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Roy Graham

@grayhaem.bsky.social

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fiction writer and story lead @ wizards of the coast / he/him / repped by Arley Sorg / opinions are my own and do not represent my employer https://www.roy-graham.com/

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · Aug 2

The great curse of my position at magic is having to look at a beautiful piece of prose absolutely dripping with insightful and intelligent character work and go “this is great, but it needs more vampires”

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 1d

people getting upset about gore in fiction is always funny to me. brother simply stop picturing it!

Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 2d

I am seated

Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 3d

which historical figures absolutely would have been twitch streamers if born in the modern age

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 7d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 5d

no way…grief? externalized into some kind of…….monster???

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 5d

FYI: Benedict Cumberbatch's grief takes on a monstrous form in the new trailer for THE THING WITH FEATHERS.

Grief Takes On A Fantastical Form In THE THING WITH FEATHERS Trailer

Benedict Cumberbatch's grief takes on a monstrous form in the new trailer for THE THING WITH FEATHERS.

dlvr.it

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 6d

pretty cool that physicists have finally proven the existence of faeries eager to lead lonesome travelers into their gloom-drenched netherworld

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 6d

In swamps and marshes, people occasionally see mysterious blue-tinged flashes of light above water, which have commonly been associated with ghosts or spirits. Now physicists may have finally worked out what causes them.

We may finally know what causes will-o’-the-wisps

Mysterious flashes of light seen in swamps and bogs could be caused by burning methane or other gases, ignited by sparks that fly between bubbles in water

www.newscientist.com

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 6d

will be at NYCC on Saturday if you wanna do some kind of complicated synchronized high-five

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 7d

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/10...

Submissions open for Brave New Weird volume 4 — tenebrous press

REMINDER: THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY Tenebrous Press presents the FOURTH (!!!) Annual Brave New Weird Awards—to reward and promote this unique blend of genres—and its accompanying antholog...

tenebrouspress.com

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 8d

anyway if you're wondering why everything is like this now, "Bad Company" by @greenwell.bsky.social is a good place to start

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 8d

private equity is ruining all your favorite things. good news though: it will also make some of the most useless people in the world a lot richer

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 8d

My colleagues at Bloomberg report that the $20 billion debt in the EA deal is expected to be rated single-B — meaning it is considered a "junk" loan, or one that is high-risk and speculative, typically offering high interest rates. Which the new EA will have to pay
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · 8d

Can't wait for EA to get picked apart for scrap while the most obsessive and confident consumers come up with reasons why this or that game or studio or person definitely deserved it for wokeness

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 9d

“I’m gonna steal your shit unless you specifically ask me not to in advance” be so for real dude

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 9d

some good company!!!

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 9d

The following weird fictioneers will appear in Weird Horror 12 early next year. @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rajivmote.bsky.social @russellnichols.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social

Blue, cyan-tinged photo of hazy, fog-topped trees with white text: Chloe N. Clark
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Rory Say
R.L. Summerling
D. Matthew Urban

Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 9d

Ohhhhhh! The Antidote by Karen Russell!

Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 10d

go birds

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 10d

hear that @magic.wizards.com

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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 10d

I never feel like I do enough at magiccon—never meet enough people, never play enough games, never talk enough about Magic. But if you were part of my latest attempt to do it all, you helped make this weekend very special, so thank you