Shelly Lyons

Chalkboard sign that says Kill the fascist in your head and read a goddamn book.

Kill the fascist in your head and read a goddamn book.

I just signed a contract with Laughing Man House for my twisted sister of a book about a bride planning her wedding while battling a curse, called JUNE BRIDE. ETA June 2027. Super excited about this press. I fu**ing love their energy and vibe.

#amwritinghorror

Watch Party 11/24/25 @ 7:30pm (PST)--55 years after it premiered. DM me for the link.

Home Desk Corner.
Creatives: please show me your home desk. Either spur of the moment or curated. I want to see where you practice your magic

Thinking about Shelley Winters in all her permutations. This is from The Vistor, 1979.

SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (1973) Watch Party! WED 10/29/25 7pm PST.
76 minutes of SATANIC PANIC! (DM for invite)

You should watch it on something larger than your phone screen.

Look for Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, Pamela Franklin, Roy Thinnes, and Lloyd Bochner.

Witchy watch-party tomorrow 10/15 at 7p PST. MIDNIGHT OFFERINGS is a 1981 TV movie about feuding high school witches! TELEKINESIS! SATANIC ALTAR!
DM me if you'd like to join. (Warning: old video + should be watched on a screen bigger than a phone)

A poster shows a ghost with a skeleton inside. Some strange creatures sit in a summoning circle with books on the wall. Tentacles holding a mic and a VHS tape flank the scene. Text says: LITTLE GHOSTS FEST SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 4 & 5th Vendors. Readings. Panels. Short horror films. Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave Toronto

Little Ghosts Fest Panel & Reading Schedule flier. SATURDAY: 1pm- Horror in Comic Books 2pm- WET SCREAMS: Horrotica & Monster Romance 3pm- QUEER FEARS 4pm- inhumanities book launch & author readings SUNDAY: 1pm- Eco Horror & Climate Fiction 2pm- Horror on Film 3pm- Toronto is Terrifying: City as Setting 4pm- Author Readings & last chance for book buys!

A teddy bear plays a scream movie in an old TV while a group of little ghosts watch. Text says: Little Ghosts Fest Short Horror Films Sunday Oct 5 7-10pm $5

Have you heard?
LITTLE GHOSTS FEST is only a month away!

Packed with vendors, panels & readings, you’ll want to come to this FREE celebration of indie horror!

BONUS: Horror Short Film Fest after hours on Sunday night!

Don’t miss this great October treat

www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

At Vons, I used to enjoy pointing to the 3s a Crowd signage while in a line of 10 and ask if it was an ironic joke. Instead of freaking out, I'd laugh loudly at my joke and try to make eye contact with those around me. Purging the rage!

Justin, thank you for the call out. I'm so happy you enjoyed it. This .... shit, I'm a writer and I can't find the words. You made a nice lady very happy.

A copy of the book LIKE REAL by Shelly Lyons sits on a dark green cutting mat with a small plastic hand sticking out.

@dollterror13.bsky.social Big applause for days. This was fantaatic! I saw it for sale at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social and had to have it ASAP.
I devoured this, and it was such a juicy, meaty, gooey, cheesy, fun time... it was like being at a Brazilian steakhouse.
I await the movie adaptation.

Update:

Ooh!

She was standing there, in a red kimono, as pale as milk, staring at me, with a long thin knife in her hand. I reached out and took it away from her. When she spoke, it was in a whisper that sounded like a snake licking its tongue in and out.
"Why did you have to come back?"

What a beauty!

Was texting my hubby that I was "writing a synopsis" but autospell transformed it to "worming a dumpster," and it sort of fits, sadly.

Is it wrong to wish this was an artisan blueberry-vanilla bean ice cream cone?

I'm so impressed. It's lovely.

Living in Hollywood has been difficult on a couple of fronts, but an occasional delight is its characters (of the non-tragic variety), like the old guy in pirate scarves walking his pug & holding a crystal ball who shouted at me: "Happy Easter Monday. I'm British, we celebrate Easter Monday!"

You dissapeared everywhere else!

I forgot the part where I add: I AM A WRITER. 😄

The Hand of Perception and I would like to announce that Nightmare Press has acquired our weird-scary-fun novella, "Behold, He Scatters His Lightning," for publication in mid- to late-2026.

I'm so flattered to be included! Thanks!

Wow!!! TY!!

This is one of the ways I'll get through the next four years.

Thanks for this, no matter what comes of it.

What? Thank you! It's crazy that I work at a library but I'm too shy to ask them.