Bryce Mainville
@brycewrites.bsky.social
Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Writer | Voted Crocodile Isle's 'Most Eligible Kremling' 2024 | rep by Chelsea Hensley at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social
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Finished Ashes of the Imperium. A great read as Chris Wraight often delivers. Much of the book is setup for the new Scouring series but its a truly impressive and dizzying array of balancing many interweaving storylines all at once. www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/t...
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Finished Ashes of the Imperium. A great read as Chris Wraight often delivers. Much of the book is setup for the new Scouring series but its a truly impressive and dizzying array of balancing many interweaving storylines all at once. www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/t...
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This is also where Dems should double down on telling US troops not to obey illegal orders, such as attacking a NATO country in direct violation of the NATO charter, the UN charter, and US law (including and especially the Constitution!).
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is also where Dems should double down on telling US troops not to obey illegal orders, such as attacking a NATO country in direct violation of the NATO charter, the UN charter, and US law (including and especially the Constitution!).
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We look forward to June's write-ups of the process of drafting her stories for us, and you should too!
Run, don't walk, to this blog post after you've read the new Astharta story in issue six of NESS!
Run, don't walk, to this blog post after you've read the new Astharta story in issue six of NESS!
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
We look forward to June's write-ups of the process of drafting her stories for us, and you should too!
Run, don't walk, to this blog post after you've read the new Astharta story in issue six of NESS!
Run, don't walk, to this blog post after you've read the new Astharta story in issue six of NESS!
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Another year in the books! We're back at our desks and doing it (and more) all over again!
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Another year in the books! We're back at our desks and doing it (and more) all over again!
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Walz was wrong to drop out because every headline is now like this. “Uh I should drop out to avoid right-wing smears and focus on fraud” thanks man, you just validated what they said.
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Walz was wrong to drop out because every headline is now like this. “Uh I should drop out to avoid right-wing smears and focus on fraud” thanks man, you just validated what they said.
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NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/
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Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”
David Hoch, who goes by his first name in Nick Shirley’s video allegedly exposing Somali fraud, referred to “demon Muslims” on social media.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
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Kicking off 2026, my latest Patreon post is 100% FREE!
Check out the plot-script and lettering script for the CONAN: BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE Prelude issue:
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Learn how comics are made for the price of a fancy coffee - 300+ scripts in my Patreon archive.
Check out the plot-script and lettering script for the CONAN: BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE Prelude issue:
www.patreon.com/posts/conan-...
Learn how comics are made for the price of a fancy coffee - 300+ scripts in my Patreon archive.
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Kicking off 2026, my latest Patreon post is 100% FREE!
Check out the plot-script and lettering script for the CONAN: BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE Prelude issue:
www.patreon.com/posts/conan-...
Learn how comics are made for the price of a fancy coffee - 300+ scripts in my Patreon archive.
Check out the plot-script and lettering script for the CONAN: BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE Prelude issue:
www.patreon.com/posts/conan-...
Learn how comics are made for the price of a fancy coffee - 300+ scripts in my Patreon archive.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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Another galling example of this: It's been said that Trump's hatred of the "deep state" is rooted in hatred of its "warmongering." But Trump hates the deep state because it tried to hold him accountable for his crimes and because a professional civil service is a barrier to authoritarian corruption!
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Another galling example of this: It's been said that Trump's hatred of the "deep state" is rooted in hatred of its "warmongering." But Trump hates the deep state because it tried to hold him accountable for his crimes and because a professional civil service is a barrier to authoritarian corruption!
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this is repulsive, but for those who didn't live through "shock and awe" in iraq: it's the norm with the bootlickers who largely make up the dc/nyc press
January 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
this is repulsive, but for those who didn't live through "shock and awe" in iraq: it's the norm with the bootlickers who largely make up the dc/nyc press
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personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
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You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
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Okay here’s an actual take: the fascist international is at war with the very concept of legitimacy.
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Okay here’s an actual take: the fascist international is at war with the very concept of legitimacy.
