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G.M. Gray
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Writer. Artist. Gun metal gray.

I am writing queer normative sci-fi blending literature, genre, and weeby anime fun!

https://linktr.ee/gmgraywrites
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G.M. Gray @gmgray.bsky.social · 1d
Hey all, for anyone who follows me and somehow doesn't know yet, I write and illustrate my own queer normative space opera light novel series, Triple Strike!

www.akula-games.com/projects/tri...

I also have a Discord:
discord.com/invite/HtDtV...

And a mailing list:
eepurl.com/iJTQLg
The front and back cover of the first volume of the Triple Strike light novel. The cover is a picture of Sven and Alan on the bridge. Sven, a purple-haired elf looking guy is seated in the captain's chair and has an iguana on his shoulder. Alan, a human, stands behind him with one hand in his pocket and one hand on the pommel of his sword, which is sheathed and pressed into the ground. Sven is grinning up at him, while Alan smiles tolerantly down at him. A promotional image featuring all four covers of the Triple Strike series: Threads of Fate, Pasts Revisited, A Gathering Storm, Threads Unbound. Beside these images is the title "Triple Strike: A space opera light novel" followed by a list of tropes: Found Family Queer Normative Sunshine x Grumpy World-building Focused Political Intrigue Oblivious Ace Problems Ensemble Cast Swashbuckling Banter Occasional Space Furries A mood board with a background of stars titled "Triple Strike" in purple letters. There are eight images total. The top left is the largest, and it features a schooner sailing across what appears to be a sea of stars into a nebula. It may just be a reflection on the ocean as well. Next to this image are a sequence of three, small images. The top image shows an illustration of a smiling woman's face with dark skin and curly blonde hair against a background of flowers. She has a red bandanna. The next shows the hilt of a silver basket-hilt rapier on a background of wood. The third shows the bottom half of a ma'jenn's face. They have curling ram's horns, silver dreadlocks with bells intertwined in them, and dark skin. They are wearing a blue tunic decorated with silver embroidery. The next image on the middle left is a stock image of a map strewn with money, an old camera, a magnifying glass, and a passport. The image on the middle right is an illustration of Alan and Sven from Triple Strike. They are lying on a bed smiling at each other. Alan has darker skin and brown hair. He is shirtless. Sven has pale skin, lavender hair, and green eyes. On the bottom left, is another illustration from Triple Strike. It is Alan shirtless looking over his shoulder. He has his hair pulled up, and he is sweating. His dragon tattoo on his shoulder is readily visible. On the bottom right is a picture of a landscape with the Milky Way visible in the night sky. The cover of a Dark Fantasy and Sci-Fi anthology called Campfire at the Crossroads with stories by Elly Call, Kathyrn Danette, Bridgette Day, Marlena Dutch, and G.M. Gray. The cover is a stylized picture of flames coming from a campfire in orange, yellow and green.
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Hi dear, Our life has become a cycle of cold nights and hungry days 💔.
We try to stay hopeful.

But each day becomes harder 🍉.
Our tent can’t protect us from winter’s brutality, and we’re losing strength.
Your help might be the blessing that keeps us going.

We need your support and help.
Please consider making a donation 💚
Your support can help us rebuild, heal, and find hope again after all we’ve endured.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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ddwardiswriting.bsky.social
If you wish your magical girl stories hit harder and were gayer, I made The Plight of the Last Paladin for you!

www.patreon.com/collection/1...
The plight of the last paladin in a heartbroken world. A woman in armor flies on wings of fire
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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abdicatedblood.bsky.social
Fly High Sink Deeper is a sci-fi series set in the 5030s. A story about women who love women learning who they are, who they want to be, and how to use that to destroy a fascist theocracy. Drama, humor and horror, all wrapped in a compelling far future setting!
zii-nanre.itch.io
Fly High, Sink Deeper
Visit Amazon's Fly High, Sink Deeper Page and shop for all Fly High, Sink Deeper books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Fly High, Sink Deeper
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February 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
gmgray.bsky.social
#Novmember 25

The hive mind aliens in Triple Strike are peaceful and quite tolerant of other starfaring species.

