The Baroness Shelby
@thebaronessshelby.bsky.social
Writer; foodie; PR priestess; Ministry malcontent; Oxford comma aficionado. Words in All Words Wayfarer, Witches, Suburban Witchcraft, beneath the Garden, and upcoming in Grey Coven Publishing.
Samhain at Rever is out in Arcana Poetry Press’ debut anthology, Roots and Ruins, and I’m so proud to see this Levesque lore poem out in the world!
August 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Samhain at Rever is out in Arcana Poetry Press’ debut anthology, Roots and Ruins, and I’m so proud to see this Levesque lore poem out in the world!
So incredibly thrilled to be nominated for Best of the Net 2026! My pre-Christian witch fable is in Shadow Work V2. #writingcommunity
August 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So incredibly thrilled to be nominated for Best of the Net 2026! My pre-Christian witch fable is in Shadow Work V2. #writingcommunity
I’m doing a miserable job at posting here, but an okay job at writing. Liminal is live in Anomaly Poetry’s Rituals 2025 anthology!
June 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I’m doing a miserable job at posting here, but an okay job at writing. Liminal is live in Anomaly Poetry’s Rituals 2025 anthology!
Happy Spring! My poem The Cadillac of Hotels is now live in Rundelania’s new issue: rundelania.com/wp-content/u...
May 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Happy Spring! My poem The Cadillac of Hotels is now live in Rundelania’s new issue: rundelania.com/wp-content/u...
There was a neglected, dusty lending library at work, so I decided I am now the head librarian. Spent some quality time today cleaning out, cleaning up, and organizing. I’m so excited to revitalize this book nook!
April 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There was a neglected, dusty lending library at work, so I decided I am now the head librarian. Spent some quality time today cleaning out, cleaning up, and organizing. I’m so excited to revitalize this book nook!
Barnes & Noble’s preorder sale every year is the perfect impetus to go order all those books from @bookshop.org and I’ve been doing just that.
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Barnes & Noble’s preorder sale every year is the perfect impetus to go order all those books from @bookshop.org and I’ve been doing just that.
Two years ago, I was merely dreaming of having multiple pieces of my writing published in the same year. Five lined up so far for 2025 pub, and here’s a sneak peek of one:
April 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Two years ago, I was merely dreaming of having multiple pieces of my writing published in the same year. Five lined up so far for 2025 pub, and here’s a sneak peek of one:
My latest story, a pre-Christian flash fable, The First Curse, is live this morning in Grey Coven Publishing’s Winter Anthology, pg 84: www.greycovenpublishing.com/books/shadow...
February 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My latest story, a pre-Christian flash fable, The First Curse, is live this morning in Grey Coven Publishing’s Winter Anthology, pg 84: www.greycovenpublishing.com/books/shadow...
I’m leading my next writing workshop on Feb 24 at SpellBound Books in Owego, NY. If you’re a Southern Tier writer, I hope to see you there. You can get tix through the store.
February 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I’m leading my next writing workshop on Feb 24 at SpellBound Books in Owego, NY. If you’re a Southern Tier writer, I hope to see you there. You can get tix through the store.
Last spring I spent a few days working in downtown Rochester, NY and staring at this building. It creeped me out, which made words fall out of my head. That poem will be published this May in Rundelania lit mag!
January 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Last spring I spent a few days working in downtown Rochester, NY and staring at this building. It creeped me out, which made words fall out of my head. That poem will be published this May in Rundelania lit mag!
My poem in Beneath the Garden is live today! A really good escape on the eve of this inauguration.
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Why Such Keys Were Forged — Beneath the Garden Magazine
Inspired by The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow.
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January 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My poem in Beneath the Garden is live today! A really good escape on the eve of this inauguration.
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Writer’s group last night at my favorite indie bookstore was a blast and this is how you winter.
January 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Writer’s group last night at my favorite indie bookstore was a blast and this is how you winter.
Gonna need Subway to stop using my food writing moniker in their ads
January 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gonna need Subway to stop using my food writing moniker in their ads
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“For my next attention seeking trick, I will have you concentrate on Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal—instead of my absurdly unqualified cabinet picks or that I have no real plans to fix the border or bring down food prices. Look, America, a rabbit!”
January 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“For my next attention seeking trick, I will have you concentrate on Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal—instead of my absurdly unqualified cabinet picks or that I have no real plans to fix the border or bring down food prices. Look, America, a rabbit!”
Going to read this book in some waiting rooms today and see if it freaks people out.
January 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Going to read this book in some waiting rooms today and see if it freaks people out.
Up to 35k words in ye olde WIP today!
December 31, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Up to 35k words in ye olde WIP today!
If we were going to let a man who wears that much eyeliner be vice president of this country, I really wish we had picked Michael Stipe.
December 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM
If we were going to let a man who wears that much eyeliner be vice president of this country, I really wish we had picked Michael Stipe.
I think we can consider these halls decked!
December 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM
I think we can consider these halls decked!
I could literally not buy a single book in 2025 and have enough to read all year. TBR is OOC. Help.
December 5, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I could literally not buy a single book in 2025 and have enough to read all year. TBR is OOC. Help.
In January, I chose Abundance as my word for 2024. My goodness, has it ever been! A poem and a SS published, and another poem and flash fiction story accepted! #Writingcommunity
December 4, 2024 at 3:39 PM
In January, I chose Abundance as my word for 2024. My goodness, has it ever been! A poem and a SS published, and another poem and flash fiction story accepted! #Writingcommunity
Swapping out the fall decor for Christmas tomorrow, but for tonight, I totaled up to 18,126 words for #JustWriteNovember, mostly long-hand. I have a lot of typing to do.
December 1, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Swapping out the fall decor for Christmas tomorrow, but for tonight, I totaled up to 18,126 words for #JustWriteNovember, mostly long-hand. I have a lot of typing to do.
Friday Penultimate day of #JustWriteNovember. Had to work a little, clean a little, but still squeaked out 1,034 words!
November 30, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Friday Penultimate day of #JustWriteNovember. Had to work a little, clean a little, but still squeaked out 1,034 words!
I want the movie where Kathryn Hahn and Ana Gasteyer play sisters who come together settle their MAGA dad’s estate and find the funny in the mess we’re in now along the way.
November 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I want the movie where Kathryn Hahn and Ana Gasteyer play sisters who come together settle their MAGA dad’s estate and find the funny in the mess we’re in now along the way.