by Weldon that covered the deaths of writers, directors, television and film actors, rock stars, comic book artists, lawyers, and anybody else that Weldon felt was related to the overall Psychotronic universe. In December 2006, Weldon announced that he was ceasing publication of Psychotronic Video "after 18 years and 41 issues." Citing increasingly expensive printing costs and dubious business practices from distributors as his main source of concern, he noted that, "It was a struggle to self-publish in the 80s and 90s but now it's nearly impossible." In an interview conducted by The Augusta Chronicle in November 2012, Weldon said he had no interest in writing or publishing any additional books or magazines devoted to genre films, and was concentrating on running a store in downtown Augusta, Georgia named "Psychotronic", which specializes in collectibles such as vinyl records, movie posters and old comic books. Before the Georgia store, Weldon had a store called Psychotronic in New York City's East Village. After it closed, he opened one on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, where he then lived by 2006, running it for 13 years. Sometime during this, he also worked as a disc jockey at the local radio station WCTG-FM. Psychotronic books Prior to the appearance of the second version of the magazine, Ballantine Books published The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film (1983), an 815-page compilation of mini-reviews of over 3,000 cult films. The book was written by Weldon with editorial assistance from Charles Beesley, Fangoria'''s Bob Martin, and Akira Fitton. The foreword by Christopher Cerf credited the success of the original fanzine as direct inspiration for the publication of the book. A second book was scheduled to be published by a company called Pharos in the fall of 1992, but it did not come out. In 1996, St. Martin's Press published Weidon's 672-page compilation of mini-reviews titled The Psychotronic Video Guide. Legacy The magazine spawned two books that, like Danny Peary's Cult Movies trilogy, helped establish a foundation for critical analysis of low-budget genre movies. As the Austin Film Society wrote, Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead wrote that,Entertainment Weekly in 1991 said "the banner that fell with the demise of the B-movie house has been picked up by video, and Weldon leads the crusade. ... In its 10 issues to date, Psychotronic Video has become something of a university without walls. The video reviews range from forgotten classics to garage-made shorts, the obits