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The Cat Who Saved My Life
Just over 48 hours ago, I held my beloved cat Pinky as a veterinarian ended her life, saving her from the certain further suffering that her failed kidneys would have presented. This was not a […]
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How to put together a zombie art book in NO easy steps
Once upon a time, I was the President of the HWA, and during my tenure I warned a lot of people over getting excited at appearing on the Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot. The Preliminary […]
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The StokerCon 2023 Keynote Speech
Good evening, horror family. I’m going to start this by asking for your indulgence, because I’m about to do something tonight I rarely do in public: I’m going to brag a little. I’m going to […]
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Fantasmagoriana; or, The Ghost Stories that Galvanized Frankenstein
(Originally appeared in Birthing Monsters: Frankenstein’s Cabinet of Curiosities and Cruelties, 2018, Firbolg Publishing) “It was not then a dream, a chimera, the fruit of an over-heated imagination! but a mysterious and infallible messenger, which, […]
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‘Tis the Season
The Halloween season, that is! Once again, I find myself making an effort to remember everything I’ve said and who I’ve said it to this year. Here’s what I can remember (and this list does […]
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Spine Tinglers
Award-winning horror author and ghost expert Lisa Morton presents Spine Tinglers, a podcast featuring celebrity readers bringing some of Lisa’s most terrifying tales to life. With all-new stories crafted by Lisa and read by Dead […]
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Here’s my October…how was yours?
If there’s anything good to come out of this pandemic (and of course that’s a cosmically huge “if”), it’s new virtual platforms like Zoom that have allowed us to connect from our homes and phones […]
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Get angry – and write about it
Anyone who’s read much of my fiction probably has a pretty clear idea of which way my political winds blow. My readers, in fact, will likely know about that part of me better than my […]