Matthew Roy

Writer and poet. Mainly speculative/genre stuff. Querying MOTHER OF MONSTERS, my first novel. Banging away at the second. he/him

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

#questpit

MOTHER OF MONSTERS. Outcast Echidna & her family must stop killer Harry, who’s targeted them in order to prove himself to his father in an inverted retelling of Hercules’ Labors. Featuring modern analogues to the characters of Greek and Roman myth. #Q #A #s #LF

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

My Instagram algorithm thinks I want LOTS of Zendaya and Tom Holland content. It’s a bit excessive but I’m not complaining.

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

Got an exciting update on my #horror short story, “Waiting for the Man.” It’ll be live in a few months on a podcast. Voice talent working on it now! Stand by for more details!

#amwriting #amquerying #writing #writerslife #writingcommunity #writeandgrind

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

@tmiranda23 It brings people together! 😂

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

@Small_Pitch Thank you for this!

[Anthony LaFauci @AnthonyLaFauci]

I only have a few more pages to color and then I will be able to start writing my movie!

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

Check out my latest #poem “Chronology” in Merganser Magazine!
#amwriting #poetry #amquerying #writeandgrind

https://t.co/M9290ZRn1v

[questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit]

Just one week until our next #questpit! We’re excited to see your pitches!

[#SmallPitch @Small_Pitch]

Only one week until #SmallPitch 🌊

As a reminder, you can find guidelines & FAQ on our website, as well as the list of participating publishers and a lot more. The link is in our bio!

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

@AuthorJFuller Damn, I feel this in my bones.

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

I got to make the algorithm love me over here again. What do you have to do? Get naked? Start a fight? Open up about my daddy issues like this is my personal diary? I have a book coming out

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

@altnation @altregan @modestmouseband @themaine @thebandcamino @beck @oliviarodrigo I actually really dug the Olivia Rodrigo song. She’s got some banging stuff.

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

46,000 words, a weather report, and a Happy Mother’s Day wish! #amwriting #wip #writerslife #writeandgrind

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

May goal board is up! #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #wip #poems

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

A reminder to Future Me (and Future YOU)

[questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit]

Less than a month until the spring season #questpit event!! We’re so excited to see all your works. Will you be pitching something new?

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

It’s a *contrapuntal* poem, to be read as two individual poems/columns, or across as one unified poem.

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

National Poetry Month! Here’s my #poem “I’ve Watched the World and You” in @PenumbricMag a couple of years ago.

(pg 70 in the PDF)

#amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind

https://t.co/Vzjv5P7yOj

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

National Poetry Month! Here’s my #poem “I’ve Watched the World and You” in @PenumbricMag a couple of years ago.

(pg 70 in the PDF)

#amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind

https://t.co/Vzjv5P7yOj

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

@tmiranda23 An Easter Miracle!

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

Happy National Poetry Month!

Here’s one of mine, from Issue 13 of @HavenSpec

“Tell Me the Story of Something Ending,” which also opens my #speculative #poetry chapbook “You & Me & the End of the World” #amquerying

https://t.co/nCtuVBE3fX

[Matthew Roy @mattroywriter]

@king_reinhardt AND I will too!