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emily gray

@authoremilyg.bsky.social

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a science fiction writer, apparently rep: rebecca matte @ bradford literary

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Jun 10

Now that we’re finally PM official—my debut novel will be out NEXT YEAR! I love this book with my whole heart, and it’s been such a weird and winding journey to get here. I have so things to say and people to thank and it’s very overwhelming, but I’m so so excited to bring this book to the world. 🪐

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 23h

I am not generally a person that enjoys scary media but it is THAT TIME OF YEAR when I watch my ONE spooky show

a man in a red robe is standing in front of a podium that says welcome netflix

ALT: a man in a red robe is standing in front of a podium that says welcome netflix

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing @themountaingoats.bsky.social to my middle school class playlist by way of Lin Manuel Miranda is a weird experience that I’m having this morning

emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 4d

My amazing agent opens to queries in FORTY FIVE MINUTES go check out her MSWL she’s genuinely the best ❤️

Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 4d

Reminder #amquerying: I open to queries at midnight tonight (in 45 minutes)! I'll stay open until I reach 500, to maintain a bit of sanity and ensure that I can get back to people in a reasonable time.

My goal is to keep opening quarterly, so please don't stress about missing out or bad timing.

Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 27d

Heads up #amquerying: I will be open to queries from *October 12-19*, or until I reach 500 queries.

I am just about through the 500 queries I received in June - it has taken me 4 months due to health, working 3-3.5 jobs and making sure I have some balance remaining.

Thanks for understanding!

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 6d

IT'S MY AGENT SIB'S BOOK BIRTHDAYYYYY. GO GET YOURSELF A COPY OF HIGHER MAGIC ASAP!!!

Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 9d

It’s book day!!!

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨

Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 6d

If you like HIGHER MAGIC, I bet you'll go feral for everything by:

@hgparry.bsky.social (esp. THE SCHOLAR AND THE LAST FAERIE DOOR)
@elizmanderson.com (esp. THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS)
@sylviecathrall.bsky.social (The Sunken Archive duology 😍)
and Emily Tesh's THE INCANDESCENT

I certainly do.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 6d

What books should people be reading if they enjoy yourself? Shout them out! #WritingPrompt

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 11d

(It’s a good thing I’ve raised a kid with good taste)

emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 11d

I reached a new stage of parenting where I’m reading fanfic of my favorite couple from my kid’s favorite show because damnit if we’re gonna watch this 900 times in a row I might as well get into it with you

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 15d

“Trad cath” is, weirdly, code for “unfamiliar with Catholicism”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 18d

9 days until HIGHER MAGIC is out!

This snippet is one of my favorite chapter epigraphs. (I wouldn’t recommend taking classes with Prof. Putnam 😅.)

#Booksky #HigherMagic
@htpbooks.bsky.social @htphive.bsky.social

A quote graphic featuring an image of the moon beneath the following text: HIGHER MAGIC
Magic, like genius, is almost completely unglamorous in practice. How did Edison put it? Ninety-nine percent perspiration to one percent inspiration?
To get to glamour— pun intended —you have to slog through miles of grueling, galling, and gut-wrenching first. Some of you won't make it.
-PROFESSOR WILLIAM PUTNAM,
SPELLS & METHODS
OUT IN 9 DAYS.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 19d

10 days until HIGHER MAGIC is out! I loved the way @mkhardywrites.com did their countdown with snips from their novel, so I’m doing that, too.

In this snippet, Bartleby is practicing describing her exam spell with her mentor. It’s… not going great. @htpbooks.bsky.social @htphive.bsky.social

A quote graphic featuring a decorative image of the moon, the skull from HIGHER MAGIC’s cover, and the following text: HIGHER MAGIC
"I used algorithm-and rune-enhanced
Markov Chains to train a spellwork construct to identify common patterns in early novels and grimoires from the same period. Once it's fixed, it should. caught myself, tried again. "It will generate new narrations using those patterns and, hopefully…. um… definitely?"
I cleared my throat, wishing I could shed another layer. The office felt at least ten degrees hotter than it had been when I'd walked in.
OUT IN 10 DAYS.

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 19d

Not to be a total nerd but like

Even in the original Star Wars movies not everyone thought the genocide was bad. The movies were just from the pov of people who did.

Like it’s very much part of the plot!

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 19d

It’s one of my favorite days of the year: the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors! Excited to hear panels from @scalzi.com @annaleen.bsky.social @tracydeonn.bsky.social and MORE 😍

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 26d

She is precious I love her

emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Sep 11

I literally posted one of Charlie Kirk’s own quotes on the ⏰app and people are like “YOU’RE CELEBRATING THE DEATH OF A HUMAN BEING!!!! WE’RE GONNA SEND THIS TO YOUR BOSS AND GET YOU FIRED!!!”

Jokes on you bestie, I already got fired this week. 👍🏻

emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Sep 9

ILY bestie thank youuuuu so much. I’ve been annoying you with this book for years

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Sep 8

ILY dannyyyyy my students still talk about getting to meet you on zoom last year

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Sep 8

Just lost my job so this feels like a good time to remind folks I have a whole book coming out next year!! It has spaceships and kissing and the crushing weight of unbecoming a person that no longer serves you!! Crowned by the Stars, out fall 2026 with Berkley! 🪐

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh my god I have a reason to live again

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Sep 3

people who miss the days when I was releasing a ton of stuff and going kinda wild are gonna enjoy the next few years

emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Aug 26

omg thank you so much for all the recs!!! i will be checking all of these out immediately.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Aug 22

Someone has made a tiktok account filming and mocking unhoused people near my home and it pisses me off so bad I can’t stand it

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Ursula Dorada @sulamoon.bsky.social · Aug 21

graphic of a gold star written "has never even opened ChatGPT"

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Aug 20

alleged Catholic JD Vance shits on Matthew 25:40, calls the Son of God an NPC

"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · Aug 20

this is dramatically fascist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 20

REPORTER: Why are troops stationed here at Union Station and at the National Mall instead of areas where crime is higher?

JD VANCE: Crime is actually extremely high here at Union Station. You have vagrants.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Aug 18

BOOK REC REQUEST!
Does anyone have any good middle grade book suggestions with characters who use mobility aids? I have a student who is a voracious reader and I would love to get some books for my classroom library that represent her ❤️

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Aug 17

despite the horrors, i have turned in my NEW DRAFT!!!!!

emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · Aug 17

are people actually bitching about this??? for real???