On a less intellectual side, Sven and Alan have an age gap, but everyone, including Alan, forgets that Sven is older than him, because it's really not obvious by how they act 😅
sagetgreene.bsky.social Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 1d
#Novmemeber 25

Anti-tropes: what are some tropes that you've purposefully avoided in your WIP? OR, are there any tropes that you've put a twist on?
25. Anti-tropes (tropes you've purposely avoided or put a twist?) A prompt game for the month of November, titled #Novmemeber (as in meme). Hosted by @sagetgreene.bsky.social . The bottom says "Have fun, interact, and remember alt text!" There is a silly emoji face with wild eyes and tongue sticking out, and some fall-style leaves in the corners.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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sayaashrah.bsky.social
Hey, folks, here's The Sanctuary for Fractured Souls, the game we built for the Game Writing SIG Arcjam!

A magical storm threatens the inn you built as a haven for mythical beings, and you must uncover who's behind it before it destroys it all!

caitlin-eger.itch.io/the-sanctuar...

#GameWriting
The Sanctuary for Fractured Souls by Caitlin Eger, Chiara
Play in your browser
caitlin-eger.itch.io
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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valwrites.ca
There's love, and then there's one of your beta readers leaving a fantastic review of your book to inaugurate its entry to Storygraph and Goodreads.

Whatever that is, it's better than love.

app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews...

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
This book is currently being funded through Backerit until December 3: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/... The best thing about this book was how unabashedly *too much* it was. The humor was outrageous, the worldbuilding was at once familiar and entirely outlandish (like, we've got magic fantasy elf fairy unicorn-land literally merging with our universe, where humanity has become overrun with cyberpunk-y space-faring mega-corps and has fled earth to live on one of jupiter's moons. there are giant mushroom forests and a weird trippy spirit realm. who DOES that?), the sapphic romance was so full of heart - but the NSFW content was also entirely crass and hilarious. The grandiose robed wizards were suitably grandiose, the capitalist hellscape was capitalist hellscape-ing, the nefarious ceo was def hitting all the evil villain marks, and the spaceships and spells alike were firing off so quickly that i could barely keep up. There was a magic phoenix motorbike who only communicates in emojis. The fight scenes made me feel like I was watching an anime. Everything about this book was done so, so sincerely, and yet it was all so fucking entertaining. I couldn't stop smiling while I was reading it. This was so great, and so funny, and so one-of-a-kind. (also quite NSFW in some parts, just as a warning haha) TL;DR think yurified John wick in space. With elves.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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audconnelly.bsky.social
i sold 2 books this month and one was a paperback of CONSORT AND I to someone in germany!! 😱 it's so interesting to think about how far from home our stories can travel. especially as a physical copy! surreal.

taking this as a sign from the universe to include a link for once.
The Consort and I
Amazon.com: The Consort and I: 9798316068012: Connelly, Aud: Books
www.amazon.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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laikalgagarin.bsky.social
Well in other news, Im starting up a Thanksgiving day sale, my books are ~50% off this week!
Theres gonna be another around christmas too!
itch.io/s/169427/tha...
Thanksgiving Week Sale by LaikaLGagarin
A bundle by LaikaLGagarin, $4.50 for #1 Cosmonaut, #2 Cosmonaut: The Lunar Wars
itch.io
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
gmgray.bsky.social
The funniest thing about when/how Alan lost his virginity in TS is:
1) Colin has been in love with Alan since academy
2) Colin and Alan fake dated in the academy
3) Colin has to comfort Alan when things immediately Go Wrong the next day

He was the best of homies, he was the worst of homies. Colin!
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week!

Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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clh2oars.bsky.social
You don't have to trust social medias to hear from me! Depending on what you prefer, there are two good ways to stay in touch 💚

Patreon: patreon.com/claudiearseneault
Newsletter: buttondown.com/ClaudieArsen...
Stay in Touch Patreon (ramble hours): free members get biweekly updates on projects and life, paid members get all extras, sneak peeks, essays! Newsletter (short & straightforward): big releases, cover reveals, and important updates. Sales, bundles, and other discounts.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
gmgray.bsky.social
I'm about to be busy with holiday stuff, so I think I just gotta pull the trigger and get these sent off to the printer, so I have cards as merch for some upcoming events...
A pink card with two creatures that look a lot like cassowaries (they are called kiyu-kiyu in Triple Strike) jumping and screaming at the sky much like how emus play. Purple, pink and blue confetti falls around them and the card says "Ain't no party like a Terror Bird Party" in fun fonts. A picture of Natalia from Triple Strike in an orange coat and hat lined with light gray ruffs. She has a darker orange scarf on and she's holding a steaming mug as she smiles at the camera. It is done as a portrait with a border around her. A picture of Sven and Alan from Triple Strike on a purple card with leaves and flowers inlaid in white. Sven is on the upper right side of the card, leaning back against his elbows and grins down at Alan. Alan is on the bottom left side of the card and he has one leg slightly raised, chin pressed against one hand as he smiles back up at Sven. They have a red string going between their pinkies forming two hearts as it swirls between them. The text says "Love is Love" in cursive font across the whole card.
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
gmgray.bsky.social
Hey all, for anyone who follows me and somehow doesn't know yet, I write and illustrate my own queer normative space opera light novel series, Triple Strike!

www.akula-games.com/projects/tri...

I also have a Discord:
discord.com/invite/HtDtV...

And a mailing list:
eepurl.com/iJTQLg
The front and back cover of the first volume of the Triple Strike light novel. The cover is a picture of Sven and Alan on the bridge. Sven, a purple-haired elf looking guy is seated in the captain's chair and has an iguana on his shoulder. Alan, a human, stands behind him with one hand in his pocket and one hand on the pommel of his sword, which is sheathed and pressed into the ground. Sven is grinning up at him, while Alan smiles tolerantly down at him. A promotional image featuring all four covers of the Triple Strike series: Threads of Fate, Pasts Revisited, A Gathering Storm, Threads Unbound. Beside these images is the title "Triple Strike: A space opera light novel" followed by a list of tropes: Found Family Queer Normative Sunshine x Grumpy World-building Focused Political Intrigue Oblivious Ace Problems Ensemble Cast Swashbuckling Banter Occasional Space Furries A mood board with a background of stars titled "Triple Strike" in purple letters. There are eight images total. The top left is the largest, and it features a schooner sailing across what appears to be a sea of stars into a nebula. It may just be a reflection on the ocean as well. Next to this image are a sequence of three, small images. The top image shows an illustration of a smiling woman's face with dark skin and curly blonde hair against a background of flowers. She has a red bandanna. The next shows the hilt of a silver basket-hilt rapier on a background of wood. The third shows the bottom half of a ma'jenn's face. They have curling ram's horns, silver dreadlocks with bells intertwined in them, and dark skin. They are wearing a blue tunic decorated with silver embroidery. The next image on the middle left is a stock image of a map strewn with money, an old camera, a magnifying glass, and a passport. The image on the middle right is an illustration of Alan and Sven from Triple Strike. They are lying on a bed smiling at each other. Alan has darker skin and brown hair. He is shirtless. Sven has pale skin, lavender hair, and green eyes. On the bottom left, is another illustration from Triple Strike. It is Alan shirtless looking over his shoulder. He has his hair pulled up, and he is sweating. His dragon tattoo on his shoulder is readily visible. On the bottom right is a picture of a landscape with the Milky Way visible in the night sky. The cover of a Dark Fantasy and Sci-Fi anthology called Campfire at the Crossroads with stories by Elly Call, Kathyrn Danette, Bridgette Day, Marlena Dutch, and G.M. Gray. The cover is a stylized picture of flames coming from a campfire in orange, yellow and green.
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
gmgray.bsky.social
If you see this, QTP with an anime that has an awesome theme song 🎶
#anime #promosky #animesky

Godzilla Singular Point is So. Good. Everyone is way too normal about it, and it needs so much more love than it gets 😭
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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ddwardiswriting.bsky.social
Christmas is coming up. And I want to take a moment to tell you all that now is the best time to sign up for an artist or writer's Patreon.

