{"id":862,"date":"2012-09-10T00:18:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T00:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/?page_id=862"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:05:20","slug":"free-reads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/free-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/fantasmagoriana-or-the-ghost-stories-that-galvanized-frankenstein\/\">&#8220;Fantasmagoriana, or the Ghost Stories That Galvanized Frankenstein&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/sparks-fly-upward\/\">&#8220;Sparks Fly Upward&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; this short story first appeared in <em>Mondo Zombie<\/em>, and was later reprinted in <em>The Living Dead, Zombies: Encounters With the Hungry Dead<\/em>, and more<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/20118826\/The-Lucid-Dreaming-A-Short-Story-by-Lisa-Morton\">&#8220;The Lucid Dreaming&#8221; <\/a>&#8211; the original short story that served as the basis for the Bram Stoker Award-winning novella<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/20978665\/The-Five-Scariest-Traditional-Halloween-Stories\">The Five Scariest Traditional Halloween Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/26404398\/the-castle-of-los-angeles\"><em>The Castle of Los Angeles<\/em><\/a> &#8211; the first chapter from my Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/52042270\/The-Possessed-Child\">&#8220;The Possessed Child&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; a bonus story to accompany my collection <em>Monsters of L.A.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/58581505\/Horror-and-Terror-Slashers-and-Stumps\">&#8220;Horror and Terror, Slashers and Stumps&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; A free-wheeling discussion on the state of the horror genre, featuring authors Christopher Conlon, Lisa Morton, Kurt Newton and Norman Prentiss.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/99818927\/Witch-Hunts-Appendix\"><em>Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times<\/em><\/a> &#8211; the unused appendix from the Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/109299047\/Hell-Manor-Excerpt\"><em>Hell Manor<\/em><\/a> &#8211; an excerpt from the Halloween novella<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisamorton.com\/POPPI.htm\">&#8220;Poppi&#8217;s Monster&#8221; <\/a>&#8211; short story that originally appeared in <em>The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisamorton.com\/egoalien.pdf\">&#8220;Ego-Alien&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; short story that originally appeared (under the title &#8220;A New Force of Nature&#8221;) in <em>White of the Moon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisamorton.com\/withawhimper.htm\">&#8220;With a Whimper&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; flash fiction that was originally written for the online <em>Fraternity of Flash<\/em> project<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisamorton.com\/podcast\/?name=2013-09-13_se_lisa_final.mp3\"><em>Smog<\/em><\/a> &#8211; an excerpt from the novella read by the author<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisamorton.com\/podcast\/?name=2012-01-14_thedevil_ricky_final.mp3\">&#8220;The Devil&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; short story from <em>Monsters of L.A.<\/em> read by Richard Grove<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisamorton.com\/balladblood.htm\">&#8220;The Ballad of <em>Blood Angels<\/em>&#8220;<\/a> &#8211; about the making of the film <em>Blood Angels<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisamorton.com\/SANEREAC.htm\">&#8220;Sane Reaction&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; the one-act play that the short story from <em>Dark Voices VI<\/em> was based on<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisamorton.com\/monck.htm\">&#8220;Howlin&#8217; Monck and the Death of Music&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; the one-act play that the short story &#8220;The Werewolf&#8221; from <em>Monsters of L.A.<\/em> was based on<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisamorton.com\/RFA.doc\"><em>Radio Free Albemuth<\/em><\/a> &#8211; the full-length play script adapted from the Philip K. 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