MIDNIGHT WALK wins the Black Quill Award!

MIDNIGHT WALK has just received the Black Quill Editor's Choice Award for Best Dark Genre Anthology of 2009:

Black Quill Award Winners

We are absolutely thrilled by this, and would like to thank Dark Scribe's editors for this wonderful recognition.

The next book from Darkhouse...

Darkhouse will soon be announcing its next book. Here's a hint: It'll be a novella from one of the MIDNIGHT WALK contributors, and it's pretty wild...

FAMOUS MONSTERS lists MW in its Top 10!

Yep, that's right: FAMOUS MONSTERS has listed MIDNIGHT WALK in its list of the top 10 horror books of 2009:

FM's Top Ten

Color us humbled and grateful!

A rave review for a side project...

I'm pretty happy with this review for my novella The Lucid Dreaming:


Monster Librarian Reviews

Snippet: "...one of the best novellas I've ever read." Wow! Thanks to Monster Librarian and Rhonda Wilson for those kind words.

If you don't yet have your copy of The Lucid Dreaming (which includes gorgeous illustrations by the amazing Zach McCain), you can still order one at:

Horror Mall.

And our first award nomination...

Thrilled as can be to announce that MIDNIGHT WALK has just been nominated for the Black Quill Award:

3rd Annual Black Quill nominations

Extra big thanks to Dark Scribe for this wonderful honor!

Free story from MIDNIGHT WALK!

In case you haven't yet grabbed your own copy of MIDNIGHT WALK, here's a little taste: Jodi Kaplan Lester's gorgeous and creepy "The Guixi Sisters" is now available free at Scribd.com:

The Guixi Sisters

Yep, this isn't an excerpt or a synopsis - it's the whole doggone story! It's FREE! What are you waiting for?!

Lucky Number 13!

MIDNIGHT WALK has now received 13 reviews, and I'm pleased to report that they've all been quite favorable. The most recent reviews are:

Dark Discoveries
Dark Scribe
Horror Fiction Review

Dark Scribe calls MIDNIGHT WALK "literary tapas for the horror enthusiast’s soul", Horror Fiction Review says "Morton has done a fine job delivering some solid horror stories that are fresh", and Dark Discoveries notes that MW "has some very interesting and unconventional offerings."

Thank you to all the reviewers who took the time to read and critique MIDNIGHT WALK - we're honored and grateful.