Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author
@martinshannon.bsky.social
Rare book author of over 50 works you've never heard of who produces word processor-to-shelf, artisanal, organic, non-GMO horrific stories. Drafted, edited, and produced by free range humans. Hard to find, harder to put down.
https://martin-shannon.com/
https://martin-shannon.com/
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I just picked up a bunch of followers. Congratulations on your excellent sense of taste and style! I make a lot of jokes, most of them at my expense, and will occasionally share with you the books I'm working on. As with all things Martin, keep your expectations low and you won't be disappointed!
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November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I just picked up a bunch of followers. Congratulations on your excellent sense of taste and style! I make a lot of jokes, most of them at my expense, and will occasionally share with you the books I'm working on. As with all things Martin, keep your expectations low and you won't be disappointed!
Will someone tell me why Europe gets the best covers? US cover on the left, European cover on the right. Come on, why we got this hand-in-a-lava-lamp thing when there's this sublime red masterpiece out there?
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Will someone tell me why Europe gets the best covers? US cover on the left, European cover on the right. Come on, why we got this hand-in-a-lava-lamp thing when there's this sublime red masterpiece out there?
Crap. There goes my chance to make GobbleCoin.
Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Crap. There goes my chance to make GobbleCoin.
Sorry, #HorrorWritersChat, I couldn't make it this week. I've been hard at work on the next text adventure... A Lake of Finest Blue! #interactivefiction
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sorry, #HorrorWritersChat, I couldn't make it this week. I've been hard at work on the next text adventure... A Lake of Finest Blue! #interactivefiction
Only 2 weeks left to play (and rate!) the game people are calling "dreadfully funny!" When the Television Decides to Murder Your Girlfriend is a point-n-click text game where tentacled appliances are all in on helping you save your girlfriend from a evil TV. #ECTOCOMP2025
itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
Rate When the TV decides to Murder your Girlfriend - The Game by Martin Shannon for ECTOCOMP 2025
Things get a little weird when...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Only 2 weeks left to play (and rate!) the game people are calling "dreadfully funny!" When the Television Decides to Murder Your Girlfriend is a point-n-click text game where tentacled appliances are all in on helping you save your girlfriend from a evil TV. #ECTOCOMP2025
itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
I’ve known fizzy a long time and can attest this book is clearly a well conceived labor of love. It’s chickens and swords, and just as fucking awesome as that sounds. 🐓+⚔️=👀
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I’ve known fizzy a long time and can attest this book is clearly a well conceived labor of love. It’s chickens and swords, and just as fucking awesome as that sounds. 🐓+⚔️=👀
Once again, it's your favorite Martin here asking you if you understand the sacred duty that is the paper towel? You would if you played "When the TV" the game! itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
Come, play, leave a rating! For just a few internet points you too can help a Martin find joy. #horrorwriterschat
Come, play, leave a rating! For just a few internet points you too can help a Martin find joy. #horrorwriterschat
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Once again, it's your favorite Martin here asking you if you understand the sacred duty that is the paper towel? You would if you played "When the TV" the game! itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
Come, play, leave a rating! For just a few internet points you too can help a Martin find joy. #horrorwriterschat
Come, play, leave a rating! For just a few internet points you too can help a Martin find joy. #horrorwriterschat
Sure thing. Steve Raimi always makes me laugh, and Mr. Del Torro has unmatched vision. #horrorwriterschat
Q4 - CREDITS
Obviously, we’re staying through all of the credits to acknowledge the work of the artists, the musicians, the designers, the directors…etc.
#HorrorWritersChat - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do.
Stay around for the outro to share your work.
Obviously, we’re staying through all of the credits to acknowledge the work of the artists, the musicians, the designers, the directors…etc.
#HorrorWritersChat - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do.
Stay around for the outro to share your work.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sure thing. Steve Raimi always makes me laugh, and Mr. Del Torro has unmatched vision. #horrorwriterschat
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A folk horror needs cider, & The Five Turns of the Wheel has a pub based on my childhood home, The Cider House.
