Sonia Lyris

Rarely here. Look elsewhere to find me.

SFF author. Pragmatist, dreamer, hacker, storyteller.

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

@stareenite @Brandon_Beaber That's what the trial is about, according to source: "The investigational vaccine will be trialed in patients recently diagnosed with MS who have EBV,"

[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

PMC Dashboard, Aug 4, 2025 (U.S.)

COVlD transmission is higher today than during the majority of the ongoing pandemic.

The CDC warns transmission is high/very high in 10 states/territories.

PMC estimates 1 in 95 people are actively infectious.

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

A deal like this won't last long - buy the "Seer" audiobook today and save 50%! @slyris, and @slyris https://t.co/sBY6Lt3mat

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Visitor: When will you tell us where you keep the unicorns? 🦄

Us: As soon as visitors stop feeding squirrels and taking dangerous selfies with bison, we'll let you know where the horses with giant spikes on their heads roam.

[Stephan Pastis @stephanpastis]

The Pearls/Looking Up book tour continues tonight at 7 pm at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego. And tomorrow at 6:30 pm at Barnes and Noble in Roseville, CA.

And now for a little understanding:

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

This deal is too good to ignore - save 50% on "Seer", now through 08/28. @slyris https://t.co/n1SLFHWETE

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

10) “My chickens were perfectly fine before, and as soon as they started the burn, my chickens slowed down and they died,”

“If it can do this to chickens in one night, imagine what it’s going to do to us in 20 years”

Yeah—evacuate your families. ⚠️
https://t.co/okWBHuqLsf

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

Today through 02/08, save 50% on the "Seer" audiobook by @slyris https://t.co/IykuhoJX51

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

@FondaJLee I feel seen. :D

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

WITCHES, WANDS AND WANDERERS StoryBundle--two more days & it's over.

12 books of contemporary fantasy.

Mine: THE UNTURNED STONE, urban fantasy, forest-meets-developers, & short "Treasure Twice Over"--libraries & love. 📚

https://t.co/BiA6AB39U8

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

@jmalikauthor I don't understand. Are you implying... are you saying... you can't be saying...You don't like necco wafers? ::boggle::

I'll take 'em.

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

@jmalikauthor For me it always comes down to this: how many minutes do I need for one last kiss?

All of them.

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

"One of my favorites in this bundle is THE UNTURNED STONE by Sonia Orin Lyris. She has such a lovely, delicate touch to her storytelling, even though her take on things is unflinching."

Delicate and unflinching--that's me!

https://t.co/BiA6AB39U8

#urbanfantasy

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

My story, "Tea and Cookies" now live, in this new post-apocalypse antho.

These are Halloween dark: 20 views onto the apocalypse--some hopeful, some desperate, and some plain weird.

Mine is all three.

https://t.co/nNKm9EOhCD

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

@jmalikauthor Shocked, I say--shocked!--to find that there's bitter drink in this room.

[Jamie Ferguson @jamie_ferguson]

An interview with the fantastic @slyris about her story in the Small Gods anthology!

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

Also, my @ClarionWest '92 peeps may recognize "Shelter from the Storm."

[Sonia Lyris @slyris]

Just released--my collection of SF&F stories: BETTER SELVES.

Includes "Mirror Test" published by Intel Corp, and "Angel's Share" about which Barry Malzberg said: "The unsparing integrity of this story does not give an inch. Remarkable."

https://t.co/519OttkYEt