VIDEO TOWN NOVEL

NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. BOOKS PROJECTED TO SHIP IN JULY 2026.   Lunchmeat is uncontrollably VHStoked to announce we are publishing our first original novel entitled VIDEO TOWN!    Authored by longtime LUNCHMEAT contributor and SPANDEXORCIST writer Robert Freese, VIDEO TOWN unreels the story of Beck: the lovable and laidback leader of a small town video store as he serves the colorful clientele their every video entertainment need.   But when Barnaby Winthrop threatens to press stop on VIDEO TOWN with his greasy, corporate slimeball video bore SHOWTIME VIDEO, its war. Everything comes down to a high-stakes, two-day rental contest culminating on Halloween Night, 1987!   Crashing together a cast of kooky characters, crazy pranks, lots of partying, and two armfuls of video rental store nostalgia, VIDEO TOWN spectacularly manifests the 80s-era cult comedy that never made it to the screen… YET!    For fans of movies like JOYSTICKS, MEATBALLS, ANIMAL HOUSE, and the endless stack of blissfully ridiculous comedies only the 80s could produce, VIDEO TOWN queues up a time when VCRs ruled the living room and working for the weekend was a way of life.    With Beck and his crew dead set to bid SHOWTIME VIDEO adieu, this is one video store Halloween showdown you should be terrified to miss!!    Written by Robert Freese Edited by Ted Gilbert  Cover illustration Christopher Tupa Published by Lunchmeat   6.1 x 9.2 inches Softcover, perfect bound Color covers, black and white internals 192 pages   This is the first edition limited to 250 copies.