title: Shock Totem 1: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted
author:  K. Allen Wood 
description: "With content that is originally pure, uncut, a blast to my system, and unlike any other horror-mag out there, <i>Shock Totem</i> is the perfect fix I need for my macabre fiction addiction." --Jeremy Wagner, author <i>The Armageddon Chord</i>
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  **Chorus Skating**
  
  Alan Dean Foster
  
  ![](Images/image00209.jpeg)
  
   **Contents**
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Chapter 20
  
  Chapter 21
  
  Chapter 22
  
  Chapter 23
  
  Chapter 24
  
  Chapter 25
  
  Epilogue
  
    
    
    
  
  > > > > > > > > > > >  _For Vaughne Hansen_ ,
  
  > > > > > > >  _Who works very hard to make the_
  
  > > > > > > >  _work of others easier… ._
  
  > > > > > > >  _Including mine._
  
  > > > > > > > > > > >  _With thanks… ._
  
  **Chapter 1**
  
  IT STARTED IN L’BOR. Or perhaps it was Lynchbany. In any case the occurrence
  certainly was singular as opposed to simultaneous. Which is to say there was
  only one of whatever it was. It shifted from place to place, revealing itself
  with distinction and imprinting itself on the memories of all who encountered
  it. Trailing bemused contentment, it w