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
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Matthew Roy
@mattroywriter.bsky.social
· Jul 13
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
Setting the clock back an hour = more #writing time! #5amwritersclub
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Setting the clock back an hour = more #writing time! #5amwritersclub
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
Very excited my short story “Waiting for the Man” will appear in @talestoterrify.bsky.social
More details to come! #amwriting #amquerying #horror #writeandgrind #writesky
More details to come! #amwriting #amquerying #horror #writeandgrind #writesky
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Very excited my short story “Waiting for the Man” will appear in @talestoterrify.bsky.social
More details to come! #amwriting #amquerying #horror #writeandgrind #writesky
More details to come! #amwriting #amquerying #horror #writeandgrind #writesky
Check out the boys and me at Vast Chasm!
#amwriting #writing #amquerying #poem #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
#amwriting #writing #amquerying #poem #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
“Outside, I watch boys hang loose as marionettes / on a dying earth beneath a dying sun.”
— @mattroywriter.bsky.social, “I’m in Our Coffee Shop” in 25Q4
vastliterarypress.org/2025/10/18/2...
— @mattroywriter.bsky.social, “I’m in Our Coffee Shop” in 25Q4
vastliterarypress.org/2025/10/18/2...
I’m in Our Coffee Shop
The young man at the next table is evangelizingto another young man.He is arguing we might live in a simulation.Something about light not behaving intuitively.He’s on to Lazarus and The Screwtape L…
vastliterarypress.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Check out the boys and me at Vast Chasm!
#amwriting #writing #amquerying #poem #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
#amwriting #writing #amquerying #poem #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
Check out my poem “I’m in Our Coffee Shop” in the latest @vastchasmmag.bsky.social
#amwriting #poetry #amquerying #writercommunity #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
#amwriting #poetry #amquerying #writercommunity #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
It’s here! Throw your arms around Issue 16: explore the isolation and seek connection in the void.
It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
vastliterarypress.org/25q4/
It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
vastliterarypress.org/25q4/
25Q4
Editor’s Note For one reason or another (you can probably guess), I’ve been thinking about what it means to be disappeared, snatched up and vanished by larger forces in the world. I have this…
vastliterarypress.org
October 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Check out my poem “I’m in Our Coffee Shop” in the latest @vastchasmmag.bsky.social
#amwriting #poetry #amquerying #writercommunity #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
#amwriting #poetry #amquerying #writercommunity #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
VERY excited to appear in the upcoming Issue 16 of Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social
They’ve been amazing folks to work with.
Also, a fun throwback to one of my poems, featured in @havenspec.bsky.social in the link below!
#amwriting #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
They’ve been amazing folks to work with.
Also, a fun throwback to one of my poems, featured in @havenspec.bsky.social in the link below!
#amwriting #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
You’re going to want to grab a cup of coffee and enjoy new poetry from @mattroywriter.bsky.social, coming soon. In the meantime, sit by the campfire and “Tell Me the Story of Something Ending” @havenspec.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/tell-me-the-...
www.havenspec.com/tell-me-the-...
Tell Me the Story of Something Ending by Matthew Roy, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
VERY excited to appear in the upcoming Issue 16 of Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social
They’ve been amazing folks to work with.
Also, a fun throwback to one of my poems, featured in @havenspec.bsky.social in the link below!
#amwriting #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
They’ve been amazing folks to work with.
Also, a fun throwback to one of my poems, featured in @havenspec.bsky.social in the link below!
#amwriting #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
#WIPSnips
Clapping citizens lined the long concourse.
A Hero’s Welcome. A Hero’s Triumph.
Cinnamon looked back at Cash and they both looked back at Juniper. Cinnamon looked devastated, tears in his eyes. Cash looked shell-shocked.
Juniper nodded. Swallowed. Nodded again.
“Okay,” he whispered.
Clapping citizens lined the long concourse.
A Hero’s Welcome. A Hero’s Triumph.
Cinnamon looked back at Cash and they both looked back at Juniper. Cinnamon looked devastated, tears in his eyes. Cash looked shell-shocked.
Juniper nodded. Swallowed. Nodded again.
“Okay,” he whispered.
October 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#WIPSnips
Clapping citizens lined the long concourse.
A Hero’s Welcome. A Hero’s Triumph.
Cinnamon looked back at Cash and they both looked back at Juniper. Cinnamon looked devastated, tears in his eyes. Cash looked shell-shocked.
Juniper nodded. Swallowed. Nodded again.
“Okay,” he whispered.
Clapping citizens lined the long concourse.
A Hero’s Welcome. A Hero’s Triumph.
Cinnamon looked back at Cash and they both looked back at Juniper. Cinnamon looked devastated, tears in his eyes. Cash looked shell-shocked.
Juniper nodded. Swallowed. Nodded again.
“Okay,” he whispered.
October 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
#WIPSnips
“Officer Longue, I saw you pocket something just now. What was it?”
Gas Can turned to face her. “That was nothing, ma’am. I dropped some gum while searching the suspect.”
“Gum?”
“Gum.”
