This is the site for Hillary Lyon — Poet, Author, Illustrator. Art Director for Black Petals, and Rhysling Award Nominated Poet.
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Short Stories & Poems:
My classical myth inspired poetry collection, “Aphrodite Rides the Bus,” is featured on ImUptoMystic’s YouTube channel.
Acceptances:
“Gerald’s Rose” and “Dear Maddy” have been accepted by Night to Dawn.
“A Broken String of Love Beads” has been accepted for an upcoming 2024 issue of Yellow Mama.
“Hillbilly Teeth” has been accepted by Night to Dawn.
“Pinky’s World” has been accepted for the Sonoran Horror anthology (Aphotic Realm).
“In Widow’s Weeds” has been accepted for Night to Dawn.
“Chasing the Ragged Flag” has been accepted for an upcoming issue of Night to Dawn.
“The First Time” has been accepted for an upcoming issue of Night to Dawn.
3 short stories have been accepted for Black Ink Fiction’s upcoming anthology, Home Sweet Horror: “Simone and the Great Unknown,” “The People Upstairs,” and “Shadow Daddy.”
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Currently Online/PDF/In Print:
“Aura Scanner 3000” is in 365tomorrows, posted 4/19/2024.
“The Renovators” is in Black Petals, Issue #107, April 20024.
“A Bottle of Sherry” is in Yellow Mama, Issue #103, April 15, 2024.
“The Better Version” is in Paranormal Incorporated: Office Memo 2: The Offices of Supernatural Being, anthology, 4 Horsemen Publications, 2024.
“Thirteen Red Roses” is in The Yard, posted 3/23/24.
“I Stand with Vlad” and “SUX 2BU” are in Night to Dawn, Issue 45, Feb 2024.
“With This Ring” is in Yellow Mama, Issue #102 (Valentine’s Day), Feb 15, 2024.
“Are We There Yet?” is in The Yard, posted 2/9/2024.
“Can’t Win if You Don’t Play” is in 365tomorrows, posted 1/27/2024.
Two Stories (“The Little Black Book” and “The Demon’s Perk”) are in The Sirens Call, Issue 64, Winter 2023-2024.
“Let’s Do Lunch” is in Black Petals, issue #106, January 2024.
“The Haircut” is in 365tomorrows, posted 12/1/2023.
The 3 part “Tis the Season” Christmas drabbles (“Let It Snow Let It Snow,” “Be Good for Goodness Sake,” and “May Your Days Be Merry & Bright”) are in Yellow Mama, Issue #101, Christmas 2023. Also in that issue is the short story, “As My Witness.”
4 Short Stories (“All That Glitters is Goo,” “The Bride Wore Black,” “Table Six at the Midway Diner,” and “Wigging Out”) are in the Dark Dossier Halloween 2023 anthology.
The 3 Part “An Assembly of Assassins” (“Bryan’s Big Adventure,” “Anton the Aide-de-Camp,” and “Priscilla [Power to the People]”) is in Yellow Mama, Issue 100, October 15, 2023.
“A Bad Joke” is in Mystery Tribune, posted 10/14/2023.
“Don’t Push the Button” is in 365tomorrows, posted 9/27/2023.
“The Downward Spiral of an American Princess” is in The Yard: Crime Blog, posted 9/7/2023.
“Ripples in the Moonlight” is in Sci-Fi Shorts, posted 8/16/2023.
The 3 Part “Coyote-Murder-House” (“Coyote Knows,” “This Heat is Murder,” and “House of Scorpions”) is in Yellow Mama, Issue #99, August 15, 2023.
“In Black Boxes” and “The Vampire in His Eyes” (poem) are both in Night to Dawn, Issue 44, Fall 2023.
“Medusa of the Midway Diner” is in The Best of Eternal Haunted Summer: A Thirteenth Anniversary Edition (Sigil House Productions, 2023).
“Underneath the Sheet” is in the July 2023, Summer Issue #104, of Black Petals.
“The Trial of Daniel V3.5” is in 365tomorrows, posted 7/6/2023.
“The Last Time the Poet Looked Out Her Window” is in The Yard: Crime Blog, posted 7/5/2023.
“Valet of the Dolls” is in Stupefying Stories, posted 7/1/2023.
“The Bride Wore Black” is in Dark Dossier, June 2023, issue #80.
“The Decoy” is in 365tomorrows, posted 6/11/2023.
“Darla’s Last Dance” in in Guilty Crime Story Magazine, posted 6/5/2023.
“They Only Come Out at Night” is in Sci-Fi Shorts, posted May 27, 2023.
“It’s Only One Picture,” is in 365tomorrows, posted 5/14/2023.
4 drabbles are in The Sirens Call, Flora vs Fauna Issue, #61, Spring 2023: “The Corpse Flower,” “The Moss Garden,” “Fred’s War,” and ” The Pests.”
“Under the Knife” is in The Yard: Crime Blog, posted 4/19/2023.
“Burns” series of connected drabbles (“The Rug Burn” “The Sun Burn,” and “The Slow Burn”) is in Spring 2023, issue #103 of Black Petals.
“The Ride” (poem) is in The Yard: Crime Blog, posted 4/12/2023.
“Wigging Out” is in Dark Dossier, April 2023, Issue #78.
“Red Dust Rising” is in 365tomorrows, posted 3/19/2023.
“Warehousing Gertrude” is in Stupefying Stories, posted 3/11/2023.
“All That Glitters is Goo” is in Dark Dossier, March 2023, Issue #77.
