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Cover of Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted

Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted

March 2013

Editor K. Allen Wood
Cover art Mikio Murakami
Publisher Shock Totem Publications
Price $6.99
Pages 136

  • Contributing editors: John Boden and Mercedes M. Yarley.
  • "Cover design" by Mikio Murakami. Some covers can be found on his website.
  • Print-on-demand dark fantasy magazine, the price and the date of publication from Amazon.com as of 2013-09-23, as of 2014-04-11, the price has risen to $7.99
  • Page count includes both covers and the hand-counted and unnumbered last twenty-five pages of this magazine which contains nothing but full-page ads and blank pages.
  • All uncredited artwork are unsigned photographs that are seemed to be used as filler and decoration and which don't seem to illustrate anything. Photo on page 56 is signed by Kip Evans, Evans is a nature photographer, and he may be responsible for some of the uncredited artwork.
  • "Howling Through the Keyhole" is a column in which the authors discuss the genesis of their stories. These range from a paragraph to a half of a page in length.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Essay Non Fiction Notes from the Editor's Desk (Shock Totem 6) K. Allen Wood
7 Essay Non Fiction The Spectacular Inspiration Suit John Boden
11 Short Fiction Fiction For Jack P. K. Gardner
21 Short Fiction Fiction Orion Michael Wehunt
27 Interview Non Fiction The Hard Way: A Conversation with Gary McMahon John Boden & Gary McMahon
31 Short Fiction Fiction Ballad of the Man with the Shark Tooth Bracelet Lucia Starkey
33 Essay Non Fiction Abominations: She Disappeared Ryan Bridger
35 Review Non Fiction Dead Bad Things John Boden & Gary McMahon
35 Review Non Fiction Pretty Little Dead Things John Boden & Gary McMahon
35 Essay Non Fiction Strange Goods and Other Oddities (Shock Totem 6) various
36 Review Non Fiction Dangers Untold Sheri White & Jennifer Brozek
37 Review Non Fiction Art Is the Devil John Boden & John Skipp
37 Review Non Fiction Pure Julianna Baggott & Mercedes M. Yardley
38 Review Non Fiction Blood and Silver Robert J. Duperre & James R. Tuck
39 Review Non Fiction Ash Street John Boden & Lee Thomas
40 Review Non Fiction Chorus of Dust K. Allen Wood & Justin Paul Walters
41 Review Non Fiction In Search Of and Others Sheri White & Will Ludwigsen
42 Review Non Fiction Sequel Mark Allan Gunnells & Robert J. Duperre
42 Review Non Fiction Video Night John Boden & Adam Cesare
44 Review Non Fiction Bugger All Backwards John Boden & Liam Davies
47 Short Fiction Fiction No One But Us Monsters Hubert Dade
57 Short Fiction Fiction The Cocktail Party Addison Clift
67 Essay Non Fiction Bloodstains & Blue Suede Shoes: Part IV: The Sixties John Boden & Simon Marshall-Jones
71 Short Fiction Fiction Lighten Up Jack Ketchum
79 Short Fiction Fiction Magnolia's Prayer John Guzman
83 Interview Non Fiction When We Crash Against Reality: A Conversation with Lee Thompson K. Allen Wood & Lee Thompson
95 Short Fiction Fiction The River Lee Thompson
103 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (Ballad of the Man with the Shark Tooth Bracelet) Lucia Starkey
103 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (For Jack) P. K. Gardner
103 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (Orion) Michael Wehunt
103 Essay Non Fiction Howling Through the Keyhole (Shock Totem 6) various
104 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (No One But Us Monsters) Hubert Dade
105 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (Lighten Up) Jack Ketchum
105 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (The Cocktail Party) Addison Clift
106 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (Magnolia's Prayer) John Guzman
106 Essay Non Fiction Afterword (The River) Lee Thompson
107 Essay Non Fiction Silent Q Design (About the Artist: Shock Totem 6) uncredited

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted K. Allen Wood
Cover Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted Mikio Murakami
4 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted uncredited
6 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [2] uncredited
10 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [3] uncredited
20 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [4] uncredited
26 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [5] uncredited
46 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [6] uncredited
56 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted Kip Evans
70 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [7] uncredited
78 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [8] uncredited
82 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [9] uncredited
102 Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted [10] uncredited
bc Interior Art Non Fiction Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted Mikio Murakami