Publications



Coming Soon:

Dismember the Coop
With my short story Inside Me
Release date: TBA

Haunted Places
With my short story The Only Thing Left
Release date: 2023

Currently Available:

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Nonfiction


The Business of Short Stories: Writing, Submitting, Publishing, and Marketing

Whether you're looking to add short stories to your repertoire as a solo pursuit or in addition to novel writing, The Business of Short Stories covers every aspect from writing to marketing. Learn the dynamics of short story writing, where to focus your editing efforts, how and where to submit, how to handle acceptances and rejections, what to do with reprints, and how to market yourself and your stories online and in person. The information in The Business of Short Stories has been distilled from over a decade of short story publishing experience so you don't have to learn the hard way. You'll find information on submission formatting, cover letters, querying a collection, sending workshop proposals to writing events, business aspects of publishing, how to create a website, SEO, social media, and so much more. This is an invaluable resource for short story writers.

There's never been a better time to get into short stories!


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Available in e-book at: Smashwords | Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Apple | Gardners Extended Retail | Odilo | Scribd | Mondadori | Indigo | Angus & Robertson | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon ES | Amazon IT | Amazon NL | Amazon JP | Amazon BR | Amazon CA | Amazon MX | Amazon AU | Amazon IN 

Available in paperback at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Walmart

Signed copies available from Author, Author!


Solo Collections

Happy Ghoulidays II

The holidays elicit a mixture of emotions, from joy and revelry to despair and rage. In these stories, we examine the dark side of the holidays with a twisted Easter egg hunt, a desperate St. Patrick's Day curse, a monster that's only visible in the light of fireworks, a mother's guilt on Halloween, and more in this follow up to Happy Ghoulidays that embraces the underlying shadows of our favorite holidays.

Universal Link for e-book: Books 2 Read Universal Link
More links for availability coming soon!





Happy Ghoulidays

Family time can lead to murder and mayhem, especially during the holidays. A turkey with a tale to tell, elves under attack, sorority sisters putting on a killer party, a woman's desperation to save her family, and a stranger ringing in the New Year. These and other tales of woe await you beneath the mistletoe.

Be careful who you offer a kiss. It may be your last.


Available in paperback at: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon ES | Amazon IT | Amazon JP | Amazon CA


Petrichor Gallery & Gifts (Signed Copies)
1146 W. Main St.
Abingdon, VA 24211
276-477-3939


Bruised Souls & Other Torments

Fear resides in the soul.

A welcoming widow with a twisted appetite; a war-time evil lurking behind the face of a child; a father’s love gone horribly wrong; a deadly government solution; a new job with a demonic pay scale; a woman trapped in a mysterious house with no memory of who she is or how she got there. These are a mere glimpse of the terrors that lie in wait in this collection of horror short stories, sure to grip the psyche and torment the soul.



Available in Paperback at: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon ES | Amazon IT | Amazon JP | Amazon CA 

Petrichor Gallery & Gifts (Signed Copies)
1146 W. Main St.
Abingdon, VA 24211
276-477-3939


Blue Sludge Blues & Other Abominations 
A collection of frights, from the psychological to the monstrous. These tales are a reminder of how much we have to fear: a creature lurking in the blue, sludgy depths of a rest area toilet; a friendly neighbor with a dark secret hidden in his basement; a woman with nothing more to lose hellbent on vengeance; a hike gone terribly wrong for three friends; a man cursed to clean up the bodies left behind by an inhuman force. These and other stories prowl the pages of this short story collection.