“Can I see it?”
“Am I under arrest, Captain César?”
“Just a friendly request, Officer Longue.”
“Officer Longue, I saw you pocket something just now. What was it?”
Gas Can turned to face her. “That was nothing, ma’am. I dropped some gum while searching the suspect.”
“Gum?”
“Gum.”
“Can I see it?”
“Am I under arrest, Captain César?”
“Just a friendly request, Officer Longue.”
October 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#WIPSnips
“Officer Longue, I saw you pocket something just now. What was it?”
Gas Can turned to face her. “That was nothing, ma’am. I dropped some gum while searching the suspect.”
“Gum?”
“Gum.”
“Can I see it?”
“Am I under arrest, Captain César?”
“Just a friendly request, Officer Longue.”
“Officer Longue, I saw you pocket something just now. What was it?”
Gas Can turned to face her. “That was nothing, ma’am. I dropped some gum while searching the suspect.”
“Gum?”
“Gum.”
“Can I see it?”
“Am I under arrest, Captain César?”
“Just a friendly request, Officer Longue.”
October 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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
Got to record another #poetry reading last night. It’ll go live (with the poem) next month. Stand by!
#amwriting #writeandgrind #amquerying #writesky
#amwriting #writeandgrind #amquerying #writesky
September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Got to record another #poetry reading last night. It’ll go live (with the poem) next month. Stand by!
#amwriting #writeandgrind #amquerying #writesky
#amwriting #writeandgrind #amquerying #writesky
Hmm, he’s singing about undying love? Is it for a girl or *from* Jesus?
I love listening to local stations when traveling cross country and playing “Is it a Rock station or a *Christian* Rock station?” Time always tells.
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hmm, he’s singing about undying love? Is it for a girl or *from* Jesus?
I love listening to local stations when traveling cross country and playing “Is it a Rock station or a *Christian* Rock station?” Time always tells.
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I love listening to local stations when traveling cross country and playing “Is it a Rock station or a *Christian* Rock station?” Time always tells.
#WIPSnips
“Cash Money finished his beer and debated having one more. As it was, it was gonna be an iffy drive home, but another beer would be nice. He shook his head, tossed some bills on the bar, and stood to leave.
Thoughts of the past stayed with him.
It was going to be a long night.” #writing
“Cash Money finished his beer and debated having one more. As it was, it was gonna be an iffy drive home, but another beer would be nice. He shook his head, tossed some bills on the bar, and stood to leave.
Thoughts of the past stayed with him.
It was going to be a long night.” #writing
September 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Matthew Roy
Good morning. Hope something good happens to you today. Hope you have time create. Turn up the music and do the thing.
September 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Good morning. Hope something good happens to you today. Hope you have time create. Turn up the music and do the thing.
#WIPSnips
“The goon patted him down, rough hands checking his armpits and waist, looking for a hidden weapon. Cash sighed when the goon found the snub nose holstered at his ankle.
The goon took the revolver, opened the chamber, dumped the bullets into his hand, and threw them into the dark.”
“The goon patted him down, rough hands checking his armpits and waist, looking for a hidden weapon. Cash sighed when the goon found the snub nose holstered at his ankle.
The goon took the revolver, opened the chamber, dumped the bullets into his hand, and threw them into the dark.”
August 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#WIPSnips
“The goon patted him down, rough hands checking his armpits and waist, looking for a hidden weapon. Cash sighed when the goon found the snub nose holstered at his ankle.
The goon took the revolver, opened the chamber, dumped the bullets into his hand, and threw them into the dark.”
“The goon patted him down, rough hands checking his armpits and waist, looking for a hidden weapon. Cash sighed when the goon found the snub nose holstered at his ankle.
The goon took the revolver, opened the chamber, dumped the bullets into his hand, and threw them into the dark.”
Cringe with me as I watch myself read my poem, “Funeral for a Veteran,” now appearing in @quarterpress.bsky.social and check out the latest volume of The Quarter(ly)!
#amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #poem
#amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #poem
With mattroywriter.bsky 's poem, "Funeral for a Veteran," we get to see the author this time around, too!
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#poems #poetry #poemoftheday #poetryread #poem #thequarterly #poetryreading
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#poems #poetry #poemoftheday #poetryread #poem #thequarterly #poetryreading
August 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Cringe with me as I watch myself read my poem, “Funeral for a Veteran,” now appearing in @quarterpress.bsky.social and check out the latest volume of The Quarter(ly)!
#amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #poem
#amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #poem
BRUTICUS
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 gender-swapped retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina.
#questpit #A #W #T #LF
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 gender-swapped retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina.
#questpit #A #W #T #LF
August 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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.
#questpit #Q #A #F #S #LF
#questpit #Q #A #F #S #LF
August 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Update: it’s REALLY freaking hard.
Stumbled upon Golden Shovel #poetry and now, of course, I’ve got to try my hand at one. #amwriting #writerslife #writesky #writeandgrind #5amwritersclub
Good morning!
Good morning!
August 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Update: it’s REALLY freaking hard.