Tristan Gray
@eidyngray.scot
🏳️🌈 author and activist in 🏴
Software engineer, TTRPG GM, and author of dark fantasy books
(he/they)
💜💗💙
https://linktr.ee/tgraywrites
Software engineer, TTRPG GM, and author of dark fantasy books
(he/they)
💜💗💙
https://linktr.ee/tgraywrites
What's that, a new project in the works? 👀
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What's that, a new project in the works? 👀
Inspired by some art at MCM I'm doing some doodling
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Inspired by some art at MCM I'm doing some doodling
My autumn panel list for @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social and @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social over the next two weeks
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My autumn panel list for @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social and @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social over the next two weeks
What a way to utterly burn good will for no good reason.
What was the point? Why appease a Nazi harassment campaign at the expense of your own core userbase?
When the opposite is actually *really easy*
What was the point? Why appease a Nazi harassment campaign at the expense of your own core userbase?
When the opposite is actually *really easy*
October 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What a way to utterly burn good will for no good reason.
What was the point? Why appease a Nazi harassment campaign at the expense of your own core userbase?
When the opposite is actually *really easy*
What was the point? Why appease a Nazi harassment campaign at the expense of your own core userbase?
When the opposite is actually *really easy*
"Leave your troubles outside! Life is disappointing? Forget it!"
October 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Leave your troubles outside! Life is disappointing? Forget it!"
On the poetry front - "Pennie’s main literary weapon is anapestic tetrameter... This is fine for kids’ or comic verse."
Ah yes, the preferred rhythm of famously easily dismissed Dr. Seuss which is well kent widely enough outside comic formats to have a section of pretty big names using it:
Ah yes, the preferred rhythm of famously easily dismissed Dr. Seuss which is well kent widely enough outside comic formats to have a section of pretty big names using it:
![Non comic usage
The verse form is not solely comic. Lord Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib" is in anapestic tetrameter. Eminem's hit song "The Way I Am" uses the meter for all parts of the song except the chorus. In non-comic works, it is likely that anapestic tetrameter will be used in a less regular manner, with caesuras and other meters breaking up the driving regularity of the beat such as in the case of Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee. Anapestic tetrameter is generally used in the parode (entrance ode) of classical Greek tragedy.[5]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tuk2uvozeqfgm2h23u674ag3/bafkreiaswkiki3mjvkdg4ozgqgx7233skpbi2kfjar6n7ujqy7hgavtvle@jpeg)
September 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On the poetry front - "Pennie’s main literary weapon is anapestic tetrameter... This is fine for kids’ or comic verse."
Ah yes, the preferred rhythm of famously easily dismissed Dr. Seuss which is well kent widely enough outside comic formats to have a section of pretty big names using it:
Ah yes, the preferred rhythm of famously easily dismissed Dr. Seuss which is well kent widely enough outside comic formats to have a section of pretty big names using it:
Had a day off any plans and finally got around to completing Cocoon, a neat little puzzle game, 4hrs long
September 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Had a day off any plans and finally got around to completing Cocoon, a neat little puzzle game, 4hrs long
Hosting a @quill.scot readings event at @lighthousebks.bsky.social today
August 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hosting a @quill.scot readings event at @lighthousebks.bsky.social today
It's over - The Polari Prize has been halted for 2025.
Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author.
Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.
Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author.
Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.
August 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It's over - The Polari Prize has been halted for 2025.
Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author.
Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.
Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author.
Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.
It's confirmed! My autumn book tour kicks off in October with @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social London followed by @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton!
#Scotland #scottish #fantasy #darkfantasy #folklore #mythology #book #books #indieauthor #author
#Scotland #scottish #fantasy #darkfantasy #folklore #mythology #book #books #indieauthor #author
August 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's confirmed! My autumn book tour kicks off in October with @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social London followed by @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton!
#Scotland #scottish #fantasy #darkfantasy #folklore #mythology #book #books #indieauthor #author
#Scotland #scottish #fantasy #darkfantasy #folklore #mythology #book #books #indieauthor #author
Me at 15 to time travel me after I declared "in 20 years time you'll watch an Australian burlesque show in Edinburgh based on Shrek and at the end they cursed Trump and JK Rowling and got a standing ovation, they're the most sold out show of the fringe..."
August 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Me at 15 to time travel me after I declared "in 20 years time you'll watch an Australian burlesque show in Edinburgh based on Shrek and at the end they cursed Trump and JK Rowling and got a standing ovation, they're the most sold out show of the fringe..."
"If the appeals court denies the petition, Anthropic argued, the emerging company may be doomed. As Anthropic argued, it now faces hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages liability [with] up to seven million potential claimants."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
August 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"If the appeals court denies the petition, Anthropic argued, the emerging company may be doomed. As Anthropic argued, it now faces hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages liability [with] up to seven million potential claimants."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Congratulations @markjsweards.bsky.social in becoming the first parliamentarian to be added to my GenAI block list.
