holds so dear. Like the aforementioned overblown hair and exaggerated clothing, Newman’s novel is a quintessential example of 1980′s excess: A guilty pleasure, to be sure.”
To read the full review, click here.
Have you picked up your copy yet?
Posted in Alumni News, Book Reviews, Reviews, Shock Totem News
Tagged Book Reviews, Hellnotes, James Newman, Reviews, Sheila M. Merritt, Shock Totem, Shock Totem Publications, The Wicked
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Brutal As Hell Reviews The Wicked
Getting a Google Alert that links a review of The Wicked on a site called Brutal As Hell is a scary thing. Not having heard of the site before, I was worried that it was some elitist website run by a bunch of literary snobs that just shred anything read by more than 3.75 people.
Luckily, Brutal As Hell is a site we should all be reading. Fantastic stuff over there! And I’m happy to say, the reviewer, Marc Patterson, gave The Wicked a great review. If you have a moment, give it a read, or at least bookmark the site.
“At 325 pages long The Wicked is a surprisingly quick read thanks to Newman’s immersive storytelling that propels you deep into the pages at a frenzied pace. Time will be lost quickly as you rabidly consume this horrifying tale.”
Have you picked up your copy yet?
Posted in Alumni News, Book Reviews, Reviews, Shock Totem News
Tagged Book Reviews, Brutal As Hell, James Newman, Marc Patterson, Reviews, Shock Totem, Shock Totem Publications, The Wicked
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The Horror Booth Reviews The Wicked
A relatively new site–at least it appears that way–called The Horror Booth has reviewed The Wicked. We didn’t send them a copy, so it’s a nice surprise.
“Newman’s writing is very easy to devour in this book and I am curious to read some of his other stuff to see how it compares; he has certainly set the bar high with this one.”
Another great one! You can read it here.
Have you picked up your copy yet?
Posted in Alumni News, Book Reviews, Reviews, Shock Totem News
Tagged Book Reviews, James Newman, Reviews, Shock Totem, Shock Totem Publications, The Horror Booth, The Wicked
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Announcing Shock Totem #5…
Shock Totem is proud to announce that we will finally be unleashing another great issue of darkly weird fiction!
Our fifth issue was originally scheduled to come out in January, but for reasons which you can read here we made the hard choice to delay it until July. And now with July nearly upon us, that wait, thankfully, is over.
For those who have yet to see it, here is the cover for issue #5:
Another brilliant piece of work from Mikio Murakami, who has done all our magazine artwork since issue #3.
Here is the official Table of Contents:
* Taking Root, by Mercedes M. Yardley (Editorial)
* In Deepest Silence, by Ari Marmell
* Girl and the Blue Burqa, by D. Thomas Mooers
* Digging in the Dirt: A Conversation with Jack Ketchum, by John Boden
* Hide-and-Seek, by F.J. Bergmann (Poem)
* Eyes of a Stranger, by Nick Contor (Essay)
* Postmortem, by Kurt Newton (5-Part Illustrated Micro-Serial)
* Jimmy Bunny, by Darrell Schweitzer
* Strange Goods and Other Oddities (Reviews)
* Little Knife Houses, by Jaelithe Ingold (2011 Shock Totem Flash Fiction Contest Winner)
* Canon, by Anaea Lay
* Bloodstains & Blue Suede Shoes, Part 3, by John Boden and Simon Marshall-Jones (Article)
* The Catch, by Joe Mirabello
* Three Strikes, by Mekenzie Larsen
* To ‘Bie or Not to ‘Bie, by Sean Eads
* Howling Through the Keyhole (Author Notes)
We’re really pleased with how this issue turned out. It’s unlike any of our previous issues, which were themselves unlike previous issues, yet as always it is still clearly Shock Totem. We think you’ll enjoy it.
Look for it next month, in print and digital formats. And if you want to get it out of the way now, you can preorder the issue here.
As always, thank you for your continued support!
Posted in Alumni News, New Releases, Publishing, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem News
Tagged Anaea Lay, Ari Marmell, D. Thomas Mooers, Darrell Schweitzer, F.J. Bergmann, Jack Ketchum, Jaelithe Ingold, Joe Mirabello, John Boden, Kurt Newton, Mekenzie Larsen, Mercedes M. Yardley, Nick Contor, Sean Eads, Shock Totem, Shock Totem #5, Shock Totem Publications, Simon Marshall-Jones
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Available Now—The Wicked
Shock Totem Publications is pleased to announce that our first non-magazine release, James Newman’s fantastic ode to 1980s horror, The Wicked, is now available for purchase.
As previously noted, The Wicked has been revised by the author, expanded with a new foreword by Mark Allan Gunnells, a new afterword by the author, and brilliant new artwork and illustrations by Jesse David Young (with additional cover layout by Yannick Bouchard). Also included is a brand new, exclusive tie-in short story written specifically for this release.
[ click for full image ]
The book is currently available through our website and Amazon.com as a trade paperback for $14.99 and as an e-book for $4.99. We will keep you updated as it becomes more widely available through other retailers in the coming days and weeks.
A lot of hard work went into this release. We think you’ll dig it very much.
If you have any questions, please let us know. Interested reviewers should contact us here.
Posted in Alumni News, New Releases, Publishing, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem News
Tagged 1980s Horror, 80s Horror, Animosity, Bentley Little, Brian Keene, Graham Masterton, J.N. Williamson, James Newman, Jesse David Young, Kealan Patrick Burke, Mark Allan Gunnells, Midnight Rain, Pulp Horror, Richard Laymon, Shock Totem Digital, Shock Totem Publications, The Wicked, Ugly As Sin, Yannick Bouchard
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