I'd dish up a 'steakwich' alongside this.
This was popular amongst the farmers we used to serve and I liked it too!
#HorrorWritersChat
I'd dish up a 'steakwich' alongside this.
This was popular amongst the farmers we used to serve and I liked it too!
#HorrorWritersChat
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A folk horror needs cider, & The Five Turns of the Wheel has a pub based on my childhood home, The Cider House.
I'd dish up a 'steakwich' alongside this.
This was popular amongst the farmers we used to serve and I liked it too!
#HorrorWritersChat
I'd dish up a 'steakwich' alongside this.
This was popular amongst the farmers we used to serve and I liked it too!
#HorrorWritersChat
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Hello!
I write cosmic, body, and folk horror.
My most recent microfiction "Warm Cup of Void" was published in the Lovecraft Microfiction 2025. I was also in 2024 with "Traveller" arkhambazaar.com/books/
DOUBLE FEATURE: Annihilation and The Thing
WATCHING: Slow Horses
#HorrorWritersChat #ScriptSky
I write cosmic, body, and folk horror.
My most recent microfiction "Warm Cup of Void" was published in the Lovecraft Microfiction 2025. I was also in 2024 with "Traveller" arkhambazaar.com/books/
DOUBLE FEATURE: Annihilation and The Thing
WATCHING: Slow Horses
#HorrorWritersChat #ScriptSky
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hello!
I write cosmic, body, and folk horror.
My most recent microfiction "Warm Cup of Void" was published in the Lovecraft Microfiction 2025. I was also in 2024 with "Traveller" arkhambazaar.com/books/
DOUBLE FEATURE: Annihilation and The Thing
WATCHING: Slow Horses
#HorrorWritersChat #ScriptSky
I write cosmic, body, and folk horror.
My most recent microfiction "Warm Cup of Void" was published in the Lovecraft Microfiction 2025. I was also in 2024 with "Traveller" arkhambazaar.com/books/
DOUBLE FEATURE: Annihilation and The Thing
WATCHING: Slow Horses
#HorrorWritersChat #ScriptSky
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Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Ooh, Katy O'Brian would be perfect as the antagonist who appears in my one of my Rose Marie stories, while Bella Higginbotham would be perfect as Rose Marie Sullivan.
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Ooh, Katy O'Brian would be perfect as the antagonist who appears in my one of my Rose Marie stories, while Bella Higginbotham would be perfect as Rose Marie Sullivan.
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
Due to my characters’ penchant for rather unhealthy diets, refreshments will come in the shape of spiked coffee and clove cigarettes. Free refills throughout the feature!
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#HorrorWritersChat
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I’m going to have to say a Shirley Temple (alcohol added if you ask nicely)
I would say it relates to my work because I often think of my scenes in grey, black, and red when I write, so I think a red drink is fitting. And also delicious.
I’m going to have to say a Shirley Temple (alcohol added if you ask nicely)
I would say it relates to my work because I often think of my scenes in grey, black, and red when I write, so I think a red drink is fitting. And also delicious.
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I’m going to have to say a Shirley Temple (alcohol added if you ask nicely)
I would say it relates to my work because I often think of my scenes in grey, black, and red when I write, so I think a red drink is fitting. And also delicious.
I’m going to have to say a Shirley Temple (alcohol added if you ask nicely)
I would say it relates to my work because I often think of my scenes in grey, black, and red when I write, so I think a red drink is fitting. And also delicious.
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#HorrorWritersChat
Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
#HorrorWritersChat
Oh God.
So, the menu will include...
Epidermal flan from Wilthaven
A keg of Blackwater Stout from Welcome to Ferrendale
Bacon from Deep Down There
A Bad Sandwich from Bad Sandwich
And lashings of booze.
Oh God.
So, the menu will include...
