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The Lizard In Your Mind's Eye

The Lizard In Your Mind’s Eye – a story about how the spirit world guides us, was published in 2025 by Liminal Media founder, Fran McElhone

After a 10-year process, my debut novel was in published August 2025 and is available from all good online book retailers including Waterstones and Amazon in the UK; Magers and Quinn and Barnes & Nobel in the US; Indigo in Canada, and Booktopia in Australia.

Synopsis

Blending lived experience with fictionalised storytelling, The Lizard in Your Mind’s Eye offers an insight into the misapprehended belief system of spiritualism.

The story follows the life of a young medium whose experiences with spirit began in childhood, detailing her poignant – sometimes chilling, often amazing, mostly heart-warming – encounters with the Other Side, highlighting that as spiritual beings, our earthly lives are existentially intertwined with the spirit world, and enriched by it – if only we’d listen.

The story begins in the future, in the wilderness of northwest Canada where she and her young son have journeyed, following a prophecy by her late friend and mentor, Pearl. The timeline alternates between past experiences and their journey to a place called Rainbow Lake.

The story provides profound, little-known truths about the Other Side, challenging our own perceptions of reality, the paranormal, and life after death. It brings to the forefront of our minds, life’s ubiquitous moral conundrums.

Underlying the storyline is a subtle narrative exploring the meaning of life, encouraging us to trust our intuition or gut instinct – our way of ‘knowing’, as well as being a sure-fire means that our spirit guides communicate with us – and notice the myriad signs from spirit in our everyday lives which we so often brush off as coincidence or our imagination.

The author reveals secrets of the spirit world in the hope that we will feel more enlightened, and more connected with our own loved ones in spirit, by the end.

About the author

Fran grew up in Exmouth, Devon, UK, and studied Religious Studies at Cardiff University, graduating with a 2:1 in 2003 after which she moved to her ‘spiritual home’, the mountains of British Colombia, Canada, living there until 2005. In her mid-20s she ‘found’ writing, becoming a journalist in 2009. Her raison d’être became giving people a voice and holding authority to account. With a background in fine art, Fran taught herself how to wield a digital camera on maternity leave, with photography quickly becoming an important creative outlet, passion and side hustle. Fran wrote this book while juggling single motherhood and running her own business.

For anyone who thinks spiritualism is all crystal balls and cliché, this is a refreshing corrective – written with clarity, intelligence, and warmth. Whether you’re a believer, a sceptic, or simply open to the possibility of more, The Lizard in Your Mind’s Eye is a quietly captivating read.- Harriet Nobel, Editor, Exeter Living Magazine

The Lizard in Your Mind’s Eye is a beautifully woven journey of spirit, intuition, and inner knowing. Blending the mystical with the everyday, it gently reminds us to listen more closely to the world around us, and to what’s already within. Honest, tender, and quietly powerful.- Rebecca Jenkin, Somatic and Psychic Guide

I loved this book – Fran’s powerful storytelling resonated with me long after I’d finished reading it. The way she weaves lived experience with spiritual insight is both comforting, in that it brings things into an embodied perspective you can feel into, and thought-provoking, in the way that it makes you then reflect. Fran brings compassion, curiosity, and a deep reverence for intuition and nature to her writing, that for me represented a beautiful reminder to trust your inner knowing.- Jenny Guyat, Personal Transformation and Career Coach

Whether you’ve ever wondered why we’re here, are already open-minded about what may lie ‘behind the veil’ or have already experienced some psychic phenomena, you need to read this book! Fran’s lucid collection of short stories and interviews with working mediums and healers reveals a rich tapestry of spiritual activity, most of it designed to help and support us as we navigate our way through this journey that we call life.- Claire Wright, Communications Professional

An interesting and thought-provoking story about spiritualism and the direction your life could take if you could hear messages from the other side. A very good read.- Helen Hardy, Human Resources ProfessionalA beautifully written, thought-provoking story which will open your eyes to the ‘other side’. – Paula LeBlanc, Healthcare Professional

Buy your copy of The Lizard In Your Mind's Eye

The Lizard In Your Mind’s Eye is now available to purchase direct from Amazon book store. Secure your copy of this wonderful book today.

Paperback and Kindle editions

Extent: 222 pages

Language: English

Published: August 2025

Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.42 x 20.32 cm

ISBN-10: 1068173106