An achievement in itself, but also an achievement to do something quite this stupid.
Jeremy Smith is going to make a fortune from whoever takes your seat after this.
An achievement in itself, but also an achievement to do something quite this stupid.
Jeremy Smith is going to make a fortune from whoever takes your seat after this.
August 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Congratulations @markjsweards.bsky.social in becoming the first parliamentarian to be added to my GenAI block list.
An achievement in itself, but also an achievement to do something quite this stupid.
Jeremy Smith is going to make a fortune from whoever takes your seat after this.
An achievement in itself, but also an achievement to do something quite this stupid.
Jeremy Smith is going to make a fortune from whoever takes your seat after this.
Me doing the "actually selling my books" thing in Leith, Edinburgh at @argonautbooks.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Me doing the "actually selling my books" thing in Leith, Edinburgh at @argonautbooks.bsky.social
The commodities expert believes no one would ever pay for junk.
That never happens in commodities. Never. Hadn't ever happened. Junk has never sold. Not once in history. It's a myth. A fiction.
That never happens in commodities. Never. Hadn't ever happened. Junk has never sold. Not once in history. It's a myth. A fiction.
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The commodities expert believes no one would ever pay for junk.
That never happens in commodities. Never. Hadn't ever happened. Junk has never sold. Not once in history. It's a myth. A fiction.
That never happens in commodities. Never. Hadn't ever happened. Junk has never sold. Not once in history. It's a myth. A fiction.
The tipping point I think we saw here was with *that* Guardians of the Galaxy six-pack shot. The shot that launched a thousand tabloid front-pages.
"If Chris Pratt can do it so can you!" plagued men's fitness until lockdown broke the industry (I worked in sport when this came out).
"If Chris Pratt can do it so can you!" plagued men's fitness until lockdown broke the industry (I worked in sport when this came out).
July 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The tipping point I think we saw here was with *that* Guardians of the Galaxy six-pack shot. The shot that launched a thousand tabloid front-pages.
"If Chris Pratt can do it so can you!" plagued men's fitness until lockdown broke the industry (I worked in sport when this came out).
"If Chris Pratt can do it so can you!" plagued men's fitness until lockdown broke the industry (I worked in sport when this came out).
No, wait, it's a position listed on her LinkedIn, but not on the IPG website:
www.independentpublishersguild.com/IPG/IPG/Abou...
www.independentpublishersguild.com/IPG/IPG/Abou...
June 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
No, wait, it's a position listed on her LinkedIn, but not on the IPG website:
www.independentpublishersguild.com/IPG/IPG/Abou...
www.independentpublishersguild.com/IPG/IPG/Abou...
When you were thinking of using "old man yells at cloud" but instead its young people and ChatGPT because I just won't shut up about how its the worst.
Yes, I am young, damnit, 34 is young!
Yes, I am young, damnit, 34 is young!
May 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
When you were thinking of using "old man yells at cloud" but instead its young people and ChatGPT because I just won't shut up about how its the worst.
Yes, I am young, damnit, 34 is young!
Yes, I am young, damnit, 34 is young!
May 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tristan J. Gray does not exist.
When asked what the specific problematic views and controversies are - ChatGPT can't answer, it admits it just made it up.
When asked what the specific problematic views and controversies are - ChatGPT can't answer, it admits it just made it up.
May 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Tristan J. Gray does not exist.
When asked what the specific problematic views and controversies are - ChatGPT can't answer, it admits it just made it up.
When asked what the specific problematic views and controversies are - ChatGPT can't answer, it admits it just made it up.
Yes, I have been added as an NPC for the new Skyrim remake
May 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Yes, I have been added as an NPC for the new Skyrim remake
Sorry, no, this isn't real.
They even repeated the same joke submission twice (the mangled combination of multiple IPs)... twice (also the famous author getting their work rewritten in a stupid way).
If this was a real agent, with real submissions, really lost their job? I'll eat p.1 of my MS
They even repeated the same joke submission twice (the mangled combination of multiple IPs)... twice (also the famous author getting their work rewritten in a stupid way).
If this was a real agent, with real submissions, really lost their job? I'll eat p.1 of my MS
April 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Sorry, no, this isn't real.
They even repeated the same joke submission twice (the mangled combination of multiple IPs)... twice (also the famous author getting their work rewritten in a stupid way).
If this was a real agent, with real submissions, really lost their job? I'll eat p.1 of my MS
They even repeated the same joke submission twice (the mangled combination of multiple IPs)... twice (also the famous author getting their work rewritten in a stupid way).
If this was a real agent, with real submissions, really lost their job? I'll eat p.1 of my MS
Heads up to people in UK publishing to keep an eye out for this transphobic arsehat.
April 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Heads up to people in UK publishing to keep an eye out for this transphobic arsehat.