@roxannegregory
Award-winning screenwriter, author & journalist. Author of The Gladiatrix Chronicles,Boudicca's Revenge,Love and Lust A Legionary Romance. NF author of A History of Pirate Women (2025) & Working the Tides. X refugee https://x.com/RoxGregory01
Meet some of history's most infamous sword-wielding, swash-buckling women in A History of Women in Piracy Life Under the Black Flag #UnhingedPit #A #NF #P
Available now at Pen and Sword, Amazon, B&N, etc.
Survivor, slave, gladiatrix. Blood justice coming soon! Skrittchers, dream-eaters, ghosts of the untimely dead and a demon wearing the skins of men challenge Aoife, a prescient Druid priestess who defies the odds in the arena in Gladiatrix Daughter of War. #UnhingedPit #A #HS #F #P @Amazon
Aoife & Roman Gen. Germanicus face mutiny & murder. When he commits genocide against Germania's Shining Sisters she leaves for Greece, where she enters the Mysteries becoming the Hand of the Dark Mothers in their unending war against the Legion's Brotherhood of Sol Invictus #UnhingedPit #A #T #F #OS
Beyond the Gate--Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus divorces Marcella as only officer's can be wed. Unwilling to wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond the fortress w/the other 'barbarian wives'. When an officer disappears. Who killed Quintus & why? #UnhingedPit #A #T #OS
Gladiator+Heated Rivalry = Love and Lust a Legionary Romance. Castra Vetera's top doc Galenus falls for Marcus, a disgraced siege-works engineer plagued with PTSD. In a May/Dec romantic thriller they find love while facing bloody barbarians, ghosts, plague & Caesar #UnhingedPit #A #R #T #LGBT #Q
I just submitted "Gladiatrix Daughter of War" to "L.A. Film Fest" Los Angeles Independent Filmmakers Showcase© IFS Film Fest - L.A. via FilmFreeway.com!
A Roman soldier stares across a wild vista, while a Roman woman walks away. We see the Legionary fortress gate and an armed barbarian on the other side. A heart knits them together.
#Cupit #A #HR #Q Beyond the Gate - Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus must divorce Marcella as only officer's can be wed. Unwilling to wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond the fortress gate w/the other 'barbarian wives' when an officer disappears. Who killed Quintus & why?
If you like Heated Rivalry, you'll love Love and Lust a Legionary Romance. Castra Vetera's top doc Galenus falls for Marcus, a disgraced engineer plagued with survivor's PTSD. In a May/Dec romantic thriller they find love while facing bloody barbarians, ghosts, plague & Caesar. #Cupit #HR #MR #Q
Two soldiers in the legionary baths.
If U like Heated Rivalry, you'll love Love and Lust a Legionary Romance. Castra Vetera's top doc Galenus falls for Marcus, a disgraced engineer plagued with survivor's PTSD. In a May/Dec romantic thriller they find love while facing bloody barbarians, ghosts, plague & Caesar. #MiseryPit #A #HS #T #Q
Psychics gather@Pompeii's gladiator's school, awakening the ghosts of the untimely dead - spirits tied to where they died. Homeless boys, surgeons, whores, patrician women & their gladiator lovers share their last days in Thirteen -- a polyphonic novel. #MiseryPit #A #T #HS #Q
Beyond the Gate - Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus must divorce Marcella as only officer's can wed. Unwilling 2 wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond the fortress gate w/the other 'wives' when an officer dissappears. Who killed Quintus & why? #MiseryPit #A #T #HS #WF #Q
The moon rises over the ruins on Mt. Olympus, as Roman General Germanicus and some Praetorians chat and Aoife, the Britannic witch looks on.
#MiseryPit #A #F #T #Spec #Q Aoife & Roman Gen. Germanicus face mutiny & murder, but when he commits genocide against Germania's Shining Sisters she leaves for Greece, where she enters the Mysteries becoming the Hand of the Dark Mothers in their unending war against the Brotherhood of Sol Invictus.
I just submitted "Gladiatrix Daughter of War" to 30th Annual Fade In Awards TV Pilot/Web Series Competition via FilmFreeway.com! Netflix...
Four pictures of a small town, a ypung woman covered in flowers, a tattooed handsome man, and a colourful temple. The middle says "Bride of the Mountain King"
A cursed bride
A doomed groom
A village full of sinners that would make the devil weep.
Flora will risk it all to save the village, the Mountain King, and herself.
#BluePit 📖 #A #R #H #Q
Mary Read armed with a sword faces danger, while Anne Bonny below aims her pistol, a pirate ship in the background.
A History of Women in Piracy Life Under the Black Flag #BluePit #NF #A #P #W Meet some of the most successful, swashbuckling pirate women ever to sail the seven seas! Women of all ethnicities preyed on shipping throughout history. 5 Stars
Available @Pen and Sword, Amazon, B&N, Indigo & everywhere!
Two ancient Roman men stand close in the officer's baths. One is in full parade dress, the other dries with a towel.
