Lilac

This is a space for stories, essays, and art — where progress never stops. Because practice makes progress. Never perfection.

Dec 26, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

November 2025

Being A Girl is Hard

Originally published in Lunch Ticket Magazine, Issue 28, Friday Lunch Weekly Blog (link below).

Nov 28, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

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I'm Sorry

A short story I entered into #330 Reedsy Prompts contest. The prompt was to write about the beginning or end of a relationship. TW/CW: Brief mention of…

Nov 23, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

Recommendation: Wolfsong by TJ Klune

This is a space for stories, essays, and art — where progress never stops. Because practice makes progress. Never perfection.

Nov 9, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

August 2025

That Horse

Originally published in Lunch Ticket Magazine, Issue 28, Friday Lunch Weekly Blog (link below).

Aug 8, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

Short Story WIP

This story has been in my brain for over a year. I want to make it into a web comic or visual novel, but thought I’d try writing out a bit as a regular…

Aug 6, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

July 2025

The Diner (a fictional short story)

TW/CW: Brief mention of gun violence, domestic violence, and sexual assault.

Jul 3, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

My Body (A Poem About Dieting, Self-Hate, & Self-Acceptance)

TW/CW: A poem about being put on a diet at a young age and the impact of being fat shamed by the adults in my life. Photo by

Jul 1, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

June 2025

Pride

I have never been to a Pride event. I am a forty year old gay trans man. I belong in that space. I should feel a sense of community in that space. But I…

Jun 26, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

Character Development

TL;DR Character development matters. It's hard, but worth it.

Jun 7, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

April 2025

Critical Review: The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

A speculative queer and trans coming-of-age story, where the protagonist is grown in years — but not quite there everywhere else.

Apr 26, 2025 • Shawn Elliott

March 2025

Critical Review: Honorable Discharge by Madeleine N. Cull

A gentle queer romance about what’s possible when you stop holding onto what’s not.

Mar 19, 2025 • Shawn Elliott