1975.After five years serving his country in Vietnam, Ronald Washington III has returned home to Harlem. He's haunted by what he was forced to do to survive, but manages to adjust back to society. His brother Lester was left in charge of the neighborhood, but things have changed.As Ronald (a.k.a. "Big Ron") enjoys his first good meal since coming home, things start to go horribly wrong. Someone is after his brother, and their family pays a terrible price. Lester has pushed his underground business a bit too far, and plenty of people aren't happy about it.With Lester and his young crew, an old friend who did time with him in 'Nam, and a wise old stepfather, Big Ron prepares to defend his streets from those looking to take them away. And when the mob gets involved, all out war is right around the corner...

Uptown Death Squad

Literature & Fiction

Cato, Nick

Action & Adventure

Dynatox Ministries

Shock Totem presents the first in an ongoing series of special holiday issues. This issue, covering the Christmas season, features an eclectic mix of holiday-inspired horror from New York Times bestseller Kevin J. Anderson, K. Allen Wood, Mercedes M. Yardley, Robert J. Duperre, and more. Also anecdotal holiday recollections from Jack Ketchum, Jennifer Pelland, Mark Allan Gunnells, Nick Cato, and a host of others.  Celebrate the holidays with Shock Totem!

Shock Totem 4.5: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted - Christmas 2011

Anderson, Kevin J.

Pelland, Jennifer

Longo, Stacey

Totem, Shock

Yardley, Mercedes M.

Wilder, Leslianne

Duppere, Robert J.

Wood, K. Allen

Ketchum, Jack.

Genre Fiction

Shock Totem Publications

New York City, 1989. The Metro is the last theater to feature adult films projected on actual film, something manager Herschell Schwartzbaum takes much pride in. But the city is attempting to buy the theater to continue sanitizing Times Square. Despite barely making ends meet and having to deal with a small staff not as devoted as himself, Herschell refuses to budge.  When one of his employees goes missing, Herschell is forced to hire a newbie. And just as he's learning the ropes from Herschell and ace projectionist Cleon, The Metro begins to display some truly odd interior damage they won't be able to hide from city officials forever.  Now Herschell and his staff must prepare for a battle against corrupt bureaucrats and their arsenal of unusual devices ... and they're about to get some help from The Metro itself ...

The Last Porno Theater

Grindhouse Press

Film review books may be a dime a dozen, but how many include the actual experience of witnessing the movie in a theatre? This one does. Zine editor and online columnist Nick Cato shares his time growing up in seedy NY and NJ theatres, and how these screenings helped to shape opinion of the movies. Whether one of his beloved local theatres in Staten Island, NY, or at a double feature at the infamous 42nd Street in Times Square during its heyday, audiences were always lively and outspoken. Part memoir, part film criticism, Suburban Grindhouse looks at the audiences as much as it is a book about exploitation movies themselves. For almost a decade, Nick Cato chronicled his favourite experiences at the popular Cinema Knife Fight website. His column was a favourite and gained a loyal following. Suburban Grindhouse collects these columns with updates and plenty of bonus material, including interviews.

Suburban Grindhouse: From Staten Island to Times Square and All the Sleaze Between

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Headpress

Two mob families go to war after one family's main hitman switches sides--and to show his newfound loyalty, he has to whack his former boss, who also happens to be the current Don. The Don is buried alive on a mob-controlled construction site that was once the location of a church that had banned the same Don's ancestors, causing them to invent their own religion.   The Barrlucio and Piranzza families battle for control of the underworld before their main henchmen find out a Don has been offed without permission. Major problems arise when a group of mysterious Sicilians arrive from Italy and manage to retrieve the Don's corpse.  Well, his living corpse.   Before long, the Don's undead state leads to the outbreak of reanimated dead, including a showdown at the Staten Island Mall and NYC's Central Park. Add to the mix a corrupt military general that is bent on using the outbreak to bring down the mob and the entire city and an even more corrupt Catholic priest who is responsible for the whole mess in the first place.  Ah, nothing like a few bowls of scungilli, classy suits, bullets and zombies.

Don of the Dead: A Zombie Novel

Coscom Entertainment

An unusual arcade game controls the fate of mankind; a priest unknowingly calls more into the world than he bargained for; a biker becomes a human switchblade; a man with an odd fetish meets his match; a legendary talk show host and famous general team up in an alternate realm where TV is the mandated religion.Mythical creatures strive for survival as a struggling strip club features a most bizarre act; an infamous punk singer capitalizes on his body horror while a family become slaves to a malevolent household fixture. And why is that woman on the train dressed like it's the 1930s? Hopefully she won't catch that nasty East Nile Virus.In Nick Cato's world, few things are what they seem, and everything is always slightly askew.Welcome to The Satanic Rites of Sasquatch and Other Weird Stories.

The Satanic Rites of Sasquatch and Other Weird Stories

Bizarro Pulp Press

The Blasphemous Sisters of Saint Apollonia

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Squid Salad Press

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