Megaera Lorenz
@megaeralwrites.bsky.social
Egyptologist and author. She/they. Authors Against Book Bans Illinois Chapter Leader. Debut novel THE SHABTI (2024) available now wherever books are sold.
Looking for a spooky-cozy tale to warm you through this bleak February? My supernatural thriller/historical fantasy/MM romance about a former phony medium and an Egyptologist teaming up to investigate a haunted artifact is available from a variety of booksellers that are not THAT bookseller!
February 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Looking for a spooky-cozy tale to warm you through this bleak February? My supernatural thriller/historical fantasy/MM romance about a former phony medium and an Egyptologist teaming up to investigate a haunted artifact is available from a variety of booksellers that are not THAT bookseller!
I’m very tired
January 26, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I’m very tired
For my daughter, who is in an ELO phase.
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
For my daughter, who is in an ELO phase.
Don’t worry, he apparently received first aid and comfort toast after his tragic accident
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Don’t worry, he apparently received first aid and comfort toast after his tragic accident
Idk exactly what my daughter is up to, but there’s a whole saga with this little guy in the red bow tie showing up in my phone’s photo gallery.
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Idk exactly what my daughter is up to, but there’s a whole saga with this little guy in the red bow tie showing up in my phone’s photo gallery.
I had to draw my brother and SIL’s cat. She is dainty, she is demure, she WILL cut you
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I had to draw my brother and SIL’s cat. She is dainty, she is demure, she WILL cut you
What “other juice,” meijer?
What. “Other.” “Juice.”
What. “Other.” “Juice.”
December 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What “other juice,” meijer?
What. “Other.” “Juice.”
What. “Other.” “Juice.”
A tragedy in 6 panels
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A tragedy in 6 panels
The child failed to appreciate my brilliant rendition of Rouxls, but at least she approves of my attempt at Tenna and Spamton. 😔
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The child failed to appreciate my brilliant rendition of Rouxls, but at least she approves of my attempt at Tenna and Spamton. 😔
My daughter asked me to draw Rouxls Kaard, and she is horrified with the result. It’s not my fault bro is absolutely terrifying when rendered semi-realistically, smh
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
My daughter asked me to draw Rouxls Kaard, and she is horrified with the result. It’s not my fault bro is absolutely terrifying when rendered semi-realistically, smh
Today my kid burst into my office with a pair of Spamtons made of air-dry clay and a pile of paint markers and was like “YOU WORK ON THIS ONE, I’LL DO THE OTHER!”
I feel like this is an indication I’ve done something right as a parent. Not sure what, but… something
I feel like this is an indication I’ve done something right as a parent. Not sure what, but… something
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Today my kid burst into my office with a pair of Spamtons made of air-dry clay and a pile of paint markers and was like “YOU WORK ON THIS ONE, I’LL DO THE OTHER!”
I feel like this is an indication I’ve done something right as a parent. Not sure what, but… something
I feel like this is an indication I’ve done something right as a parent. Not sure what, but… something
I saw this perfect creature and had to draw them.
December 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I saw this perfect creature and had to draw them.
Please share photos of your cats that look like the last image on a true crime victim’s camera roll. I’ll go first.
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Please share photos of your cats that look like the last image on a true crime victim’s camera roll. I’ll go first.
We did another one of my kid’s character’s tonight: Topper, who looks like a Dr. Seuss creature and sings like a 1940s crooner.
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We did another one of my kid’s character’s tonight: Topper, who looks like a Dr. Seuss creature and sings like a 1940s crooner.
This is another one of her guys, definitely with a healthy splash of Dr. Seuss in his DNA. He’s next up on the request list.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is another one of her guys, definitely with a healthy splash of Dr. Seuss in his DNA. He’s next up on the request list.
My daughter and I were both home sick yesterday, and she asked me to do a DTIYS of her OC (hers is on the left, mine on the right). It was great fun, but I fear I’ve created a monster and will be fielding requests to draw her funky lil guys 24/7 now
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My daughter and I were both home sick yesterday, and she asked me to do a DTIYS of her OC (hers is on the left, mine on the right). It was great fun, but I fear I’ve created a monster and will be fielding requests to draw her funky lil guys 24/7 now
My daughter searched for “trout personality,” and Google’s AI overview answered like a psychic charlatan from Nightmare Alley.
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My daughter searched for “trout personality,” and Google’s AI overview answered like a psychic charlatan from Nightmare Alley.
Help, I can’t stop laughing at this guy’s face (spotted at the vintage store where I had an author event today)
Every time I scroll past it in my photo gallery I lose it again
Every time I scroll past it in my photo gallery I lose it again
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Help, I can’t stop laughing at this guy’s face (spotted at the vintage store where I had an author event today)
Every time I scroll past it in my photo gallery I lose it again
Every time I scroll past it in my photo gallery I lose it again
I’m endlessly amused to learn that there was also some sort of elephant-shaped house of ill repute at the Moulin Rouge at around the same time. People in the late 19th c just really liked getting it on and/or doing drugs in elephants
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I’m endlessly amused to learn that there was also some sort of elephant-shaped house of ill repute at the Moulin Rouge at around the same time. People in the late 19th c just really liked getting it on and/or doing drugs in elephants
Apparently yes, but it was a *different* terrifying giant elephant that you could go inside of for a good time
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Apparently yes, but it was a *different* terrifying giant elephant that you could go inside of for a good time
TIL that a giant TERRIFYING ELEPHANT BUILDING used to dominate the Coney Island landscape in the late 1800s. It started as a hotel, very quickly became a brothel, and eventually burned down under mysterious circumstances. The dude who built it thought animal bldgs were the future of architecture.
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
TIL that a giant TERRIFYING ELEPHANT BUILDING used to dominate the Coney Island landscape in the late 1800s. It started as a hotel, very quickly became a brothel, and eventually burned down under mysterious circumstances. The dude who built it thought animal bldgs were the future of architecture.
I *am* big. It’s the pictchas that got small!
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I *am* big. It’s the pictchas that got small!
He’s at it again, no one is safe
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
He’s at it again, no one is safe
This is very silly and I should be working on literally anything else right now, but I need art therapy, damn it. Will I ever finish it? Remains to be seen.
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is very silly and I should be working on literally anything else right now, but I need art therapy, damn it. Will I ever finish it? Remains to be seen.
I did another seasonally appropriate feline art
October 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I did another seasonally appropriate feline art