Lisa H. Owens

Lisa H. Owens, a former monthly humorist columnist, resides in North Texas with two rescue dogs, a lone surviving air-plant named Claw and a work-from-home job as an environmental compliance coordinator. Her first published story was a true horror about the time she was nearly abducted by Ted Bundy while her family temporarily resided at a shady motel in Pensacola Florida in 1978.

Her work has been featured on Black Hare Press, The World of Myth Magazine, Black Ink Fiction, The Drabble, Globe Soup, Beneath the Surface News, Spillwords, WOW! (Women on Writing), International Lockdown Journal, Horror Tree’s Dark Nowhere Series, Short Story Avenue, The NZ Dream, Short Story Town, Coping Magazine and narrated on Creepy Pod podcast and The Poet’s Lounge—a channel on YouTube.

Lisa also has a plethora of short stories and poems published in anthologies of various genres, was included in “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers, 2021,” and was featured as one of Black Ink Fiction’s “Women in Horror, 2022.” Her stories are typically inspired by true events, often including private jokes and family nicknames. Read more of her work at http://www.lisahowens.com.