Mad Axe Media

Adult Horror
YA Nostalgia Horror

Home of the Totally Freaked! series, bringing the 90s YA horror boom into the present time.We create custom packaging and merch for many of our titles to give readers a wholly unique unboxing and reading experience.

Bestsellers

"Announces Newlin as a modern horror voice to watch."
—Adam Cesare, author of Clown In a Cornfield"A must-read for horror fans everywhere. An absolute blood-soaked delight."
—Gwendolyn Kiste, four-time Bram-Stoker-Award©-winning author

IngramSpark's #1 Bestselling Title in Young Adult Supernatural Thrillers for all of 2025

Who Are We?

Joey Powell
Owner & OperatorJoey loves all things book design, from interior formatting to cover illustration. He is also an award-winning author and actor. His recent published work includes Squirming All the Way Up, an anti-fascist horror novella from Madness Heart Press, and Night Games, co-authored with his twin Josh Powell.

Nico Bell
Editor-in-ChiefNico Bell is the author of Static Screams and the co-editor of Publishers Weekly BookLife's Best of 2024 Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology. She adapted her award winning novella Food Fright into a screenplay which was a finalist in the Killer Nashville Claymore Awards (2024).When she isn't writing or editing, she is wrangling her dog, Egg, and trying to maintain her sanity.

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Wholesale Discounts

Are you an indie bookshop looking to put our titles on your shelves at a wholesale discount?
First off, we love you.
Secondly, contact [email protected] for inquiries!Our terms are as follows…
50% discount off retail price
Bookshop and/or vendor pays actual shipping costs and any applicable sales tax/import fees
Returns are accepted within 180 days. In the case of returns, bookshop/vendor agrees to pay return shipping, taxes, and/or import fees.
The price paid for books will be refunded by Mad Axe Media, but the original shipping, taxes, and/or import fees will not be refunded.
Payment is required in advance via PayPal