thriller | horror | surrealism

Shannon
Riley,
author

Shannon Riley (she/her) is a writer and therapist who, as a teen, wrote gore starring her friends and family instead of doing math homework. She is the author of new revenge and body horror laden Pocketknife Kitty (Ghoulish Books, 2024). Additionally, her short fiction has been seen in the Dark Blooms: Girls' Coming-of-Age Horrors anthology, and in Ghoulish Tales. She lives with her husband and two daughters in a mediumish suburb outside of Pittsburgh. If you like chatting about 2000s emo and post-hardcore music, you can find her on Twitter @shannon_said.

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Publications

Pick up a copy of Pocketknife Kitty anywhere books are sold, and while you're at it, check out other related works from Shannon.

cover design: Matthew Revert

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Social Media

You can find Shannon on all corners of the internet because she's just as chronically online as you are.