Epidermal flan from Wilthaven
A keg of Blackwater Stout from Welcome to Ferrendale
Bacon from Deep Down There
A Bad Sandwich from Bad Sandwich
And lashings of booze.
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Oh no. UH.
Everything is exactly the same but the popcorn is dyed green? You can get crispy bacon on your movie theater hot dog.
Don't ask where the bacon comes from.
#HorrorWritersChat
Everything is exactly the same but the popcorn is dyed green? You can get crispy bacon on your movie theater hot dog.
Don't ask where the bacon comes from.
#HorrorWritersChat
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Oh no. UH.
Everything is exactly the same but the popcorn is dyed green? You can get crispy bacon on your movie theater hot dog.
Don't ask where the bacon comes from.
#HorrorWritersChat
Everything is exactly the same but the popcorn is dyed green? You can get crispy bacon on your movie theater hot dog.
Don't ask where the bacon comes from.
#HorrorWritersChat
Bailey's Irish Creme for breakfast? We have found the reincarnation of James Joyce.
#Horrorwriterschat
#Horrorwriterschat
#HorrorWritersChat My go-tos are coffee with a little Bailey's in it OR cold foam creamer and for some reason lately I'm on a peanut butter toast kick. If I've got both, I've just woken up, and it's time to start working lol
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bailey's Irish Creme for breakfast? We have found the reincarnation of James Joyce.
#Horrorwriterschat
#Horrorwriterschat
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LOL. I don't know if people are gonna want to chance the mushrooms, but it is on theme for my story in Dark Spores. Otherwise, I think my characters are too busy surviving to stop for a snack. #HorrorWritersChat
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
LOL. I don't know if people are gonna want to chance the mushrooms, but it is on theme for my story in Dark Spores. Otherwise, I think my characters are too busy surviving to stop for a snack. #HorrorWritersChat
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#HorrorWritersChat Well, pizza would obviously be a reference to Pizza Pete. A second reference to him would be nachos. Other foods I would include are sour candy to show good and bad moments. Lastly, caffeine drinks to show when someone is on the verge of panic.
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Well, pizza would obviously be a reference to Pizza Pete. A second reference to him would be nachos. Other foods I would include are sour candy to show good and bad moments. Lastly, caffeine drinks to show when someone is on the verge of panic.
The concession stand is nothing but living appliances from When the Television Decides to Murder Your Girlfriend. They're disappointed in your life choices and feel that cheese whiz is an affront to our shared sense of communal purpose.
Also, that water bottle will be 20 bucks.
#Horrorwriterschat
Also, that water bottle will be 20 bucks.
#Horrorwriterschat
Q3 - INTERMISSION
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Time for a refreshment break.
We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.
#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The concession stand is nothing but living appliances from When the Television Decides to Murder Your Girlfriend. They're disappointed in your life choices and feel that cheese whiz is an affront to our shared sense of communal purpose.
Also, that water bottle will be 20 bucks.
#Horrorwriterschat
Also, that water bottle will be 20 bucks.
#Horrorwriterschat
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I am terrible at this kind of thing and could probably spend the rest of the day trying to figure it out-- But it would definitely be a dream to see something come to life like that
(Or a nightmare, depending on how many details the director/writers want to change)
#HorrorWritersChat
(Or a nightmare, depending on how many details the director/writers want to change)
#HorrorWritersChat
Q2 - COMING SOON
It’s time for the trailers.
And look #HorrorWritersChat - it’s a trailer for your very own horror work, adapted for the screen. Congrats!
Which work is it?
And which actor is playing your main protagonist, antagonist or fave character? Share your dream cast!
It’s time for the trailers.
And look #HorrorWritersChat - it’s a trailer for your very own horror work, adapted for the screen. Congrats!
Which work is it?
And which actor is playing your main protagonist, antagonist or fave character? Share your dream cast!
