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Lisa Morton

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December 11

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Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of horror fiction, and Halloween expert. She is a winner of both the Black Quill and Bram Stoker Awards, and her short stories have appeared in more than 50 books and magazines. Her first novel, THE CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES, was released by Gray Friar Press in 2010, and her first collection, MONSTERS OF L.A., was published by Bad Moon Books in October 2011. She is a native and lifelong resident of Southern California, and currently resides in the San Fernando Valley.

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Women in the Horror Small Press 2013

Three years ago, I looked at how female authors were faring in the world of small press horror (click here for that original entry). The results were, to put it mildly, dismal, with an average of 7.07% of the authors being female.

Since I'm about to participate in an HWA Roundtable on Sexism in Horror (and since - if anything - it seems to be an even bigger topic in 2013 than it was in 2010), here' Read more of this blog post »

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	Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween 3.68 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923 by Lisa Morton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Louisa May Alcott (Contributor) 3.72 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts: A Haunted History 3.45 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Netherworld (The Chronicles of Diana Furnaval, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances 3.90 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer's End 3.31 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zombie Apocalypse! Washington Deceased by Lisa Morton (Goodreads Author) (Creator), Stephen Jones (Creator) 3.81 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters of L.A. 4.26 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Halloween Encyclopedia 4.07 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lucid Dreaming 3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural

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I've long been a fan of Lesley Bannatyne's non-fiction, but after this collection I've realized she may be an even more gifted fiction writer. These stories are eerie, funny, moving, surprising, deeply felt and beautifully told, and I can't recommend ...more
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“What a writer brought to a book didn't matter as much as what the reader contributed.”
― Lisa Morton, Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores

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“What a writer brought to a book didn’t matter as much as what the reader contributed.”
― Lisa Morton, Ghosts for Christmas: Four Stories

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Which January New Release would you like to read in March?

Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "Most Popular Books Published In January 2014" list.

Bitter Spirits (Roaring Twenties, #1) by Jenn Bennett

Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett
(Roaring Twenties, #1)

3 votes, 37.5%

Dark Bites (Dream-Hunter, #1; Hellchaser, #1; Were-Hunter, #1; Dark-Hunter, #2.5, 2.6, 7.5, 9.5, 9.6, 10.5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon
(Dream-Hunter, #1; Hellchaser, #1; Were-Hunter, #1; Dark-Hunter, #2.5, 2.6, 7.5, 9.5, 9.6, 10.5)

1 vote, 12.5%

Magic Possessed (The Hidden, #2) by Jaime Rush

Magic Possessed by Jaime Rush
(The Hidden, #2)

1 vote, 12.5%

The Pretenders (The Cemetery Girl Trilogy, #1) by Charlaine Harris

The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris
(The Cemetery Girl Trilogy, #1)

1 vote, 12.5%

Fury of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #6) by Diana Rowland

Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland
(Kara Gillian, #6)

1 vote, 12.5%

Forsaken (The World of Nightwalkers, #3) by Jacquelyn Frank

Forsaken by Jacquelyn Frank
(The World of Nightwalkers, #3)

1 vote, 12.5%

Evertrue (Everneath, #3) by Brodi Ashton

Evertrue by Brodi Ashton
(Everneath, #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

Unhinged (Splintered, #2) by A.G. Howard

Unhinged by A.G. Howard
(Splintered, #2)

0 votes, 0.0%

Netherworld (The Chronicles of Diana Furnaval, #1) by Lisa Morton

Netherworld by Lisa Morton
(The Chronicles of Diana Furnaval, #1)

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Darkest Fear (Birthright, #1) by Cate Tiernan

Darkest Fear by Cate Tiernan
(Birthright, #1)

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