“Marvin, Out of Whack” is in 365tomorrows, posted 3/1/2023.
“My Good Boy” is in Schlock!, Volume 17, Issue 7, February 2023 issue.
“The Big Splash” is in Shotgun Honey, posted 2/20/2023.
“On the Menu” is in The Yard: Crime Blog, posted 2/16/2023.
11 drabbles are in Black Hare Press’ 2023 Love Me, Love Me Not Valentine’s anthology: “The Torch Singer,” “The Thief,” “A Lover’s Dilemma,” “At the V-Day Party,” “Through the Widow’s Window,” “The Cards of Madam Verushka,” “Beware the Basement Romance,” “The Owl’s Courtship,” “What the Water Nymph Wanted,” “Song for Mona,” and “The Bouquet.”
“The Poser” is in Yellow Mama, Valentine’s Issue #96, Feb 2023.
“The Soporific Pillows of Pan” is in Night to Dawn, Issue 43, April 2023.
“Tell Me a Story, She Said” (poem) is in The Yard: Crime blog, posted 2/3/2023.
“Spontaneous Human—” is in 365tomorrows, posted 1/31/2023.
“Table Six at the Midway Diner” is in the February 2023 issue #76 of Dark Dossier.
“Letter from a Poison Pen Pal” is in Black Petals, Issue #102, Winter 2023.
“In the Morgue of Memory” (poem) is in Black Petals, Issue #102, Winter 2023.
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Artworks:
Illustrations for Yellow Mama:
“In Plain Sight” – Yellow Mama #101, December 15, 2023 (artwork for Cindy Rosmus’ short story, “Little Boy Noir”)
“Know It All” – Yellow Mama #101, December 15, 2023 (artwork for Bernice Holtzman’s short story, “”The Morale Builder”)
“Oh Yeah?” – Yellow Mama #101, December 15, 2023 (artwork for Abe Margel’s short story, “Bouncer Beware”)
“Chocolate Doughnuts” – Yellow Mama #100, October 15, 2023 (artwork for Cindy Rosmus’ short story, “Witchy”)
“The Trap of Memory” – Yellow Mama #100, October 15, 2023 (artwork for Pamela Ebel’s short story, “Unclaimed Property”)
“Nosy Old Bint” –Yellow Mama #99, August 15, 2023 (artwork for Cindy Rosmus’ short story, “Snoop”)
“All the Pieces Come Together” – Yellow Mama #99, August 15, 2023 (artwork for Pamela Ebel’s short story, “Venom!”)
“Bangin’ Blooms,” Yellow Mama Cover for Issue #97, April 2023
“New Landlords” – Yellow Mama, Issue #97, April 2023 (artwork for Cindy Rosmus’short story, “Final Notice”)
“Wake Up” – Yellow Mama, Issue #97, April 2023 (artwork forRoy Dorman’s short story, “Just a Small-Town Boy”)
“The Clue’s in the Matrix” – Yellow Mama, issue #97, April 2023 (artwork for Brandon Doughty’s short story, “The Loneliness of a Reseller “)
Hanging Out – Yellow Mama, Valentine’s Issue #96, Feb 2023 (artwork for Kennith Crist’s short story, “Hanging Out”)
Wishful Thinking – Yellow Mama, Valentine’s Issue #96, Feb 2023 (artwork for Joseph Carrabis’ short story, “Owen and Jessica”)
A Song for Christmas – Yellow Mama, Christmas Issue #95, Dec 2023 (artwork for Steve Carr’s short story, ” A Song for Christmas”)
Here Comes Santa Claus – Yellow Mama, Christmas Issue #95, Dec 2023 (artwork for Timothy Dunham’s short story, “Bless your Heart, Babbo Natale”)
Illustrations for Black Petals:
“Like a Disgraced Cosmonaut,” Black Petals Cover for Issue #104, Summer 2023
“As She Was” – Black Petals, Issue #104, Summer, 2023
“Pick a Card” – Black Petals, Issue #103, Spring, 2023 (artwork for Lawrence Buentello’s short story, “The Thorn Tree”)
“Angering the E-Gods” – Black Petals, Issue #103, Spring, 2023 (artwork for M. L. Fortier’s short story, “I’m So Sorry, Computer”)
“Just a Little Prick” – Black Petals, Issue #102 Winter 2023 (artwork for Ron Capshaw’s short story, “The Boy Who Loved Bolt”)
“Those Dirty Blues” – Black Petals, Issue #102 Winter 2023 (artwork for Cindy Rosmus’ short story, “Dirty Blue Bandana”)
“In the Air Tonight” – Black Petals, Issue #102 Winter 2023 (artwork for Roy Dorman’s short story, “It’s a Dry Heat”)
“Nom Nom Nom” – Black Petals, Issue #102 Winter 2023 (artwork for M. L. Fortier’s short story, “I Married a Zombie”)
Illustrations for Other Publications:
Upcoming: 7 chapter illustrations for BAM’s 42 Stories Anthology (hat-tip to Douglas Adams): “Airship Dreamer” (Steampunk), “Bacchus Invites You” (Myth), “Lady Noir,” (Noir), “Rockin’ Rocket” (SciFi), “Storm of War” (War), “The World Holds Many Traps” (Trapped), and “Indigenous Eternal” (Indigenous).
“At the Golden Dragon” – Artwork for Roy Dorman’s novella, “Unweaving a Tangled Web” ) Hekate Publishing, 2020).
“Princess in the Puzzle Box,” has been accepted for an upcoming issue of Night to Dawn.
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Hillary Lyon 