Bryan Camp
@bryancamp.bsky.social
(he/him) Author of THE CITY OF LOST FORTUNES. Teacher, spouse, New Orleanian, Critter, and Probably Running Late For Something. Clarion West '12.
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Bryan Camp
@bryancamp.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Hi folks! I'm the author of the Crescent City novels (no, the other ones) and some other stuff I'm cooking up now. I'm a teacher in New Orleans, D&D nerd, spouse to a math unicorn, and haven for wayward cats. Tyrants large and small can fuck off into the sun.
I spent the entirety of 2025 waiting on a train that, when it finally arrived, roared through the station without stopping.
I'd already made up my mind to do what's being advised here, but these words might also be of comfort for y'all.
I'd already made up my mind to do what's being advised here, but these words might also be of comfort for y'all.
C'mere, pookie. We need to talk about how now is a difficult time for lots of people in publishing. Not just bc--*waves arms*--but bc we're seeing Best of the Year lists and Award Eligibility posts, and bc the last book deals of the year are being announced while sub times are longer than ever. 1/
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I spent the entirety of 2025 waiting on a train that, when it finally arrived, roared through the station without stopping.
I'd already made up my mind to do what's being advised here, but these words might also be of comfort for y'all.
I'd already made up my mind to do what's being advised here, but these words might also be of comfort for y'all.
I had a joke about The King in Yellow but if I tell you more than the first third you won't want to hear or tell another joke for the rest of your life.
I had a joke about cthulhu but it was incomprehensible to human understanding
I had a joke about Sisyphus that made me pretty happy. Rbuthl (roll boulder up the hill laughing.)
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I had a joke about The King in Yellow but if I tell you more than the first third you won't want to hear or tell another joke for the rest of your life.
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No spider but "middle-aged woman assumes powers are side effect of perimenopause" is the plot of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU by Mindy Hung, just fyi
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
No spider but "middle-aged woman assumes powers are side effect of perimenopause" is the plot of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU by Mindy Hung, just fyi
My first thought was, 'he lied with every word,'
that hoary cripple, with malicious eye
askance to watch the workings of his lie
that hoary cripple, with malicious eye
askance to watch the workings of his lie
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My first thought was, 'he lied with every word,'
that hoary cripple, with malicious eye
askance to watch the workings of his lie
that hoary cripple, with malicious eye
askance to watch the workings of his lie
I strive to be the Great Room.
But really I'm doing both the jobs of 4th Bedroom and Full Bath while only getting the paycheck of a closet with a sink.
But really I'm doing both the jobs of 4th Bedroom and Full Bath while only getting the paycheck of a closet with a sink.
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
Oh shit waddup
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I strive to be the Great Room.
But really I'm doing both the jobs of 4th Bedroom and Full Bath while only getting the paycheck of a closet with a sink.
But really I'm doing both the jobs of 4th Bedroom and Full Bath while only getting the paycheck of a closet with a sink.
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For what remains of Puerto Rican Heritage Month, I wanted to share work by other Puerto Rican authors
Today, I wanted to shout out @boriscrito.bsky.social whose novella, Sordidez holds up Taínofuturism as a corrective against imperialism
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
Today, I wanted to shout out @boriscrito.bsky.social whose novella, Sordidez holds up Taínofuturism as a corrective against imperialism
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
Sordidez by E.G. Condé ⋆ Stelliform Press
Learn about SORDIDEZ by E.G. Condé, an indigenous futurist science fiction novella set in Puerto Rico and the Yucatan named a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book.
www.stelliform.press
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For what remains of Puerto Rican Heritage Month, I wanted to share work by other Puerto Rican authors
Today, I wanted to shout out @boriscrito.bsky.social whose novella, Sordidez holds up Taínofuturism as a corrective against imperialism
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
Today, I wanted to shout out @boriscrito.bsky.social whose novella, Sordidez holds up Taínofuturism as a corrective against imperialism
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
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This friday at 2!!
Y’all come through next month at the NOLA Words and Music Festival, and watch me, Bryan Camp, Desiree S. Evans, and Marguerite Sheffer discuss magical realism and speculative fiction!
The panel will take place on 11/21/25 @ 2 PM!
We hope to see you there :)
The panel will take place on 11/21/25 @ 2 PM!
We hope to see you there :)
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This friday at 2!!
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Them: ChatGPT is a genius! Off-the-charts intelligence! Ask it to write something and see how brilliant it is!
Me, reading the piss-poor, C minus writing an LLM sharts out: Who could possibly think this is good?
Me, reading these released email chains: Ohhhhhhh.
Me, reading the piss-poor, C minus writing an LLM sharts out: Who could possibly think this is good?
Me, reading these released email chains: Ohhhhhhh.
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Them: ChatGPT is a genius! Off-the-charts intelligence! Ask it to write something and see how brilliant it is!
Me, reading the piss-poor, C minus writing an LLM sharts out: Who could possibly think this is good?
Me, reading these released email chains: Ohhhhhhh.
Me, reading the piss-poor, C minus writing an LLM sharts out: Who could possibly think this is good?
Me, reading these released email chains: Ohhhhhhh.
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Bond, aware he could never be near the woman he loved (at least for the moment) or his kid, faked his death and reinvented himself as a gay detective with an unbelievable accent.
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Some things are timeless. The elegant lines of a tailored tuxedo. The murky violence of extrajudicial espionage. The deceptive clarity of a well-poured martini.
He too, is timeless. Bodies are transitory. Faces mutable. But when a need arises, a murderous spirt offers a deal. A compact.
A...bond.
