This one is important. And awesome! Here is the Table of Contents and cover art for issue #2 of Shock Totem:
* To Be Titled: An editorial, by K. Allen Wood
* The Rat Burner, by Ricardo Bare
* Sole Survivor, by Kurt Newton
* The Spooky Stuff: A conversation with James Newman, by John Boden
* Sweepers, by Leslianne Wilder
* Rainbow Serpent, by Vincent Pendergast
* Strange Goods and Other Oddities (Reviews)
* Abominations: Hide the Sickness: An article by Mercedes M. Yardley
* Pretty Little Ghouls, by Cate Gardner
* Messages From Valerie Polichar, by Grá Linnaea & Sarah Dunn
* Return From Dust, by Nick Bronson
* Leave Me the Way I was Found, by Christian A. Dumais
* Upon My Return, by David Jack Bell
* Howling Through the Keyhole (Author Notes)
This TOC is a bit shorter than issue #1, and that is because we've bumped up the font size for this issue so we were left with less space. The word count on fiction remains the same, though (approx. 30,000 words).
You'll notice that Kurt is once again in this issue. The reason for this is explained in the editorial. We don't intend to feature authors in back-to-back issues ever again, unless we have a serialized story.
And Mercedes is now on our team, so that's why her name is there. I saw someone recently write that it was "a bit cheeky" that we featured "an editor" in issue #1. We did not, of course. We got to know Mercedes after we had accepted her story for issue #1, and we asked her to join us well after the issue came out. And if you've ever had the pleasure of getting to know her, you know why.
How about the cover art?
Wicked, huh? I'm not sure I like the yellow Shock Totem font yet, so that may change before the layout is complete. The artwork was done by Hicham Haddaji. You can check out his work here.
Once the layout is complete, and the book block is checked for missed typos a few more times, we go to print.
Soon. Very soon!
11 comments:
Wow! Fantastic, Ken! Can't wait till its ready to ship!
Rock on! It looks fantastic!
And cheeky? Egads, the "I joined staff later" announcement was posted e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e. Ah well. We can only do so much.
-M
beautiful. I agree with the white text Ken. It looks better. Super excited about this issue!! I'm gonna do an Effie and pimp it on yonder blog o mine, even though I *think* everyone that reads my blog is actually a member of Shock Totem... so that may not help.
Ah. Great job entire Shock Totem Crew!! Congrats on the job Mercedes! (I think you've been joined up since I've started, but I never did get to congratulate you.)
Alright. Crazy 2 o'clock comment session is over Ken.
Oops, that was my comment. I honestly hadn't seen anything that said Mercedes joined the team after the first issue, and it was just a flippant comment and by no means a criticism. I was corrected immediately by Ken. Besides, the comment was made in a discussion about our favourite magazines, so don't judge me too harshly ;)
The cover art for issue 2 looks amazing. Absolutely love it. I can't wait to read this.
Woot!
Awesome!
Beautiful, in a sick and twisted way, of course. Can't wait to read all the gutty-wuts inside.
No worries, Sophie. I'm sure you're not the only one to think it. =)
And thanks, guys. I can't wait until this is out. We're progressing on issue #3 far quicker, too, so there should be no delays for that one.
We've got a "big name" for that one, too.
Bravo, Ken!
It's great art but I am glad that I'll usually only see the spine ;) Creepy!
I'll be grabbing a copy for sure.
Thanks, Steph! =)
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