Matthew Roy
@mattroywriter.bsky.social
Writer and poet. Mainly speculative/genre stuff. Querying MOTHER OF MONSTERS, my first novel. Banging away at the second. he/him
https://matthewstevenroy.wixsite.com/matthewroywriter
https://matthewstevenroy.wixsite.com/matthewroywriter
The BerenSTEIN Bears (serious Mandela Effect vibes), and specifically The Space Grizzlies book, which lit my imagination like no other. #Bookvember
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The BerenSTEIN Bears (serious Mandela Effect vibes), and specifically The Space Grizzlies book, which lit my imagination like no other. #Bookvember
Big couple of months! My #poem “Kal-El on the Beat” is in the latest issue of So It Goes! #poetry #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Big couple of months! My #poem “Kal-El on the Beat” is in the latest issue of So It Goes! #poetry #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
September 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Word count and weather update on the novel WIP. A slow slog but made some progress on a couple of tricky scenes today. #amwriting #writeandgrind #writesky
September 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Word count and weather update on the novel WIP. A slow slog but made some progress on a couple of tricky scenes today. #amwriting #writeandgrind #writesky
August 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Scattershot writing morning. Dusted off a short story from 2015 (it’s not bad, but does need work) and a couple of poems. Gonna dig into the novel.
Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
August 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Scattershot writing morning. Dusted off a short story from 2015 (it’s not bad, but does need work) and a couple of poems. Gonna dig into the novel.
Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
Late start to the writing this morning but that’s okay. Time to hit it. #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky
July 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Late start to the writing this morning but that’s okay. Time to hit it. #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky
BRUTICUS #bluepit📖 #A #C #W
Julius Caesar x Triple 9
A group of crooked cops, in debt to the mob, plan one final heist. To create a distraction, they plot to kill the up-and-coming fellow officer who stands in their way. A modern, gender-swapped retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina.
Julius Caesar x Triple 9
A group of crooked cops, in debt to the mob, plan one final heist. To create a distraction, they plot to kill the up-and-coming fellow officer who stands in their way. A modern, gender-swapped retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina.
July 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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. #bluepit📖 #A #SP #Q
July 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I will never not share this poem.
July 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I will never not share this poem.
VERY excited that I’ve got a couple of poems to be featured in upcoming issues if So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum*Library! #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writesky
July 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
VERY excited that I’ve got a couple of poems to be featured in upcoming issues if So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum*Library! #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writesky
Sunday #writing refreshments and part (of a big) currently-reading pile #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sunday #writing refreshments and part (of a big) currently-reading pile #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
With a couple of legends @mobotgarden.bsky.social - Henry Shaw and Cam!
June 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
With a couple of legends @mobotgarden.bsky.social - Henry Shaw and Cam!
April 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
An off and on writing day, but I managed to squeeze out another 1,000 words on the second novel. It was tough today but I’m calling it a win. #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #wip #writesky
March 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
An off and on writing day, but I managed to squeeze out another 1,000 words on the second novel. It was tough today but I’m calling it a win. #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #wip #writesky
Tattoo is healing nicely and the beard is back (for now). A waitress asked me last night if I hung drywall for a living. How could I not love that question?
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tattoo is healing nicely and the beard is back (for now). A waitress asked me last night if I hung drywall for a living. How could I not love that question?
March 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
March 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“They pulled up the plaza, the crowd already dispersing. Juniper opened the passenger door and puked onto the pavement. He spit a few times then sat back in his seat and pulled the door shut. The car smelled like shoe polish.
He groaned.
‘Shit, we missed it.’”
#WIPSnips #amwriting #writeandgrind
He groaned.
‘Shit, we missed it.’”
#WIPSnips #amwriting #writeandgrind
March 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“They pulled up the plaza, the crowd already dispersing. Juniper opened the passenger door and puked onto the pavement. He spit a few times then sat back in his seat and pulled the door shut. The car smelled like shoe polish.
He groaned.
‘Shit, we missed it.’”
#WIPSnips #amwriting #writeandgrind
He groaned.
‘Shit, we missed it.’”
#WIPSnips #amwriting #writeandgrind
“So it goes” is a repeated line from my favorite novel, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
It’s also the name of the first journal to ever publish my writing, back in 2020.
I can also be found in the latest issue, which arrived the same day I got this done. (Encore Tattoo in St Louis)
It’s also the name of the first journal to ever publish my writing, back in 2020.
I can also be found in the latest issue, which arrived the same day I got this done. (Encore Tattoo in St Louis)
March 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“So it goes” is a repeated line from my favorite novel, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
It’s also the name of the first journal to ever publish my writing, back in 2020.
I can also be found in the latest issue, which arrived the same day I got this done. (Encore Tattoo in St Louis)
It’s also the name of the first journal to ever publish my writing, back in 2020.
I can also be found in the latest issue, which arrived the same day I got this done. (Encore Tattoo in St Louis)
Contributor copy arrived today! Honored to get to contribute to the latest issue! #vonnegut #writing #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Contributor copy arrived today! Honored to get to contribute to the latest issue! #vonnegut #writing #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife
#ScribbledSheroes from my #wip BRUTICUS
“She stood, stumbled, began to walk, dragging a leg behind her. She lifted her gun, panning.
‘I can do all things through Him who strengthens me…’ she whispered.”
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #writeandgrind #writing #novel #amquerying
“She stood, stumbled, began to walk, dragging a leg behind her. She lifted her gun, panning.
‘I can do all things through Him who strengthens me…’ she whispered.”
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #writeandgrind #writing #novel #amquerying
March 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#ScribbledSheroes from my #wip BRUTICUS
“She stood, stumbled, began to walk, dragging a leg behind her. She lifted her gun, panning.
‘I can do all things through Him who strengthens me…’ she whispered.”
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #writeandgrind #writing #novel #amquerying
“She stood, stumbled, began to walk, dragging a leg behind her. She lifted her gun, panning.
‘I can do all things through Him who strengthens me…’ she whispered.”
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #writeandgrind #writing #novel #amquerying
March 15 you can find my latest work in So It Goes from the #Vonnegut Museum & Library #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #SoItGoes
March 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
March 15 you can find my latest work in So It Goes from the #Vonnegut Museum & Library #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #SoItGoes