This is the site for Hillary Lyon — Poet, Author, Illustrator. Assistant 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:
“Underneath the Sheet” has been accepted for the July 2023 issue of Black Petals.
“Chasing the Ragged Flag” has been accepted for an upcoming 2023 issue of Night to Dawn.
4 drabbles have been accepted for The Sirens Call, Flora vs Fauna Issue, Spring 2023: “The Corpse Flower,” “The Moss Garden,” “Fred’s War,” and ” The Pests.”
“Burns” series of connected drabbles (“The Rug Burn” “The Sun Burn,” and “The Slow Burn”) have been accepted for an upcoming 2023 issue of Black Petals.
“The First Time” has been accepted for an upcoming 2023 issue of Night to Dawn.
3 short stories have been accepted for Black Ink Fiction’s upcoming 2023 anthology, Home Sweet Horror: “Simone and the Great Unknown,” “The People Upstairs,” and “Shadow Daddy.”
“Medusa of the Midway Diner” will appear in The Best of Eternal Haunted Summer: A Thirteenth Anniversary Edition (Sigil House Productions, 2023).
“SUX 2BU” has been accepted for an upcoming 2023 issue of Night to Dawn.
“The Vampire in His Eyes” (poem) has been accepted for an upcoming 2023 issue of Night to Dawn.
“In Black Boxes” and “I Stand with Vlad” have both been accepted for Night to Dawn, Issue 44, Fall 2023.
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Currently Online/PDF/In Print:
“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:
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:
“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 