{"id":16377,"date":"2023-10-17T12:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16377"},"modified":"2023-10-17T12:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T16:24:37","slug":"episode-559-lisa-morton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-559-lisa-morton","title":{"rendered":"Episode 559 &#8211; Lisa Morton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 559:<br \/>\nLisa Morton<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2531\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16377-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=16377-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I was one of those weird little girls who at Halloween wanted to be a monster, not a princess.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781493069705\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16379\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-559-lisa-morton\/aozmcover\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/aozmcover.jpg?fit=653%2C751\" data-orig-size=\"653,751\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aozmcover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/aozmcover.jpg?fit=525%2C604\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/aozmcover.jpg?resize=280%2C322\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/aozmcover.jpg?resize=383%2C440 383w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/aozmcover.jpg?resize=539%2C620 539w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/aozmcover.jpg?w=653 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>Let&#8217;s celebrate spooky season with <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781493069705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of the Zombie Movie<\/a> (Applause Books)! Author <a href=\"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa Morton<\/a> &amp; I talk about her new book and the fun of researching the history of zombies in pop culture and folklore, the challenge &amp; joy of assembling the 500 illustrations in the book (including one-sheets, stills, alternative art, and more), and how she got messed up at an early age by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077402\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawn Of The Dead<\/a>. We get into her history of horror (it was all over once she saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Exorcist<\/a>), how she found herself as a writer and wound up with 6 Bram Stoker Awards\u00ae, her take on fast vs. slow zombies, and what she found researching the <a href=\"https:\/\/georgearomerofoundation.org\/collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Romero papers<\/a> at UPitt. We also discuss her experience as a bookseller in Los Angeles (go, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iliadbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iliad Bookshop<\/a>!), LA&#8217;s writer-culture, getting her heart broken by screenwriting, her work to bring the classic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantasmagoriana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fantasmagoriana<\/a> anthology to a new reading public, and a lot more. <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781493069705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of the Zombie Movie<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think the important thing about the post-Romero conception of the zombie is the horde. It&#8217;s not just a single thing shambling along looking to eat people, it&#8217;s the faceless horde that shambles together.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CZ_th8-Vlhg?si=H48YR522B0x5cx8t\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a weird experience, being a 22-year-old and realizing, &#8216;Oh, my god, Ray Bradbury is in the back of my car right now!'&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-559-lisa-morton\/id531173075?i=1000631625308\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;LA is a much more interesting place than people give it credit for. It&#8217;s WAY darker.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0JD45v3ScUVNJGg2z7DQzT?utm_source=generator&amp;theme=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_559_-_Lisa_Morton.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lisamorton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa Morton<\/a> is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association\u2019s Readers\u2019 Advisory Guide to Horror as \u201cconsistently dark, unsettling, and frightening.\u201d She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award\u00ae, the author of four novels and over 150 short stories, and a world-class Halloween and paranormal expert. Her latest releases include <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781789146493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781493069705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of the Zombie Movie<\/a>. Recent short stories appeared in <em>Best American Mystery Stories 2020, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles<\/em>, and <em>Classic Monsters Unleashed<\/em>. Lisa lives in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Lisa on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/lisamortoninla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lisa.morton.165\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@lisamorton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16380\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-559-lisa-morton\/img_2983\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C2560\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1689431104&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.014925373134328&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2983\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?fit=525%2C525\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983.jpeg?resize=525%2C525\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?resize=620%2C620 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?resize=440%2C440 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?resize=170%2C170 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2983-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded in my hotel during Readercon on a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Rvj3R6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue enCORE 200<\/a> microphones feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a> digital recorder &amp; interface. I recorded the intro and outro on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3cGZ1Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwlQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a>. Photo of solo Lisa by Seth Ryan; combo one by me. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 559: Lisa Morton &#8220;I was one of those weird little girls who at Halloween wanted to be a monster, not a princess.&#8221; Let&#8217;s celebrate spooky season with The Art of the Zombie Movie (Applause Books)! 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I grew up in a kind of gothic house, and there was always good stuff on the shelves.\" Writer, teacher, and activist Kate Maruyama joins the show from Readercon 2019! 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