Bøger af Lisa Morton

Looking for a little fright to go with your fa-la-la? Three thrilling horror writers-Lisa Morton, Carolyn Haines (aka R.B. Chesterton), and Laura Benedict-bring you three short, sharp tales of terror to liven up your holiday fireside reading. The Christmas Spirit By Lisa Morton In a last-ditch effort to save their troubled marriage, Elise and Ray decide to get out of London for Christmas and spend time together at the tatty, atmospheric Yorkshire cottage Elise has inherited from her Aunt Priscilla. When Ray surprises Elise with The Christmas Spirit, an old book he's bought in the village, Elise reads it aloud, anxious to make their stay a success. But the tale of murder and violence transcends time, reaching out for Elise and Ray, threatening not just their marriage, but their lives. The Christmas Ornament By Carolyn Haines (aka R.B.Chesterton) Homesick and stuck at Cornell University over the Christmas holidays, Clair and four of her fellow grad students accept Carlos Ard's invitation to spend Christmas at his great-uncle's isolated Victorian summer home deep in the woods. After a Christmas Eve feast, everyone settles in to hear ghost stories, but after Carlos brings out a box containing a family heirloom from Romania-a Christmas ornament that's so cursed that it cannot even safely be seen-the adventure becomes a nightmare from which Clair may never wake. The Christmas Gnome By Laura Benedict Venus Hansen has a perfect face, a perfect house, a perfect husband and two perfect children. When her mother-in-law in Norway sends them a shabby wooden Christmas gnome, Venus's perfect husband, Steffan, insists on surprising the children each morning before Christmas with some holiday-themed mischief that the gnome has gotten into, just like a certain elf that lives on a shelf. Venus doesn't want to have anything to do with it, but when Steffan's pranks go awry, and the gnome starts telling Venus vicious secrets, Christmas turns deadly, and her perfect life will never be the same. Stick around after the end of the stories, if you dare. Lisa, Laura, and Carolyn have all included thrilling samples from their other, current books as a special treat.

Here's the classic tale of the Hollywood struggle filtered through the dark light of horror! Like Los Angeles's famed Mulholland Drive, Lisa's cinematic (mis)adventures wound through unexpected twists and turns, sometimes lured by the shining lights spread out just below Deadman's Curve. Her career revs to a start as a model maker on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Abyss, and more, and skids through the highs and lows of making films in Hollywood in the 80s, complete with celebrity cameos. Learn how she's worked nearly every creative role on a film set and on stage, read how she's blossomed into a highly successful fiction writer, become the President of the Horror Writers Association, and - to her surprise - has found herself the world's leading expert on Halloween! The journey is fun and funny, insightful and occasionally agonizing, but never dull.

An eye-popping, entertaining visual history of zombie films written by six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lisa Morton

Politics casts a long, cold shadow over every aspect of our lives. These tales find horror on the campaign trail, in the voting booth, the school room, the internet, and on the streets. Thunderdome Press brings some of the biggest names in horror together with up and coming voices to shed light on one of America's darkest seasons. Featuring stories by: Ray Bradbury - William F. Nolan - Dale Bailey - Paul Moore - Nick Mamatas - John Palisano - Ray Garton - Lisa Morton - Jason V Brock - Sunni K Brock - G. Ted Theewen - Tom Breen - Simon McCaffrey - Kevin Holton - David Perlmutter - Sarah Langan - Joseph Rubas - Bobby Wilson - Anthony Ambrogio - Nicholas Manzolillo - Hillary Lyon - Mark Allan Gunnells - Curtis VanDonkelaar - Luke Styer & Skip Johnson AND an introduction by Jeff Strand and an afterword by David Wellington

Following the success of Weird Women: Volume 1, acclaimed anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger return with another offering of overlooked masterworks from early female horror writers, including George Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edith Wharton.Following the success of their acclaimed Weird Women, star anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger return with another offering of overlooked masterworks from early female horror writers. This volume once again gathers some of the most famous voices of literatureGeorge Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edith Whartonalong with chilling tales by writers who were among the bestselling and most critically-praised authors of the early supernatural story, including Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Vernon Lee, Florence Marryat, and Margaret Oliphant. There are, of course, ghost stories here, but also tales of vampirism, mesmerism, witches, haunted India, demonic entities, and journeys into the afterlife. Introduced and annotated for modern readers, Morton and Klinger have curated more stories sure to provide another feast of entertaining (and scary) reads (Library Journal).

Trick or Treat is the first book ever to both examine the origins and history of Halloween and explore in depth its current global popularity.

In this anthology of weird fiction, twenty-two authors share their harrowing visions of worlds shaped by the Yellow Sign, in stories and poems inspired by Robert W. Chambers's foundational works of weird horror. From the personal to the historic, from the macabre to the fantastic, the stories and poems gathered here illuminate new, unexpected realities shaped by the King in Yellow, under the sway of the Yellow Sign, or in the grip of madnesses inspired by their power.

What exactly is a ghost? Are poltergeists, wraiths and revenants technically ghosts? How does 'ghost' relate to 'soul'? And how many different kinds of ghost are there? Ghosts: A Supernatural History is a historical and global exploration of these mysterious apparitions.

Tsui Hark, one of China's most famous film artists, is little known outside of Asia even though he has directed, produced, written, or acted in dozens of film, some of which are considered to be classics of modern Asian cinema. This work offers a look at his place in Hong Kong and world cinema, his influences, and his thematic obsessions.

Gathers together some useful works on the history of Halloween. Ranging from pre-Christian Celtic myths to early 20th century articles, this book includes poems, short stories, sections from 19th and 20th century folklore books, a one-act play, Irish and Scottish folk tales, and the first book on the holiday.

Major entries include Samhain, witches, skeletons, the Day of the Dead, the jack-o'-lantern, and trick-or-treating. Hundreds of entries cover Halloween history and mythology, fortune-telling lore, harvest legends, and 20th century additions to the holiday's rituals.