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Unquestionably impeachable.
Primary every Democrat who declines to say so and do so.
Primary every Democrat who declines to say so and do so.
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Unquestionably impeachable.
Primary every Democrat who declines to say so and do so.
Primary every Democrat who declines to say so and do so.
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Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
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The Senate tradition of unanimously confirming colleagues from the chamber has directly led to millions of deaths and the collapse of the last shreds of the rule of law, when you consider Rubio’s role in illegally disbanding USAID and various illegal strikes, abductions, and expulsions.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The Senate tradition of unanimously confirming colleagues from the chamber has directly led to millions of deaths and the collapse of the last shreds of the rule of law, when you consider Rubio’s role in illegally disbanding USAID and various illegal strikes, abductions, and expulsions.
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This is a Mafia State. Really no other was to put it.
Trump's threat to bomb Iran made something clear to me in a way I hadn't yet formulated: His conception of US military force, like his conception of the federal govt, is now entirely personalized. It is a power to be wielded not on behalf of US interests but on behalf of his personal whims.
January 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
This is a Mafia State. Really no other was to put it.
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Maduro terrorized his dissent in Venezuela and expanded his power through violence. His right wing opponents cozied up to Western fascists, corporate interests and Christian nationalists to obtain power through violent regime change via the U.S.
The people of Venezuela have been used as pawns.
The people of Venezuela have been used as pawns.
January 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Maduro terrorized his dissent in Venezuela and expanded his power through violence. His right wing opponents cozied up to Western fascists, corporate interests and Christian nationalists to obtain power through violent regime change via the U.S.
The people of Venezuela have been used as pawns.
The people of Venezuela have been used as pawns.
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Once again, decades of ludicrous ‘Drug War’ and ‘War on Terror’ rhetoric and policy laid the groundwork for this. These are the sorts of things that must be uprooted.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Once again, decades of ludicrous ‘Drug War’ and ‘War on Terror’ rhetoric and policy laid the groundwork for this. These are the sorts of things that must be uprooted.
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one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
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gonna post some old tweets i’ve saved over the years
September 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
gonna post some old tweets i’ve saved over the years
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Matt Cheney pointed me to a recent article in the LA Review of Books about my Well-Built City Trilogy
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We Are Close, We Are Almost There | Los Angeles Review of Books
Zachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism.
lareviewofbooks.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Matt Cheney pointed me to a recent article in the LA Review of Books about my Well-Built City Trilogy
lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-a...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-a...
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okay, beloveds, some real talk
in just three days, we'll be raising our patreon pricing
BUT
if you join before the 1st you'll get the old pricing (and it will stay that way)!!
🖤 thank you 🖤 from the bottom of our crunchy, calcified hearts for considering!
www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
in just three days, we'll be raising our patreon pricing
BUT
if you join before the 1st you'll get the old pricing (and it will stay that way)!!
🖤 thank you 🖤 from the bottom of our crunchy, calcified hearts for considering!
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Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
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December 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
okay, beloveds, some real talk
in just three days, we'll be raising our patreon pricing
BUT
if you join before the 1st you'll get the old pricing (and it will stay that way)!!
🖤 thank you 🖤 from the bottom of our crunchy, calcified hearts for considering!
www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
in just three days, we'll be raising our patreon pricing
BUT
if you join before the 1st you'll get the old pricing (and it will stay that way)!!
🖤 thank you 🖤 from the bottom of our crunchy, calcified hearts for considering!
www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
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Thank you to all who voted to make Dropsite Massacre the Black Library Book of 2025!
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December 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thank you to all who voted to make Dropsite Massacre the Black Library Book of 2025!
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My favorite read of 2025. RUN, DON'T WALK, to the city of Tiliard! But don't touch the walls. Or floor. Most surfaces, really.
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes: Review by Niall Harrison locusmag.com/review/...
December 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My favorite read of 2025. RUN, DON'T WALK, to the city of Tiliard! But don't touch the walls. Or floor. Most surfaces, really.