Lora Gray
@loragray.bsky.social
Writer/Artist/Dancer. Published in F&SF, Uncanny, Strange Horizons and other lovely places. CW16. SFWA. They/Them.
https://www.lora-gray.com/
https://www.lora-gray.com/
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(“Tasseography” in @crayfishmag.bsky.social )
(“Tasseography” in @crayfishmag.bsky.social )
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(“Tasseography” in @crayfishmag.bsky.social )
(“Tasseography” in @crayfishmag.bsky.social )
Photos from our backyard this morning. I can’t remember the last time flowers + fall leaves + snow happened.
🌸❄️🍁
🌸❄️🍁
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Photos from our backyard this morning. I can’t remember the last time flowers + fall leaves + snow happened.
🌸❄️🍁
🌸❄️🍁
Just a little magic from today’s hike. 😊
November 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Just a little magic from today’s hike. 😊
Guess who’s writing horror poetry to AFI’s “Behind the Clock” on repeat?
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Guess who’s writing horror poetry to AFI’s “Behind the Clock” on repeat?
This year’s Patreon chapbooks have arrived!!!
Every year I compile the original stories and poems I post monthly there into a chapbook, (I also create the cover art 😊).
If you want to support me, and possibly get a chapbook for yourself, you can find more info at:
www.patreon.com/c/loragray
Every year I compile the original stories and poems I post monthly there into a chapbook, (I also create the cover art 😊).
If you want to support me, and possibly get a chapbook for yourself, you can find more info at:
www.patreon.com/c/loragray
September 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This year’s Patreon chapbooks have arrived!!!
Every year I compile the original stories and poems I post monthly there into a chapbook, (I also create the cover art 😊).
If you want to support me, and possibly get a chapbook for yourself, you can find more info at:
www.patreon.com/c/loragray
Every year I compile the original stories and poems I post monthly there into a chapbook, (I also create the cover art 😊).
If you want to support me, and possibly get a chapbook for yourself, you can find more info at:
www.patreon.com/c/loragray
Yesterday’s flea market adventure landed me a new friend. His name is Walter. Walter is currently masquerading as a mid-century, West German alarm clock. Walter also enjoys sleeping in and lazy, late summer afternoons.
I love Walter.
🐢⏰💚
I love Walter.
🐢⏰💚
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yesterday’s flea market adventure landed me a new friend. His name is Walter. Walter is currently masquerading as a mid-century, West German alarm clock. Walter also enjoys sleeping in and lazy, late summer afternoons.
I love Walter.
🐢⏰💚
I love Walter.
🐢⏰💚
In case anybody needs cheering up. Baby goat county fair photo from a few weeks ago. 😊
August 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In case anybody needs cheering up. Baby goat county fair photo from a few weeks ago. 😊
Seattle, I am in you!
I’ll be at Worldcon through Saturday night and I’m already having such a fun time. Feel free to say hey if you catch me. :)
I’ll be at Worldcon through Saturday night and I’m already having such a fun time. Feel free to say hey if you catch me. :)
August 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Seattle, I am in you!
I’ll be at Worldcon through Saturday night and I’m already having such a fun time. Feel free to say hey if you catch me. :)
I’ll be at Worldcon through Saturday night and I’m already having such a fun time. Feel free to say hey if you catch me. :)
My favorite local protest sign from this weekend.
June 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My favorite local protest sign from this weekend.
This handsomest boy joined me for breakfast this morning.
June 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This handsomest boy joined me for breakfast this morning.
Somebody is figuring out how to open the pocket door…
May 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Somebody is figuring out how to open the pocket door…
Baby salamander from today’s hike! 😍
May 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Baby salamander from today’s hike! 😍
It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by @annedemarcken.com broke me in the best possible way. This one is going to haunt me for a long, long time.
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by @annedemarcken.com broke me in the best possible way. This one is going to haunt me for a long, long time.
Spring is spring-ing!
March 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Spring is spring-ing!
Doodling my favorite dinosaurs while furiously calling my state representatives and trying not to panic. As one does.
February 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Doodling my favorite dinosaurs while furiously calling my state representatives and trying not to panic. As one does.
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 12:34 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
My official awards eligibility post for 2024. 😊
Links to the stories and poems can be found at lora-gray.com
Links to the stories and poems can be found at lora-gray.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:08 PM
My official awards eligibility post for 2024. 😊
Links to the stories and poems can be found at lora-gray.com
Links to the stories and poems can be found at lora-gray.com
My contributor’s copy of Flame Tree Publishing’s anthology, Moon Falling Short Stories, which includes my story “These Bones Aside,” (originally published in The Dark), arrived today. 😍
November 13, 2024 at 9:09 PM
My contributor’s copy of Flame Tree Publishing’s anthology, Moon Falling Short Stories, which includes my story “These Bones Aside,” (originally published in The Dark), arrived today. 😍
Repost with a wholesome timeline cleanse.
October 16, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Repost with a wholesome timeline cleanse.
Last night’s aurora from my backyard 😍
October 11, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Last night’s aurora from my backyard 😍
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
I feel pretty good about this! Also a little concerned about the nature of my kidnapping. 😅
I feel pretty good about this! Also a little concerned about the nature of my kidnapping. 😅
September 17, 2024 at 11:54 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
I feel pretty good about this! Also a little concerned about the nature of my kidnapping. 😅
I feel pretty good about this! Also a little concerned about the nature of my kidnapping. 😅
Sometimes when you’re on hold for a long time, you draw people. Sometimes when you’re on hold for a long time, you draw dinosaurs. I don’t make the rules.
July 31, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Sometimes when you’re on hold for a long time, you draw people. Sometimes when you’re on hold for a long time, you draw dinosaurs. I don’t make the rules.
I’m still processing how unbelievably cool the northern lights were.
May 12, 2024 at 12:42 PM
I’m still processing how unbelievably cool the northern lights were.
My contributor’s copy of Star*Line, which includes my poem, “Synesthesia, Violet and Indigo,” arrived today! 😍 @sfpoetry.bsky.social
April 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
My contributor’s copy of Star*Line, which includes my poem, “Synesthesia, Violet and Indigo,” arrived today! 😍 @sfpoetry.bsky.social