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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Querying a poetry collection and a novel.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hearting this in support, not endorsement.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I realize I’m super late to the party on this. Haven’t been on Bluesky in a while.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tbh guns, cars, and telephones in a fantasy novel is cool as hell. I’ve read some non-medieval level fantasy and it’s awesome and refreshing.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

AND a magazine I like followed me back yesterday! Need to up my posting game.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’ve got a #poem being published next Wednesday and I move into my house the Wednesday after that. Exciting weeks ahead! #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Had some inspiration and actually been knocking away at writing a #poem tonight. Been a while since I’ve done one and it feels good to shake off the rust! #poetry #amwriting #writerlife #writeandgrind #writesky

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Got an exciting update on my #horror short story, “Waiting for the Man.” It’ll be live in a few months on a podcast. Voice talent working on it now! Stand by for more details! #amwriting #amquerying #writing #writerslife #writingcommunity #writeandgrind #writesky

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I do find gems in my old stuff but it’s also a LOT of rough garbage.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Also dating fail text convo content. Not as big a fan.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My Instagram algorithm thinks I want LOTS of Zendaya and Tom Holland content. It’s a bit excessive but I’m not complaining.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I’ve got my “I’m Writing” playlist. Absolutely essential.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Bummer it’s been like that for you. It can definitely be cliquish and gatekeeper-y. Never not rooting for you though. Break or not.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

You are actually the first person to catch that! The main character is, in fact, nicknamed after that very Decepticon.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

“Tell me how you made it through all of this / and found your way to me.” YOU & ME & THE END OF THE WORLD A collection of speculative #poetry about love, community, hope, and despair, set before, during, and after the end of the world. #A #SP #PO #Q #BluePit

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

BRUTICUS Julius Caesar x Triple 9 A group of crooked cops, being blackmailed by the mob, plan one final heist. To create a distraction, they’ll attempt to kill an up and coming cop in a modern, gender-swapped #retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina. #A #C #W #BluePit

Weather radar image of a hurricane over New Orleans.

Painting of the Death of Julius Caesar. By Vincenzo Camuccini.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

MOTHER OF MONSTERS. Outcast Echidna & her family must stop spree killer Harry, who has targeted them in order to prove himself to his father in an inverted retelling of Hercules’ Labors. Featuring a cast of modern analogues to the characters of Greek and Roman myth. #A #SP #Q #BluePit

Vase painted with an image of Hercules battling Cerberus the three-headed dog.

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#SmallPitch @smallpitch.org · 06/07/2026

Only one week until #SmallPitch 🌊 As a reminder, you can find guidelines & FAQ on our website, as well as the list of participating publishers and a lot more. The link is in our bio!

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

46,000 words, a weather report, and a Happy Mother’s Day wish! #amwriting #wip #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

More greatest Matt Roy hits for National Poetry Month. #poetry #poem #amwriting #writeandgrind

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It’s a *contrapuntal* poem, to be read as two individual poems/columns, or across as one unified poem.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Posting this as a reminder to Future Me (and Future You!) #wip #amquerying #amwriting #writeandgrind

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

National Poetry Month! Here’s my #poem “I’ve Watched the World and You” in @penumbricmag.bsky.social a couple of years ago. (pg 70 in the PDF) #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

And they’re already calling up the understudies.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy National Poetry Month! Here’s one of mine, from Issue 13 of @havenspec.bsky.social “Tell Me the Story of Something Ending,” which also opens my #speculative #poetry chapbook “You & Me & the End of the World” #amquerying #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind havenspec.com/poetry/tell-...

havenspec.com

Tell Me the Story of Something Ending, Haven Spec Magazine

"Tell Me the Story of Something Ending" by Matthew Roy

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I’m hitting “like,” but it’s like in solidarity, not because I think this is great.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Some pics from #NoKings today. I didn’t take any pics of protestors, because I always look like a narc, but there were a lot of awesome people there.

Sidewalk chalk that reads “Power to the Peaceful! No kings!”

Graffiti on a bus stop that reads “Trump is a perv”

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Used to be Superbass. Workshopping a new one.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Was just having a conversation about jar collection.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It was one of only a handful of things I’ve ever read that actually made me feel more empowered to write. So thank you so much for that.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Also, I’ve not found a good place to insert this, but I received Dreyer’s English as a gift recent and got so much out of reading it. I’m late to the party, but it was a great, helpful, insightful read! Thank you for putting it out into the world!

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Gorgeous! And those stairs are incredible.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Good God I didn’t even know that was a thing. Ugh. Well done, sir.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

My coworker and I have an agreement we each get three “sorry’s” a day. It used to be five. We are weaning ourselves off of them.

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Matthew Roy @mattroywriter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I feel like your answer still works.

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