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• 1 •  Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, #3 (frontispiece) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 3 • Notes from the Editor's Desk (Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, #3) • [Editorial (Shock Totem)] • essay by K. Allen Wood
• 7 • Victim of Changes • essay by K. Allen Wood
• 7 • Editorial: Victim of Changes • [Editorial (Shock Totem)] • essay by K. Allen Wood
• 11 • Bop Kabala and Communist Jazz • short fiction by Tim Lieder
• 18 •  The Meat Forest • interior artwork by uncredited
• 19 • The Meat Forest • short story by John Haggerty
• 28 •  The Meat Forest [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 29 • Tying Notes to Bricks: A Conversation with D. Harlan Wilson • interview of D. Harlan Wilson • interview by John Boden
• 34 •  Drift • interior artwork by uncredited
• 35 • Drift • short story by Amanda C. Davis
• 42 •  Worm Central Tonite! • interior artwork by uncredited
• 43 • Worm Central Tonite! • short fiction by John Skipp
• 45 • Fifth Voyage • poem by Willis Couvillier [as by W. C. Roberts]
• 46 •  Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, #3 • interior artwork by uncredited
• 47 • Strange Goods and Other Oddities (Shock Totem 3) • essay by various
• 47 •   Review: Dismember by Daniel Pyle • review by Robert J. Duperre
• 48 •   Review: Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler • review by John Boden
• 49 • Review of the associational nonfiction work "The Scream Queen's Survival Guide" by Meredith O'Hayre • essay by Brian M. Sammons
• 50 • Review of film: Alice (Neco z Alenky) • essay by Nick Contor
• 50 • Review of film: The Taint • essay by Brian M. Sammons [as by Brian Sammons]
• 52 • Review of music CD and DVD: Mistress of the Dark by Ghoultown • essay by K. Allen Wood
• 53 •   Review: Toplin by Michael McDowell • review by John Boden
• 54 •   Review: The Occult Files of Albert Taylor by Derek Muk • review by Robert J. Duperre
• 55 • Review of film: Pieces • essay by Brian M. Sammons [as by Brian Sammons]
• 55 •   Review: They Had Goat Heads by D. Harlan Wilson • review by John Boden
• 56 • Review of film: Jacob's Ladder • essay by Nick Contor
• 57 •   Review: The Butcher Bride by Vince Churchill • review by Robert J. Duperre
• 61 • Abominations: Voracious Black • essay by Mercedes M. Yardley
• 61 •  Abominations: Voracious Black • interior artwork by uncredited
• 65 • Day Job • short fiction by Meryl Stenhouse [as by Merrilee Faber]
• 71 • A Birth in the Year of the Miracle Plague • short fiction by Jeremy Kelly
• 80 •  Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, #3 [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 81 • The Outlaw Fringe: A Conversation with Count Lyle of Ghoultown • essay by K. Allen Wood
• 91 • Wanting It • short fiction by Aaron Polson
• 98 •  Eye, You • interior artwork by uncredited
• 99 • Eye, You • short fiction by Joseph Morgado
• 106 •  Bloodstains & Blue Suede Shoes • interior artwork by uncredited
• 107 • Bloodstones and Blue Suede Shoes • essay by John Boden and Simon Marshall-Jones
• 111 • Stitched • short fiction by Christopher Green
• 116 •  Ruth Across the Sea • interior artwork by uncredited
• 117 • Ruth Across the Sea • short fiction by Steven Pirie
• 120 •  Duval Street • interior artwork by uncredited
• 121 • Duval Street • short fiction by McKenzie Larsen
• 125 • Mr. Many Faces • short fiction by S. Clayton Rhodes
• 135 • Howling Through the Keyhole: The Stories Behind the Stories (Shock Totem 3) • [Howling Through the Keyhole] • essay by various
• 135 • Bop Kabala and Communist Jazz (afterword) • essay by Tim Lieder
• 135 • The Meat Forest (afterword) • essay by John Haggerty
• 136 • Drift (afterword) • essay by Amanda C. Davis
• 136 • Worm Central Tonite! (afterword) • essay by John Skipp
• 136 • Fifth Voyage (afterword) • essay by Willis Couvillier [as by W. C. Roberts]
• 137 • Day Job (afterword) • essay by Meryl Stenhouse (variant of Day Job) [as by Merrilee Faber]
• 137 • A Birth in the Year of the Miracle Plague (afterword) • essay by Jeremy Kelly
• 137 • Wanting It (afterword) • essay by Aaron Polson
• 137 • Eye, You? (afterword) • essay by Joseph Morgado
• 137 • Stitched (afterword) • essay by Christopher Green
• 138 • Ruth Across the Sea (afterword) • essay by Steven Pirie
• 138 • Duval Street (afterword) • essay by Mekenzie Larsen
• 139 • Mr. Many Faces (afterword) • essay by S. Clayton Rhodes
• 140 •  Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, #3 [3] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 141 • Artist Bios (Silent Q Design & Rex Zachary) • essay by uncredited
• bc •  Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, #3 • interior artwork by Mikio Murakami