
Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances, Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween, Halloween Beyond: Piercing the Veil, The Halloween Encyclopedia, Ghosts: A Haunted History, The Castle of Los Angeles
Detective, Noir, Nonfiction, Paranormal or Supernatural, Psychological Suspense, Short Fiction, Thriller
Haunted Tales: Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural, Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction from Groundbreaking Female Authors 1852-1923, Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense
"What Ever Happened to Lorna Winters?", Odd Partners, reprinted in Best American Mystery Stories 2020; "Money to Burn," Get Up Offa That Thing; "Murder in Xanadu," Entertainment to Die For; "The Gardener's Mystery," The Reinvented Detective; 200 total short stories published
Craft, Subject Expertise
As a Halloween/paranormal expert, I have appeared in documentaries on The History Channel, The Travel Channel, etc; have guested in podcasts on CNN, NPR, etc.; and have given dozens of presentations at festivals, libraries, and virtual workshops.
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening.” She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, the author of four novels and 200 short stories, and a world-class Halloween and paranormal expert. Her latest releases include Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances and The Art of the Zombie Movie. Recent short stories appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2020, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles, and Classic Monsters Unleashed. Lisa lives in Los Angeles and online at www.lisamorton.com.