In this tenth issue of Shock Totem, you will find fiction from Trace Conger, David G. Blake, Thana Niveau, Margaret Killjoy, and eight other fantastic authors. T.E.D. Klein breaks his long silence in an exclusive interview with Barry Lee Dejasu. Paul Tremblay is also interviewed. Plus reviews, nonfiction, and more... Come see why Shock Totem is billed as “...one of the strongest horror fiction magazines on the market today” (Hellnotes).

Shock Totem 10

Literature & Fiction

Killjoy, Margaret

Conger, Trace

Marzioli, Samuel

Anderson, Leslie J.

Totem, Shock

Pletsch, Mary

Wayrd, D.K.

Genre Fiction

Shock Totem Publications

Conquer that dreaded writer's block! From Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Ursula LeGuin, and William Gibson, science fiction is one of the most enduring and popular genres. Whether on the page or on TV and film (Dr. Who, the Star Trek franchise), it grips the imagination. For a science-fiction author, the dream is to go boldly where no one has gone before, but sometimes the writing seems to be going nowhere at all—and future, alternate, parallel, or speculative worlds just won't come into focus. Fortunately, this guide helps show the way, with 100 prompts for everything from alien invasions to cyberpunk and beyond.

100 Prompts for Science Fiction Writers (Writer's Muse)

Reference

Anderson, Jarod K.

Words, Language & Grammar

Union Square & Co.

Practical, easy-to-use strategies to combat writer’s block and breathe new life into your science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories. Featuring 300 first sentences, plot overviews, and writing challenges, Inklings provides countless ways to keep your prose fresh.

Inklings: 300 Starts, Plots, and Challenges to Inspire your Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Stories

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

"The Unmothers is a triumph of folk horror that will gratify lovers of Midsommar and The Handmaid's Tale."--Library Journal, starred review In this raw and lyrical folk horror novel, a journalist sent to a small town begins to unravel a dark secret that the women of the town have been keeping for generations. Marshall is still trying to put the pieces together after the death of her husband. After she is involved in a terrible accident, her editor sends her to the small, backwards town of Raeford to investigate a clearly ridiculous rumor: that a horse has given birth to a healthy, human baby boy. When Marshall arrives in Raeford, she finds an insular town that is kinder to the horses they are famous for breeding than to their own people. But when two horribly mangled bodies are discovered in a field--one a horse, one a human--she realizes that there might be a real story here. As she's pulled deeper into the town and its guarded people, her sense of reality is tipped on its head. Is she losing her grip? Or is this impossible story the key to a dark secret that has haunted the women of Raeford for generations? Unbearably tense and utterly gripping, this atmospheric tale of female rage, bodily autonomy, and generational trauma hails the arrival of a masterful storyteller.

The Unmothers: A Novel

Quirk Books

The time of the harvest is nearly upon us, and things are rarely as they seem, as year seven of Luna Station Quarterly continues.  We’ve got a princess rescuing a prince, a clone drone performance artist, a stairway to the moon, and more than one encounter with a witch, not to mention avian transmutation, revolutionary ruffian children and a woman who just needed to pee but discovers a dark, horrifying underworld.  Yep. Just another issue of Luna Station Quarterly! Come on in!

Luna Station Quarterly Issue 027

Morris, Heather

Guess, Jessica

Quarterly, Luna Station

Lark, L

Duncan, Lindsey

Gardner, MJ

Wetherell, J. M.

Janeway, Nicole

Short Stories & Anthologies

Luna Station Press

Poems from this collection were nominated for the Pushcart prize and two Rhysling prizes. Some poems in this book gallop and kick. Some swerve elegantly like an escape pod caught in a gravity well. Other roll quiet as a child’s blanket.  The words in these pages won’t seem the same each time you read them. They will be just what you were looking for, but nothing that you expected.

An Inheritance of Stone

Poetry

Alliteration Ink

Take This to Space

Independently published

What is a Cloud?: Learn-to-read level 1 Rhyming Book

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