Queer writer of queer things.

This is the website of author R.M. Sayan, also known as just Robb, where he showcases his available works along with some coming-soon titles. For updates in your inbox, make sure to sign up to his free Patreon newsletter or follow him on Bluesky. Or Blogspot, if that's your cup of tea.

Third person aside, skip down to my works with the left sidebar, or keep scrolling for my manifesto and then my works.

Things that shaped me

Books

• The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (High fantasy)
• The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Urban fantasy, cosmic horror)
• The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan (MG/YA fantasy, adventure)
• The Elementals by Michael McDowell (Horror, southern gothic)
• The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig (Urban fantasy)

Movies

(AKA "in loving defense of camp and pulp")

• Ladyhawke (1984)
• Willow (1988)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Van Helsing (2004)
• The Mummy (1999)

Albums

• Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice¹
• Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killoys - My Chemical Romance²
• Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy
• Queen Greatest Hits I, II & III - Queen³
• Hozier - Hozier⁴

<sub>1. It's an ensemble cast but you know the drill. It's the one from 1973 with Carl Anderson and Ted Neeley.
2. While The Black Parade is probably the most cited as an influence (and it definitely is in my case!), Danger Days was my first true MCR obsession.
3. I was raised on Queen so there's way too much to recommend, just start with the Greatest Hits and go from there, you get the idea.
4. Please just listen to everything by Hozier oh my god. OH. My god.</sub>

The Arm Collector

mystery, horror, urban fantasy

A detective stumbles into a reality-bending case in which she has more in common with the perpetrator than she thinks, and the sinister presence behind it all finds amusement in the things we do for love.

Coming soon on Frivolous Comma

Silenci

fantasy, historical, romance

In Abadosos, nobody speaks of the werewolves— in fact, nobody likes to speak.

Joaquím is attacked by a werewolf on a full moon in which he foolishly forgets to take shelter. But he lives to see the light of day, mostly unscathed.

Nursed back to health with the help of his friend Zarif and his cousin Remei, he lives on unknowing whether he was bitten or not. But the curse of the lycanthrope proves to be more complex than it appears, and Joaquím begins to doubt not only himself, but those close to him and everything he knows about his hometown. The pressure and paranoia cloud his way, and nobody seems to have answers to his questions.

After all, in Abadosos, nobody speaks.

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