He too, is timeless. Bodies are transitory. Faces mutable. But when a need arises, a murderous spirt offers a deal. A compact.
A...bond.
Spoiler: it’s because he died. The writers of a franchise whose main character has been played by seven actors across sixty years think they have to come up with a plot explanation for the character coming back after dying in the previous movie. radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Some things are timeless. The elegant lines of a tailored tuxedo. The murky violence of extrajudicial espionage. The deceptive clarity of a well-poured martini.
He too, is timeless. Bodies are transitory. Faces mutable. But when a need arises, a murderous spirt offers a deal. A compact.
A...bond.
He too, is timeless. Bodies are transitory. Faces mutable. But when a need arises, a murderous spirt offers a deal. A compact.
A...bond.
Y'all know those things where every time you think you can't be more hype for the thing, you find out that there are in fact new ecstatic heights of hypeness you had yet to attain?
Ladies, Gentleman, They-thems, and Tchik-tchicks, I give you...
Ladies, Gentleman, They-thems, and Tchik-tchicks, I give you...
Convincing you to *pre-order my *novella with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Y'all know those things where every time you think you can't be more hype for the thing, you find out that there are in fact new ecstatic heights of hypeness you had yet to attain?
Ladies, Gentleman, They-thems, and Tchik-tchicks, I give you...
Ladies, Gentleman, They-thems, and Tchik-tchicks, I give you...
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Convincing you to *pre-order my *novella with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Convincing you to *pre-order my *novella with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
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I am obligated to remind you periodically that my first novel is out next spring and has nothing at all to do with the current goings-on thank goodness
An even better look at the gorgeous Year of the Mer book 1 (of 2) cover! I gasped just about to death when they told me THEEEE Micaela Alcaino was the one doing it.
You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...
You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I am obligated to remind you periodically that my first novel is out next spring and has nothing at all to do with the current goings-on thank goodness
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As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
At Readercon I was abandoned in the orbit of an editor and writer nerding out about anime. I listened politely, nothing to contribute. When the editor gamely tried to include me, I admitted I was out of my depth re: anime.
Editor, heroically: "Well what is in your depth?"
Me: "b-ooks?"
Editor, heroically: "Well what is in your depth?"
Me: "b-ooks?"
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
At Readercon I was abandoned in the orbit of an editor and writer nerding out about anime. I listened politely, nothing to contribute. When the editor gamely tried to include me, I admitted I was out of my depth re: anime.
Editor, heroically: "Well what is in your depth?"
Me: "b-ooks?"
Editor, heroically: "Well what is in your depth?"
Me: "b-ooks?"
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November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
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indiepubs.com/collections/...
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
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Look At My Book Everyone :)
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Look At My Book Everyone :)
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Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you in three weeks!
Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!
More info ⬇️
Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!
More info ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you in three weeks!
Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!
More info ⬇️
Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!
More info ⬇️
I am somehow both this kind of reader, but also the sort of reader who refuses to read a single work by a beloved writer (Eco, for instance) so I never exist in a world where their work is "finished" for me.
still adjusting to the fact that I have become a person who absolutely must read a new-to-me author's entire back catalog. this is not an efficient use of time, sometimes? but it's so SATISFYING.
In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses completionism: how we navigate an author's catalogue, and when a story finds us at the right time
reactormag.com/the-accident...
reactormag.com/the-accident...
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I am somehow both this kind of reader, but also the sort of reader who refuses to read a single work by a beloved writer (Eco, for instance) so I never exist in a world where their work is "finished" for me.
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Happy book birthday to THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT!
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy book birthday to THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT!
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
This feels so right to me.
"We passed close to the star, so close it would have crushed us were it not for the activation of our sorrow engine, negating its gravity with the weight of grief. We continued on, moving at the velocity of epiphany."
"We passed close to the star, so close it would have crushed us were it not for the activation of our sorrow engine, negating its gravity with the weight of grief. We continued on, moving at the velocity of epiphany."
if I ever write scifi I'm gonna have the starships powered by magic or something just so nobody can get after me for scientific inaccuracy when I don't calculate how long a trip between Earth and Mars is
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This feels so right to me.
"We passed close to the star, so close it would have crushed us were it not for the activation of our sorrow engine, negating its gravity with the weight of grief. We continued on, moving at the velocity of epiphany."
"We passed close to the star, so close it would have crushed us were it not for the activation of our sorrow engine, negating its gravity with the weight of grief. We continued on, moving at the velocity of epiphany."
Me: With books to read and write, and D&D to prep for, and exercise, and grading piling up, it feels indulgent to spend a few hours playing a video game.
Video Games and Middle Age: How about some sweat-slick-nauseous-half-the-night vertigo to go with that?
Me: Sarcastic_Thanks_So_Much.gif.
Video Games and Middle Age: How about some sweat-slick-nauseous-half-the-night vertigo to go with that?
Me: Sarcastic_Thanks_So_Much.gif.
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Me: With books to read and write, and D&D to prep for, and exercise, and grading piling up, it feels indulgent to spend a few hours playing a video game.
Video Games and Middle Age: How about some sweat-slick-nauseous-half-the-night vertigo to go with that?
Me: Sarcastic_Thanks_So_Much.gif.
Video Games and Middle Age: How about some sweat-slick-nauseous-half-the-night vertigo to go with that?
Me: Sarcastic_Thanks_So_Much.gif.
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Did you really think I’d drop my Ozymandias spoof poem right when there are so many competing for attention?
I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Did you really think I’d drop my Ozymandias spoof poem right when there are so many competing for attention?
I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
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writing tip: put a creature in it
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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