Marc J Gregson
@mjgwrite.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Above the Black trilogy and BEHIND THE GLASS | 8th Grade ELA Teacher | Pre-order DOWNFALL!
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When you pre-order DOWNFALL from anywhere and fill out the form in my bio, you can receive:
-A signed bookplate
-A letter from me!
-A specialty collectible coin featuring 1 of 5 Monsters
Fill out the form today! 🔗 on my profile!
When you pre-order DOWNFALL from anywhere and fill out the form in my bio, you can receive:
-A signed bookplate
-A letter from me!
-A specialty collectible coin featuring 1 of 5 Monsters
Fill out the form today! 🔗 on my profile!
Top new release!
26 days until launch!
26 days until launch!
February 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Top new release!
26 days until launch!
26 days until launch!
I feel so incredibly lucky to be a published author and that, in just 28 days, I can celebrate the conclusion to a trilogy I first started thinking about in 2015.
February 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I feel so incredibly lucky to be a published author and that, in just 28 days, I can celebrate the conclusion to a trilogy I first started thinking about in 2015.
I write for myself, but I always hope other people need my stories and enjoy them as much as I do.
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I write for myself, but I always hope other people need my stories and enjoy them as much as I do.
My debut trilogy, the Above the Black, came out to a combined ~1400 pages and the audiobooks are a combined ~49 hours. 😀
February 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
My debut trilogy, the Above the Black, came out to a combined ~1400 pages and the audiobooks are a combined ~49 hours. 😀
We are less than 30 days from the release of DOWNFALL. Have you listened to the audiobooks for SKY’S END or AMONG SERPENTS yet?
They are incredible. I love them so much, and @vikasadam.bsky.social did such an amazing job narrating the series.
Published by Penguin Random Audio
They are incredible. I love them so much, and @vikasadam.bsky.social did such an amazing job narrating the series.
Published by Penguin Random Audio
February 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
We are less than 30 days from the release of DOWNFALL. Have you listened to the audiobooks for SKY’S END or AMONG SERPENTS yet?
They are incredible. I love them so much, and @vikasadam.bsky.social did such an amazing job narrating the series.
Published by Penguin Random Audio
They are incredible. I love them so much, and @vikasadam.bsky.social did such an amazing job narrating the series.
Published by Penguin Random Audio
Just learned that AMONG SERPENTS got longlisted for the Reading the West Book Awards!
February 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Just learned that AMONG SERPENTS got longlisted for the Reading the West Book Awards!
SKY'S END fan art!
A fan, Juliejo Gedge, sent me this art yesterday and it gave me a big smile. It's such a great feeling when my work inspires others to create art.
This scene is one of my favorites from the whole trilogy.
We have thirty days until DOWNFALL releases! Can you believe it?!
A fan, Juliejo Gedge, sent me this art yesterday and it gave me a big smile. It's such a great feeling when my work inspires others to create art.
This scene is one of my favorites from the whole trilogy.
We have thirty days until DOWNFALL releases! Can you believe it?!
February 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
SKY'S END fan art!
A fan, Juliejo Gedge, sent me this art yesterday and it gave me a big smile. It's such a great feeling when my work inspires others to create art.
This scene is one of my favorites from the whole trilogy.
We have thirty days until DOWNFALL releases! Can you believe it?!
A fan, Juliejo Gedge, sent me this art yesterday and it gave me a big smile. It's such a great feeling when my work inspires others to create art.
This scene is one of my favorites from the whole trilogy.
We have thirty days until DOWNFALL releases! Can you believe it?!
I was told today that SKY’S END was nominated for the Colorado Bruce Spruce Young Adult Book Award!
February 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I was told today that SKY’S END was nominated for the Colorado Bruce Spruce Young Adult Book Award!
Just finished the third draft of my next book.
I've juggled working on this one between working on DOWNFALL, BEHIND THE GLASS, and reviewing the SKY'S END screenplay.
I track my word count daily. 129 days of work to get to this point. I start the fourth draft tomorrow!
I've juggled working on this one between working on DOWNFALL, BEHIND THE GLASS, and reviewing the SKY'S END screenplay.
I track my word count daily. 129 days of work to get to this point. I start the fourth draft tomorrow!
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just finished the third draft of my next book.
I've juggled working on this one between working on DOWNFALL, BEHIND THE GLASS, and reviewing the SKY'S END screenplay.
I track my word count daily. 129 days of work to get to this point. I start the fourth draft tomorrow!
I've juggled working on this one between working on DOWNFALL, BEHIND THE GLASS, and reviewing the SKY'S END screenplay.
I track my word count daily. 129 days of work to get to this point. I start the fourth draft tomorrow!
For my students, I'm doing a raffle drawing where students can enter earned tickets to potentially win a signed set of the Above the Black trilogy, and I'm pulling the winner's ticket when DOWNFALL comes out on March 17th!
My students are so excited!
My students are so excited!
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
For my students, I'm doing a raffle drawing where students can enter earned tickets to potentially win a signed set of the Above the Black trilogy, and I'm pulling the winner's ticket when DOWNFALL comes out on March 17th!
My students are so excited!
