Shannon Phillips

@joshannonphillips.com

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Writer and mom living in Oakland. Short speculative fiction and serialized novels at https://joshannonphillips.substack.com/. I like old things, wild places, tall tales, and the people who tell them.🐉

A page from Disney kids' book Jake and the Never Land Pirates shows a pair of cartoonish pirates holding a large scroll bearing the message: A good pirate never takes another person's property!
Stonewall Kitchen Bada Bing Cherries
Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman transforms via spinning
Pokemon 30th anniversary logo featuring Leafeon
In an advertisement from an 80s computer magazine, a white man and woman in businesswear sit at back-to-back terminals, looking into the screens as they type. Above and behind them the image shrouds into a misty sci-fi scene where the same man and woman pose in shiny tight costumes while two spaceships trade neon pink laser fire.
Kanan Jarrus from Star Wars Rebels
Enfys Nest, played by Erin Kellyman in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, removes her helmet.
Two photographs showing lithic beads stolen from an Incan mummy
A valentine with the text "I Want You Inside Me" printed over a red heart. The background image is a tauntaun.
A Guardian headline reads: Trump v Musk: 10 ways they can further hurt each other
screenshot of Angela Lansbury looking horrified. The screen caption reads "Alas, what do I find? Nothing but dark reflections...of villainy."
The cover of Journey by Shannon Phillips and German Yanovsky features a spaceship with pirate graffiti
Doc Brown from Back to the Future
cover art for the novel Journey shows an industrial looking spaceship against a Mars backdrop. The ship's hull is graffiti'd with a wolf skull above crossbones
A still of Jamie Kern Lima, who is clearly wearing makeup while talking about being makeup-free
comic panels depicting Moon Knight, bloodied and ragged, staggering down an ally whispering "let's get this bread"
A bottle of the Costco store brand (Kirkland Signature) "Organic No Salt Seasoning." The label features drawings of an onion, tomato, carrot, and garlic. The bottle is filled with colorful dried flakes.
A fluffy white and gray cat curled in blankets at the end of a bed
A woman wears a low-backed gown featuring layers of floaty, silky-sheer fabric in a silvery blue ombre fade. Her hair is pinned up with flowers. The vibe is ethereal fairy princess
image of a cat with text: "The sword has many names...Caladbolg. Caliburn. Excalibur. The edge of its blade is a dividing-line, and also a bridge, between the mortal world and the Otherlands."
The short story anthology Fae is on sale for $0.99 at Amazon
Enfys Nest, from Star Wars
A hawk perched in the bare branches of a winter tree
Snippets of a romantic conversation in which the player attempts to solicit a kiss from the character Cal, who completely misses the hint
A bowl of red beans & rice
Byers, Frohike, and Langly, known in X-Files lore as "The Lone Gunmen."
A fluffy white-and-gray cat with blue eyes sits in front of a computer keyboard
Living room with stockings over the mantle and a decorated Christmas tree
A bowl of chili garnished with sour cream. Dried beans are visible in the background
Thora, a ten week old mastiff puppy, stands on a back step with her head cocked in an expression of soft, curious affection
Home made cranberry sauce
Screenshot from the game Red Dead Redemption 2, showing a horse named No with a desert background
A fluffy mostly white cat with brilliant blue eyes
A version of the "trolley problem" illustrated with stick figures, except that in this case there is only one track filled with tied victims that the trolley has already begun to run over, while a bystander looks on helplessly. Text says: You can only watch
Screenshot of headline reading "They Became Irrelevant" Kinsey Schofield Gives her Verdict on Harry And Meghan