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Available in e-book at:


Available in paperback at: 

Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon Canada | Barnes & Noble

 Available at the following brick-and-mortar stores:

 Poor Richard's
320 N. Tejon St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719-578-5549

Petrichor Gallery & Gifts (Signed Copies)
1146 W. Main St.
Abingdon, VA 24211
276-477-3939


Anthologies (various authors) in which I have a story


Indecent Magazine
With my short story A Few of His Favorites

Read free at: Indecent




With my short story The Class Ring

Purchase at: Amazon







Particular Passages 2: East Wing


Typehouse Literary

With my short story Coffin Birth

Purchase at: Typehouse Literary (PDF free to download at link or purchase paperback)


Madame Gray's Vault of Gore

With my short story Psychosis



The I's Have It

With my short story Alligator in a Sweatsuit

Purchase at: Amazon




With my short story Watched

Purchase at: Amazon | Red Cape Publishing




With my short story Of Earth and Fae

Purchase at: Amazon | Apple | Barnes & Noble | Kobo

With my short story Dust Bunnies [From Hell]

Free to Read at their website
Purchase at: Amazon


With my short story Following the Rules

Purchase at: Amazon

With my short story Incident at Ben E's

Purchase at: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | UBL


With my short story Tailgating

Purchase at: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Apple Books | Books2Read | Goodreads







Tales From the Moonlit Path
With my short story Dearest


Vagabond Issue #2
With my short story Shelter From the Storm

Purchase at: Amazon

With my short story Tent City Horror

With my short story Where I Woke Up

Purchase at: Amazon


With my short story The Importance of Self-Defense

Purchase at: Infinite Realms

With my short story Good Girls Don't Swallow

Purchase at: Amazon


With my short story Stuck With Me

Purchase at: Amazon

With my short story Unwelcome Guests

 Purchase at Amazon
With my short story Faceless

Beneath the Waves: Tales From the Deep


With my short story A Cold and Carnal Hunger

Purchase at: Amazon (paperback and hardcover) | Smashwords (ebook)






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With my stories: Message of the Night Gaunts and The Dating Game

Purchase at: Amazon






With my flash story The Rejection

Free to read at: Fabula Argentea
With my short story Faceless


Space and Time Magazine
Issue #128
With my short story, Let's Play a Game

Purchase at: Space and Time
(Scroll down to single issue if you just want this one. Select "current issue.")

Grandma's Leather Sofa - Audible Recording
Originally published in Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things (below)
Read by Hallie Ricardo


Purchase at: Amazon



The Literary Hatchet
With my short story, Salvation Lottery

 Read for free at the website (click on "Issues then #16)

Print copy available for purchase at: CreateSpace | Amazon


With my short story, For Love of the Hunt

 Purchase at: Amazon
With my short story, Shifting Sands

Purchase at: Dark Moon Digest | Amazon




With my short story, Metamorphosis


Volume 2, Issue 2
With my flash story, Grandma's Leather Sofa

Purchase at: E & GJ Press | Amazon

Once Upon a Scream
With my short story, The Black Undeath

Purchase at: Amazon | CreateSpace







 The Flash Fiction Press
With my flash fiction piece, Nice Night for a Splash
March 22, 2016

Free to read on the website.
Devolution Z
With my short story, Blue Sludge Blues

Purchase at: Amazon (print) | Amazon (ebook)



With my short story, The Blue Mist

Purchase at: Amazon | Smashwords | Create Space | Barnes & Noble | Kobo





With my piece, Awakening

Proceeds of the Amazon exclusive ebook will be donated to Elevate Life and Art studios, an amazing youth organization in Asheville, NC.

Purchase at: Amazon

Accompanying album, Of Mist and Magic, by Really Slow Motion available at: Amazon | iTunes


With my piece, Querying Your Way to Publication


Purchase at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords




With my story, set to Turning Point

This anthology is dedicated in memory of Tina Downey, our dearest friend, fellow storyteller and firm believer that life is good… 

 All proceeds of the TREE OF LIFE ebook will benefit the Downey Education Fund set up for Tina's children. 


Purchase at: Amazon

Accompanying album, Tree of Life, by audiomachine, available at: Amazon


With my story, Spes et Libertas

All proeeds of the Composers for Relief album and Beyond the Binding companion ebook will go to Gawad Kalinga ("give care") and GVSP (Gualandi Volunteer Service Program), to support the relief efforts for victims of the deadliest natural disaster in Philippines' history, Super Typhoon Yolanda. 

Purchase at: Amazon | iTunes | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords

Accompanying album, Composers for Relief, available at: iTunes | Amazon |  CDBaby | Spotify





You can find my author page at www.amazon.com/author/shannonlawrence

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