Cryptic Consequences: A Trio Of Tingling Tales
Ghoulish Horror Host MISTER MACABRE introduces three Shorts by Lori R. Lopez to read before turning off the lights and allowing Night’s inhabitants to roam.
The Dark Down There
The Darkness beckons in this eerie fable of a night gone wrong. Someone is knocking, from inside the house. From the other side of the cellar door!
The Object
What terrible event turned a young woman’s hair white in a matter of minutes, and why is she spending Christmas Eve under observation in the Psychiatric Ward of a hospital?
Illustration: Halloween Haiku
A sample illustration from DARKVERSE: THE SHADOW HOURS by Lori R. Lopez.
Blood On The Moon
This dark, silly, and serious sequel to KEEP THE HEART OF A CHILD and THE QUEEN OF HATS is the third volume in Lori R. Lopez’s Poetic Reflections book series.
The Witchhunt
This tale begins with a modern setting, on the creepy Ninth Floor of a hotel, where an old woman just wishes to be left in peace. But that isn’t possible.
Lori R. Lopez Reading At 2018 Frankenstein Bicentennial
Lori R. Lopez reads her tribute poem “Horror She Wrote” at a gathering for MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN: BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION on Halloween 2018 in the Geisel Library Seuss Room of U.C. San Diego.
Cornstalker
Trouble with a capital C! The tale begins when a car stops and a body is tossed into the Corn. But this is not just any crop.
Poem: once upon a monster moon
Under the city’s canals, amidst a secret web of conduits Hide many a wonder in the disguise of darkness, Veiled by shadow and a discreet demeanor, a shyness
Darkverse: The Shadow Hours
A rich gathering of poetry with a dismal twilight atmosphere, a brooding nature, an eerie tone . . . DARKVERSE: THE SHADOW HOURS encompasses such pieces written by Lori R. Lopez between 2009 and 2017 . . .
Cover Art: Darkverse: The Shadow Hours
The cover artwork from DARKVERSE: THE SHADOW HOURS by Lori R. Lopez.
Leery Lane
Have you ever kept a secret from even yourself? On one rainless electric night, Frieda Noff will learn the truth about her past, her relationship with her sister, . . .
Tides Of Chaos
A man and woman meet online while the world around them is falling apart. Where are the creatures from that have invaded their planet? What do they want?
The Dark Mister Snark
There are those individuals we know little about who skulk and creep delightfully across page or screen. In reality, we are taught to avoid them. Sometimes, however, they may surprise us.
Poetic Reflections: Horror Limericks
Time, time, time. I think it’s time. Yes, that’s what it is. The next subject for a poetic reflection. No, no, no. Scratch that. Well, it is high time for a new column.