Matthew Roy

How much sleep was Jonathan able to get last night after hosting The Last Word and then coming in for The Weekend? (Great job last night by the way.)

Querying querying #5amwritersclub

YOU AND ME AND THE END OF THE WORLD

“Tell me how you came through all of this/
And found your way to me.”

A collection of speculative poetry about love, community, hope, and despair before, during, and after the end of the world.
#Q #PT #questpit

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

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

The pre-existing piece is a favorite song but the poem I’m working on is so far all over the place. Which may work but I’m not feeling great about it yet.

Update: it’s REALLY freaking hard.

Post it note with the words “When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there, by August Monterroso”

Morning inspiration #amwriting #writerslife #writesky

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!

Picture of a Bloody Mary drink

Scattershot writing morning. Dusted off a short story from 2015 (it’s not bad, but does need work) and a couple of poems. Gonna dig into the novel.

Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

Started the morning reviewing the application processes for some writing residencies and dreaming.

Time to get back to work. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

Well now I know what awful, cringeworthy deep-dive I’m going on tonight.

You’d think a place permanently in the dark like that would harbor *at least* some kind of vampire infestation.

The Quarter(ly) - Vol. 14 - What We Do With the Ashes — Quarter Press This two-part set spans 100+ pages of art, comics, prose, and poetry that explores what we do—figuratively and literally—with the ashes. Cover Art by Trevin Wyant Part One Featuring Work By Tom B...

Got my copy of the latest volume of The Quarter(ly) @quarterpress.bsky.social !

Excited to have my poem “Funeral for a Veteran” as part of it!

#amwriting #amquerying #poetry #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

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Channel surf!

#WIPSnips

“The sun was setting and he needed to get to a rally point soon. With the power still down, it got dark quick. Like dark-dark, no landmarks to go by but the moon and stars, the way some ancient mariner might.

And Gas Can was no ancient mariner.”

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky

Picture of a Dunkin iced coffee in front of my writing goals pegboard.

Late start to the writing this morning but that’s okay. Time to hit it. #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky

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Really enjoying this quest! 😃 Happy Friday!

Me with my nephew on my shoulders.

Me with my other nephew on my shoulders.

Uncle life!

Stumbled onto a Dateline episode about the Versace murder. Grim and dramatic, but I’m hooked.

Thank you! I’m neck deep in draft one and it’s been a challenge (so much research!) but a good time.

YOU AND ME AND THE END OF THE WORLD

“Tell me how you came through all of this/
And found your way to me.”

A collection of speculative poetry about love, community, hope, and despair before, during, and after the end of the world.

#bluepit📖
#A #PO #SP #Q

Image of the painting “The Death of Julius Caesar” by Vincenzo Camuccini.

Weather radar image of Hurricane Katrina over New Orleans.

BRUTICUS #bluepit📖 #A #C #W

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 modern, gender-swapped retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina.

Image from an Ancient Greek vase of Heracles fighting Cerberus, the three-headed dog.

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 #Q

Thank you!

Thank you kindly!

A couple of horror short stories and a suite of poems. Wide net this morning haha

And, well “lock” #WIPSnips

“Juniper opened the door, the chain lock catching, leaving the narrowest sliver of opening between them.

Cash took him in, disheveled, unshaven. His eyes followed the line of Juniper’s exposed shoulder and arm. Juniper was holding his service pistol, trying to hide it.”

Well, “ghostly” #WIPSnips

Juniper heard labored breathing on the phone line, then Julia’s pained voice. There was a ghostly echo he couldn’t place, then he realized he was also hearing her voice crackling through the radio.

“John.”
*John.*

He winced at the use of his real name.

“I’m hurt, John.”