Love & Lust A Legionary Romance - Castra Vetera's top doc Medicus Galenus falls for Marcus, a disgraced siege-works engineer plagued with survivor's PTSD. In a May/Dec romantic thriller, Marcus & Galenus find love while facing bloody barbarians, ghosts, plague & Caesar. #BluePit #A #HS #Q
Front page of The Gender Fluid Times--Midnight on Olympus. A gladiatrix stands armed. Sluglines Rumors of Genocide Fake News Legions Say, 15CE - Germania "He lkeft nothing living for 50 square miles"; Senate Votes Triumph for Caesar; Allied Tribes Up in Arms
#BluePit #A #F #HS #T #Q Aoife & Roman Gen. Germanicus face mutiny & murder, but when he commits genocide against Germania's Shining Sisters she leaves for Greece, where she enters the Mysteries becoming the Hand of the Dark Mothers in their unending war against the Brotherhood of Sol Invictus
Contemporary psychics gather@Pompeii's gladiator's school, awakening the ghosts of the untimely dead - spirits tied to where they died. Homeless boys, surgeons, whores, patrician women & their gladiator lovers share their last days in Thirteen -- a polyphonic novel. #BluePit #A #T #HS #Q
A movie poster. Gladiatrix Daughter of War avail. at Amazon. An armed, wild barbarian gladiatrix stands before the Roman coliseum.
Survivor, slave, gladiatrix. Blood justice coming soon! Skrittchers, dream-eaters, ghosts of the untimely dead and a demon wearing the skins of men challenge Aoife, a prescient Druid priestess who defies the odds in the arena in Gladiatrix Daughter of War. #BluePit #A #HS #F #P Avail. @Amazon
The front page of The legion Times has pictures of a well-dressed Roman woman, a legion soldier overlooking a valley,a barbarian with an axe and the legionary fortress gate. Sluglines: Centurion Disappears from Fortress: Foul Play Suspected; Divorce Skyrockets: Is Citizenship Worth It? etc.
Beyond the Gate - Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus must divorce Marcella as only officer's can wed. Unwilling 2 wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond the fortress gate w/the other 'wives' when an officer dissappears. Who killed Quintus & why? #BluePit #A #T #HS #WF #Q
Mary Read and Anne Bonny wield weapons as women pirates.
Meet some of history's most infamous sword-wielding, swash-buckling women in A History of Women in Piracy Life Under the Black Flag #MiseryPit #A #NF #P
Available now at Pen and Sword, Amazon, B&N, etc.
#MiseryPit #A #F #T #Spec #Q Aoife & Roman Gen. Germanicus face mutiny & murder, but when he commits genocide against Germania's Shining Sisters she leaves for Greece, where she enters the Mysteries becoming the Hand of the Dark Mothers in their unending war against the Brotherhood of Sol Invictus.
A barbarian woman gladiatrix stands outside the Roman arena.
Survivor, slave, gladiatrix. Blood justice coming soon! Skrittchers, dream-eaters, ghosts of the untimely dead and a demon wearing the skins of men challenge Aoife, a prescient Druid priestess who defies the odds in the arena in Gladiatrix Daughter of War. #QuestPit #A #F #H #Spec #P Avail. @Amazon
Contemporary psychics gather@Pompeii's gladiator's school, awakening the ghosts of the untimely dead - spirits tied to where they died. Homeless boys, surgeons, whores, patrician women & their gladiator lovers share their last days in Thirteen -- a polyphonic novel. #MiseryPit #A #T #HF #Q
A legion soldier overlooks a valley. A Roman woman walks away. They are tied by a heart she has woven. The legionary fortress gate is long and there are barbarians armed with axes outside.
#MiseryPit #A #F #Historical #Thriller #W
Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus must divorce Marcella as only officer's can wed. Unwilling 2 wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond the fortress gates w/the other 'wives' when an officer goes missing. Who killed Quintus and why?
"Women who wielded real power."
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Pirates Ann Bonny with a pistol and Mary Read with a sabre.
Meet some of history's most infamous sword-wielding, swash-buckling women in A History of Women in Piracy Life Under the Black Flag #QuestPit #A #NF #P
Available now at Pen and Sword, Amazon etc.
Newspaper front page The Legionary Times Headline: Augustus Bans Marriage for Troops, Senate awards Caesar Triumph, Genocide fake News, legions say. Officer goes missing, Skilled weavers wanted--see Marcella beyond the gate.
Beyond the Gate #QuestPit #A #F #H #T #W #Q Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus must divorce Marcella as only officers can wed. Unwilling to wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond fortress gates with the other 'wives' when an officer goes missing.Who killed Quintus & why?
Mt Olympus and a blood moon spells magic and murder for Aoife and Roman General Germanicus.
Aoife & Roman Gen. Germanicus face mutiny & murder, but when he commits genocide against Germania's Shining Sisters she leaves for Greece, where she enters the Mysteries becoming the Hand of the Dark Mothers in their unending war against the legions Brotherhood of Sol Invictus. #QuestPit #A #H #S #Q