{"id":2379,"date":"2020-09-07T21:59:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T21:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2021-09-18T23:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T23:25:47","slug":"night-terrors-other-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\/zine\/night-terrors-other-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGHT TERRORS & OTHER TALES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An abused child finds comfort in the friendship of Frankenstein\u2019s monster\u2026a near-future Halloween party becomes an act of global terrorism\u2026one of the world\u2019s wealthiest men goes in search of his fate as he rots from within\u2026Hans Holbein\u2019s famed \u201cDance of Death\u201d engravings are revealed to be an instruction manual\u2026a man trapped on an isolated road confronts both a terrifying creature and the legacy of his tough-as-nails grandfather\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Night Terrors and Other Tales<\/em> is the first major collection to gather together twenty of Lisa Morton\u2019s finest short stories (chosen by the author herself). During a career that has spanned more than three decades, she has produced work that has been hailed as \u201cconsistently dark, unsettling, and frightening\u201d (the American Library Association\u2019s Readers Advisory Guide to Horror<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve never encountered Lisa Morton\u2019s work before, you\u2019ll find out why Famous Monsters<\/em> called her \u201cone of the best writers in dark fiction today.\u201d If you\u2019re already a fan, this collection will offer up a chance to revisit these acclaimed and award-winning stories. You\u2019ll also find a new story here, written just for this collection: \u201cNight Terrors\u201d reveals ordinary people trying to cope with extraordinary and terrifying dreams that have spread like a plague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stories included are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • “Tested”<\/li>
  • “Poppi’s Monster”<\/li>
  • “Blood for the American People”<\/li>
  • “Joe and Abel in the Field of Rest”<\/li>
  • “Sparks Fly Upward”<\/li>
  • “Love Eats”<\/li>
  • “The New War”<\/li>
  • “Black Mill Cove”<\/li>
  • “The Ultimate Halloween Party App”<\/li>
  • “The Resurrection Policy”<\/li>
  • “Feel the Noise”<\/li>
  • “The True Worth of Orthography”<\/li>
  • “Erasure”<\/li>
  • “The Rich are Different”<\/li>
  • “Pound Rots in Fragrant Harbour”<\/li>
  • “The End”<\/li>
  • “The Secret Engravings”<\/li>
  • “A Girl’s Life”<\/li>
  • “Trigger Fate”<\/li>
  • “Larue’s Dime Museum”<\/li>
  • “Night Terrors”<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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