My students are so excited!
Register for the DOWNFALL launch event in Salt Lake City with The King's English Bookshop.
March 17th, 2026 at 6:30pm!
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March 17th, 2026 at 6:30pm!
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Marc Gregson | Downfall
Join TKE and Marc Gregson to celebrate the explosive conclusion of the Above the Black fantasy trilogy, Downfall.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Register for the DOWNFALL launch event in Salt Lake City with The King's English Bookshop.
March 17th, 2026 at 6:30pm!
www.eventbrite.com/e/marc-gregs...
March 17th, 2026 at 6:30pm!
www.eventbrite.com/e/marc-gregs...
It's still quite unbelievable to me that after so many years of trying, and after all the rejections, by the end of this year I'll have FOUR books out between two publishers.
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
It's still quite unbelievable to me that after so many years of trying, and after all the rejections, by the end of this year I'll have FOUR books out between two publishers.
Today was one the good days in my author inbox. 😀
February 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Today was one the good days in my author inbox. 😀
We have decided to include a deleted scene from each book of the trilogy at the end of the ebook edition of DOWNFALL. You will not find these scenes anywhere else, and they are exclusive to DOWNFALL's ebook!
These scenes are raw and unedited, but I hope you love them!
These scenes are raw and unedited, but I hope you love them!
February 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
We have decided to include a deleted scene from each book of the trilogy at the end of the ebook edition of DOWNFALL. You will not find these scenes anywhere else, and they are exclusive to DOWNFALL's ebook!
These scenes are raw and unedited, but I hope you love them!
These scenes are raw and unedited, but I hope you love them!
Just got invited to two more local schools for their book clubs where we'll discuss my books. 😀
February 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Just got invited to two more local schools for their book clubs where we'll discuss my books. 😀
I've started the third draft of my new book. This is when it really becomes fun for me. Revision, discovering characters in greater detail, smoothing the text, cutting and moving scenes around. 😀
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I've started the third draft of my new book. This is when it really becomes fun for me. Revision, discovering characters in greater detail, smoothing the text, cutting and moving scenes around. 😀
It's on their website, so I can now confirm I will be coming to the Henderson Reads Book Festival in Nevada in April!
February 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
It's on their website, so I can now confirm I will be coming to the Henderson Reads Book Festival in Nevada in April!
I had a personal record amount of visitors to my website in January!
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I had a personal record amount of visitors to my website in January!
I still can't believe that a film is in development based on my book and that I've read the screenplay...
My younger self would never believe it!
My younger self would never believe it!
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I still can't believe that a film is in development based on my book and that I've read the screenplay...
My younger self would never believe it!
My younger self would never believe it!
These are my books—I wrote them!
I've wanted to be an author since I was a teenager. It was a dream of mine to write a big fantasy trilogy with strange monsters, memorable characters, and lots of action. Next month, that dream finally comes true when DOWNFALL launches on March 17th, 2026!
I've wanted to be an author since I was a teenager. It was a dream of mine to write a big fantasy trilogy with strange monsters, memorable characters, and lots of action. Next month, that dream finally comes true when DOWNFALL launches on March 17th, 2026!
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
These are my books—I wrote them!
I've wanted to be an author since I was a teenager. It was a dream of mine to write a big fantasy trilogy with strange monsters, memorable characters, and lots of action. Next month, that dream finally comes true when DOWNFALL launches on March 17th, 2026!
I've wanted to be an author since I was a teenager. It was a dream of mine to write a big fantasy trilogy with strange monsters, memorable characters, and lots of action. Next month, that dream finally comes true when DOWNFALL launches on March 17th, 2026!
New banner for author events!
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
New banner for author events!
One of these monsters will be one of the collectible monster tokens you will receive if you pre-order DOWNFALL and share your receipt with the link on my profile.
Which monster do you hope to get?
Which monster do you hope to get?
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
One of these monsters will be one of the collectible monster tokens you will receive if you pre-order DOWNFALL and share your receipt with the link on my profile.
Which monster do you hope to get?
Which monster do you hope to get?
I wrote another 3400 words today.
I'm close to finishing this draft!
I'm close to finishing this draft!
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I wrote another 3400 words today.
I'm close to finishing this draft!
I'm close to finishing this draft!
"Mr. Gregson, you should put me in your next book."
"I don't know, it might scare away readers."
"But some people like scary books!"
😆
"I don't know, it might scare away readers."
"But some people like scary books!"
😆
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"Mr. Gregson, you should put me in your next book."
"I don't know, it might scare away readers."
"But some people like scary books!"
😆
"I don't know, it might scare away readers."
"But some people like scary books!"
😆
Be gone spambot email scammer!
At least research me before trying to waste my time and steal my money.
I already have a film in development and just sent my notes on the screenplay to the team.
At least research me before trying to waste my time and steal my money.
I already have a film in development and just sent my notes on the screenplay to the team.
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Be gone spambot email scammer!
At least research me before trying to waste my time and steal my money.
I already have a film in development and just sent my notes on the screenplay to the team.
At least research me before trying to waste my time and steal my money.
I already have a film in development and just sent my notes on the screenplay to the team.