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I am terrible at this kind of thing and could probably spend the rest of the day trying to figure it out-- But it would definitely be a dream to see something come to life like that
(Or a nightmare, depending on how many details the director/writers want to change)
#HorrorWritersChat
(Or a nightmare, depending on how many details the director/writers want to change)
#HorrorWritersChat
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This is the trailer for Ultimate Sacrifice, the cooking competition cosmic horror where contestants have to sacrifice it all in order to survive
Starring Zoe Terakes as Liam, competing to save their sister from cultists, and Hugh Dancy as the cult leader behind it all
#HorrorWritersChat
Starring Zoe Terakes as Liam, competing to save their sister from cultists, and Hugh Dancy as the cult leader behind it all
#HorrorWritersChat
Q2 - COMING SOON
It’s time for the trailers.
And look #HorrorWritersChat - it’s a trailer for your very own horror work, adapted for the screen. Congrats!
Which work is it?
And which actor is playing your main protagonist, antagonist or fave character? Share your dream cast!
It’s time for the trailers.
And look #HorrorWritersChat - it’s a trailer for your very own horror work, adapted for the screen. Congrats!
Which work is it?
And which actor is playing your main protagonist, antagonist or fave character? Share your dream cast!
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is the trailer for Ultimate Sacrifice, the cooking competition cosmic horror where contestants have to sacrifice it all in order to survive
Starring Zoe Terakes as Liam, competing to save their sister from cultists, and Hugh Dancy as the cult leader behind it all
#HorrorWritersChat
Starring Zoe Terakes as Liam, competing to save their sister from cultists, and Hugh Dancy as the cult leader behind it all
#HorrorWritersChat
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I am Bert, as always, writing all sorts of #horror. #JurassicPark and #thething (1982) are both very inspiring to me, I fill my stories with genetically engineered #dinosaurs and #shoggoths. #horrorwriterschat
#HorrorWritersChat
Q1 - DOUBLE FEATURE
Glad you could join our (virtual) cinema trip!
First, let's introduce ourselves and share the horror subgenres we write in.
Now, what are we watching?
Share the two movies/films that have inspired your writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
Q1 - DOUBLE FEATURE
Glad you could join our (virtual) cinema trip!
First, let's introduce ourselves and share the horror subgenres we write in.
Now, what are we watching?
Share the two movies/films that have inspired your writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I am Bert, as always, writing all sorts of #horror. #JurassicPark and #thething (1982) are both very inspiring to me, I fill my stories with genetically engineered #dinosaurs and #shoggoths. #horrorwriterschat
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#horrorwriterschat
Hi friends! My name is Willow, and I write gothic horror!
For movies, I will have to say The Lighthouse and the short film The Little Girl Eater have inspired my work! (And also The Fisherman’s Wife, I HAD to include it)
Hi friends! My name is Willow, and I write gothic horror!
For movies, I will have to say The Lighthouse and the short film The Little Girl Eater have inspired my work! (And also The Fisherman’s Wife, I HAD to include it)
#HorrorWritersChat
Q1 - DOUBLE FEATURE
Glad you could join our (virtual) cinema trip!
First, let's introduce ourselves and share the horror subgenres we write in.
Now, what are we watching?
Share the two movies/films that have inspired your writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
Q1 - DOUBLE FEATURE
Glad you could join our (virtual) cinema trip!
First, let's introduce ourselves and share the horror subgenres we write in.
Now, what are we watching?
Share the two movies/films that have inspired your writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#horrorwriterschat
Hi friends! My name is Willow, and I write gothic horror!
For movies, I will have to say The Lighthouse and the short film The Little Girl Eater have inspired my work! (And also The Fisherman’s Wife, I HAD to include it)
Hi friends! My name is Willow, and I write gothic horror!
For movies, I will have to say The Lighthouse and the short film The Little Girl Eater have inspired my work! (And also The Fisherman’s Wife, I HAD to include it)