I have a day job. But a lot of creatives rely entirely on the income from their creative work. Even one dollar to a creative can make a huge difference.
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
gmgray.bsky.social
#NovemberWorldbuilders Day 24

Alan's great-grandfather is arguably the most famous pirate in pyrean history, and the series starts because Alan has Tristan's sword. Tristan is still alive, but he gave his sabre to his granddaughter when he retired. After she died, Tristan went full hermit.
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 2d
#NovemberWorldbuilders Let's talk about how the world's history directly impacts your main character (or some other important character in the world you're developing). Do they have an important ancestor? Was there a specific event, say a war or diaspora, that impacted their current life?
#NovemberWorldbuilders prompt card Hosted by Kira of the Wind Week 4: HISTORY 24. An event/ancestor directly connected to your MC or another important character The image in the background is a blurred picture of a foresty/rocky landscape with lightning and a mountain in the background
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
gmgray.bsky.social
Alan prefers to keep his hair long enough to pull back in a ponytail. He'd keep it even longer if not for regulation reasons. Alan would deny caring, but he's 100% fussy about his appearance. Sven cuts his own hair if that's not obvious.

(Picture of their first meeting for reference lol).
An illustration of how Sven and Alan met. Alan has shoulder length brown hair pulled into a short ponytail, bangs spilling around his face. He's behind Sven, holding his sword to Sven throat, while Sven smiles up at him as if amused. Sven has a mess of spiky hair, longer on the right side than the left and held back by a bandana.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
gmgray.bsky.social
A movie that takes place where you’re from
Poster for the 1990 movie, Slacker.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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lillyshields.bsky.social
My Birthday is in a few weeks, I’ve had a lot of ups and downs this year and I’m still worried what is to come. If you wanna make it a special birthday I have my throne throne.com/lillyshields otherwise a nice message on my birthday is always nice 😊
Lilly Shields - Wishlist | Throne
Send Lilly Shields gifts via Throne. Browse Lilly Shields's wishlist and support your favorite creator safely.
throne.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
gmgray.bsky.social
Drop some UNIQUE HAIR 👨‍🎤 🖤 👩‍🎤

(Sorry, gotta shamelessly self-promote Sven for this one :P)
A picture of Sven sitting before an empty beer smiling in a shocked way. He has purple hair that is shaggy and shoulder length on the right side and shorter and spiky on the left. It's held back by a gray bandana. In a thought bubble, he wonders, "Am..I an alien?"
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
gmgray.bsky.social
Went to the Books and Friends Bookish Market and picked up a bunch of books and zines! Including a rare, gratuitous selfie of my outfit because I got so many compliments while I was out. Overalls: queer catnip 😂.
A collection of books and zines on a table. My Dreams Come True and Blood of the Black Thorn by Rocio Carranza, The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace by Megan Okonsky, the zine All Work and No Play by Ripley Larue, and the zine literary review The Sneaky Ottoman Review Fall Issue 2025. A selfie of me in a red turtleneck and overalls.
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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magicariot.com
A reminder that I have a new book full of gay and trans magical girls and hot sorceresses and creepy tech people and lesbianism and big action sequences and Portland indie rock band vibes and a trans elder magical girl and a cool agender hacker!

magicariot.com/fullbloom
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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danifinnwrites.bsky.social
Murderbot X The Machine Mandate X Monk and Robot
danifinnwrites.bsky.social Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 3d
I’m using every available bit of energy—which admittedly is not all that much—to get this baby ready for you.

It’s a weird mix of light and thoughtful, sexy and head-trippy, and just all-around fun!

A planetary adventure.

With mechanical lesbians.

And a <redacted redacted>.

Coming soon!
TERRA FLUX a planetary adventure dani Finn The cover shows a mechanical woman with ling hair against a retro neon background
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
gmgray.bsky.social
My partner was on Windows 11 (I'm still on 10), and he moved to Fedora yesterday. Got almost everything working (ZBrush and Adobe are still big question marks), but the wildest part is that his frame rate in games *has gone up* by like 20+ fps. Linux is a strict performance increase? What even...
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM