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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 […]
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A Few Words About Dennis Etchison
(Written on 5/29/19, one day after the passing of Dennis) Where to begin when it comes to Dennis Etchison… How about this: I owe my writing career to him. Here’s how that came about: back […]
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“Election Day”
(This piece was written specifically to be read aloud at an event happening on the evening of November 7th at the Bearded Lady Mystic Museum in Burbank. Because that’s the day after the midterm elections […]