Shock Totem 9.5
(2014)Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted - Halloween 2014
(A book in the Shock Totem series)
An anthology of stories edited by K Allen Wood
Treats abound, in this special edition of Shock Totem are seven short stories, one poem, and five nonfiction pieces. Of the fiction, John Boden and Bracken MacLeod venture into dark and weird neighborhoods in "Halloween On..." In "Out of Field Theory," Kevin Lucia gives us a shadowed glimpse of what lurks beyond the frame. David G. Blake's "Night in the Forest of Loneliness" smells of autumn and the beautiful death she brings.
Learn why sometimes it's better to stay home on Halloween in "Tricks and Treats," by Rose Blackthorn. Kriscinda Lee Everitt's "Howdy Doody Time" is a poignant nod to the past. The shadows come alive in "Before This Night Is Done," by Barry Lee Dejasu, and in the story "The Candle Eaters," K. Allen Wood explores faith and hope and a darkness that haunts us all.
In addition to the fiction, Sydney Leigh provides a very fine poem, "Allhallowtide (To the Faithless Departed)."
Authors John Langan, Lee Thomas, and Jeremy Wagner, as well as filmmaker Mike Lombardo and the always wonderful and brusque Babs Boden, provide anecdotal Halloween recollections.
No tricks, all treats.
Come see why Shock Totem is billed as "...one of the strongest horror fiction magazines on the market today" (Hellnotes).
Genre: Horror
Learn why sometimes it's better to stay home on Halloween in "Tricks and Treats," by Rose Blackthorn. Kriscinda Lee Everitt's "Howdy Doody Time" is a poignant nod to the past. The shadows come alive in "Before This Night Is Done," by Barry Lee Dejasu, and in the story "The Candle Eaters," K. Allen Wood explores faith and hope and a darkness that haunts us all.
In addition to the fiction, Sydney Leigh provides a very fine poem, "Allhallowtide (To the Faithless Departed)."
Authors John Langan, Lee Thomas, and Jeremy Wagner, as well as filmmaker Mike Lombardo and the always wonderful and brusque Babs Boden, provide anecdotal Halloween recollections.
No tricks, all treats.
Come see why Shock Totem is billed as "...one of the strongest horror fiction magazines on the market today" (Hellnotes).
Genre: Horror
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