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
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February 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
#questpit
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. #W #A #T #LF
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. #W #A #T #LF
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
#questpit
MERCENARY NATION
*Very* #W short story collection following interconnected characters trying to make it in a gig economy at the end of the American Dream.
Includes a ride share-driving priest, a couple of wedding singers, two young men running late for a union meeting, and others. #LF
MERCENARY NATION
*Very* #W short story collection following interconnected characters trying to make it in a gig economy at the end of the American Dream.
Includes a ride share-driving priest, a couple of wedding singers, two young men running late for a union meeting, and others. #LF
January 31, 2026 at 2:52 PM
#questpit
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. #Q #A #s #LF
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. #Q #A #s #LF
January 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM
#WIPSnips
“She rounded the church in her canoe.
Gargoyles, unnoticed in all the times she’d driven past the church in normal times, loomed and leered, perched on a jagged rooftop, ready to swoop down on her, predatory.”
#amwriting #writerscommunit #writesky #writeandgrind
“She rounded the church in her canoe.
Gargoyles, unnoticed in all the times she’d driven past the church in normal times, loomed and leered, perched on a jagged rooftop, ready to swoop down on her, predatory.”
#amwriting #writerscommunit #writesky #writeandgrind
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
#WIPSnips
“She rounded the church in her canoe.
Gargoyles, unnoticed in all the times she’d driven past the church in normal times, loomed and leered, perched on a jagged rooftop, ready to swoop down on her, predatory.”
#amwriting #writerscommunit #writesky #writeandgrind
“She rounded the church in her canoe.
Gargoyles, unnoticed in all the times she’d driven past the church in normal times, loomed and leered, perched on a jagged rooftop, ready to swoop down on her, predatory.”
#amwriting #writerscommunit #writesky #writeandgrind
Been trying hard to make #writeandgrind a thing.
January 25, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Been trying hard to make #writeandgrind a thing.
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Reposted by Matthew Roy
The phrase “dying in the arms of your situationship” just appeared in my head and why does it describe all my fictional ships.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The phrase “dying in the arms of your situationship” just appeared in my head and why does it describe all my fictional ships.
Anybody else try to be extra quiet so as not to wake their poor sleeping dog when they are part of the #5amwritersclub?
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #writeandgrind
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #writeandgrind
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Anybody else try to be extra quiet so as not to wake their poor sleeping dog when they are part of the #5amwritersclub?
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #writeandgrind
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #writeandgrind
For better or worse, I write my stories out of order, then stitch the scenes together as I develop the draft.
Today was a day of good stitching.
#novel #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
Today was a day of good stitching.
#novel #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
January 18, 2026 at 10:09 PM
For better or worse, I write my stories out of order, then stitch the scenes together as I develop the draft.
Today was a day of good stitching.
#novel #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
Today was a day of good stitching.
#novel #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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.
#bluepit📖 #A #C #W
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.
#bluepit📖 #A #C #W
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
January 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
MERCENARY NATION
*Very* WIP short story collection following interconnected characters trying to make it in a gig economy at the end of the American Dream.
Includes a ride share-driving priest, a couple of wedding singers, two young men running late for a union meeting, and others.
#bluepit📖 #A #W
*Very* WIP short story collection following interconnected characters trying to make it in a gig economy at the end of the American Dream.
Includes a ride share-driving priest, a couple of wedding singers, two young men running late for a union meeting, and others.
#bluepit📖 #A #W
January 13, 2026 at 11:27 AM
“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.
#bluepit📖 #A #PO #SP #Q #writerscommunity #writesky
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.
#bluepit📖 #A #PO #SP #Q #writerscommunity #writesky
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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.
#bluepit📖 #A #C #W
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.
#bluepit📖 #A #C #W
January 13, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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.
#bluepit📖 #A #C #W
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.
#bluepit📖 #A #C #W
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 #F #Q
January 13, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Reposted by Matthew Roy
Hey, #WIPSnips, mark your calendar!
#WSPit returns February 25th, 2026
This is an Author Hype Event
WIPSnips is already great with hype, but this gives you a chance to pitch your work as a whole, published work included.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WSPit returns February 25th, 2026
This is an Author Hype Event
WIPSnips is already great with hype, but this gives you a chance to pitch your work as a whole, published work included.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Hey, #WIPSnips, mark your calendar!
#WSPit returns February 25th, 2026
This is an Author Hype Event
WIPSnips is already great with hype, but this gives you a chance to pitch your work as a whole, published work included.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WSPit returns February 25th, 2026
This is an Author Hype Event
WIPSnips is already great with hype, but this gives you a chance to pitch your work as a whole, published work included.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Hey there, #BluePit and #BluePitHype - here are my go-to images for my #WIP Bruticus, a modern #retelling of Julius Caesar mashed up with a heist novel. #crime #play #theatre
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #WriteandGrind
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #WriteandGrind
January 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Hey there, #BluePit and #BluePitHype - here are my go-to images for my #WIP Bruticus, a modern #retelling of Julius Caesar mashed up with a heist novel. #crime #play #theatre
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #WriteandGrind
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #WriteandGrind
Hi #BluePit - here is my go-to image for MOTHER OF MONSTERS, my #myth #retelling novel, currently #querying
The image isHercules in battle with Cerberus the Hound of the Underworld.
#BluePitHype #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
The image isHercules in battle with Cerberus the Hound of the Underworld.
#BluePitHype #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Hi #BluePit - here is my go-to image for MOTHER OF MONSTERS, my #myth #retelling novel, currently #querying
The image isHercules in battle with Cerberus the Hound of the Underworld.
#BluePitHype #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
The image isHercules in battle with Cerberus the Hound of the Underworld.
#BluePitHype #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
Hi #BluePit I’m Matt & I write fiction & poetry, mainly speculative stuff. I’ve been inspired by so many writers, from Kurt Vonnegut to, lately, Claudia Rankine & Danez Smith. I’ve always wanted to write & I’m throwing myself into it these days!
#BluePitHype
#Writesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
#BluePitHype
#Writesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
Welcome to the first day of #BluePitHype! It's only 5 days to #BluePit on January 13th! So, join us for our Q&A!
DAY ONE: Introductions
Tell us who you are! Make some new friends!
We can't wait to meet you and your stories!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying
DAY ONE: Introductions
Tell us who you are! Make some new friends!
We can't wait to meet you and your stories!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying
January 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Hi #BluePit I’m Matt & I write fiction & poetry, mainly speculative stuff. I’ve been inspired by so many writers, from Kurt Vonnegut to, lately, Claudia Rankine & Danez Smith. I’ve always wanted to write & I’m throwing myself into it these days!
#BluePitHype
#Writesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
#BluePitHype
#Writesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying