Bryan Young
@swankmotron.com
Storyteller. I've written stuff for Star Wars, Robotech, BattleTech, Doctor Who, Shadowrun, Remo Williams and more. Repped by Katherine Odom Tomchin.
He/They http://www.swankmotron.com
He/They http://www.swankmotron.com
These Fox Patrol ’Mechs look fantastic! You did such a great job.
#Battletech #Mechwarrior #Miniatures
#StarLeague
With all my medical drama it’s taken me a long time getting from there to here … but I finished it
May I present
@swankmotron.com ‘s
#FoxPatrol
#StarLeague
With all my medical drama it’s taken me a long time getting from there to here … but I finished it
May I present
@swankmotron.com ‘s
#FoxPatrol
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
These Fox Patrol ’Mechs look fantastic! You did such a great job.
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In addition to @atthisarts.com - (definitely check out our catalogue at slash cat) my own books are listed in more detail at edebell.com - and I do sign and/or personalize them! (Note: A selection of economy shipping to certain countries prevents this.)
I love my stories and hope you might too.
I love my stories and hope you might too.
E.D.E. Bell - Fantasy Fiction
Wander and wonder in fantasies. ✨
edebell.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In addition to @atthisarts.com - (definitely check out our catalogue at slash cat) my own books are listed in more detail at edebell.com - and I do sign and/or personalize them! (Note: A selection of economy shipping to certain countries prevents this.)
I love my stories and hope you might too.
I love my stories and hope you might too.
If you would like to shop small this weekend, consider indie bookshops rather than the big chains. Consider the authors themselves, even. A ton of us have signed books available on our websites.
Me for example: www.swankmotron.com/shop
(and if you're doing this, drop your link below, too)
Me for example: www.swankmotron.com/shop
(and if you're doing this, drop your link below, too)
Shop — Bryan Young
www.swankmotron.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you would like to shop small this weekend, consider indie bookshops rather than the big chains. Consider the authors themselves, even. A ton of us have signed books available on our websites.
Me for example: www.swankmotron.com/shop
(and if you're doing this, drop your link below, too)
Me for example: www.swankmotron.com/shop
(and if you're doing this, drop your link below, too)
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Another free Sword and Sorcery story. You can follow the author, Bryan Young @swankmotron.com here, and if you're not following @michaelastackpole.bsky.social , what the hell is wrong with you?
The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Free Fiction, Round Eleven — The Chain Story
This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce Pip Strongpaw, hero, wanderer and mouse. Please enjoy his debut tale from the pen of Bryan Young, Ice Hawk’s Aerie .
www.chainstorycore.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another free Sword and Sorcery story. You can follow the author, Bryan Young @swankmotron.com here, and if you're not following @michaelastackpole.bsky.social , what the hell is wrong with you?
This movie is really terrific. It’s like if Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle and Graham Greene’s Power and the Glory hung out together in a murder mystery. Rian Johnson is just a terrific filmmaker and I’m thankful he gets to ply his art. Go see it.
Let’s all go around BlueSky and each say what we’re thankful for. I’ll start: GLENN CLOSE! And #WakeUpDeadMan being in theaters. WITH GLENN CLOSE! Thanks to all who are coming out to see it. Theater finder in my pinned post!
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This movie is really terrific. It’s like if Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle and Graham Greene’s Power and the Glory hung out together in a murder mystery. Rian Johnson is just a terrific filmmaker and I’m thankful he gets to ply his art. Go see it.
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This was a fun read. I was wondering what road it was going to take things down at several points just in terms of depicting things. Was it going to be real magic or imagined? And who benefits from what?
The characters were fun. Also, the birds being the bad-guys makes sense. Never trust a dinosaur
The characters were fun. Also, the birds being the bad-guys makes sense. Never trust a dinosaur
Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This was a fun read. I was wondering what road it was going to take things down at several points just in terms of depicting things. Was it going to be real magic or imagined? And who benefits from what?
The characters were fun. Also, the birds being the bad-guys makes sense. Never trust a dinosaur
The characters were fun. Also, the birds being the bad-guys makes sense. Never trust a dinosaur
Did everyone get a chance to check this out? If so, what did you think?
Are Pip and Darkmoor as fun to read about as I think they are to write about?
Are Pip and Darkmoor as fun to read about as I think they are to write about?
Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Did everyone get a chance to check this out? If so, what did you think?
Are Pip and Darkmoor as fun to read about as I think they are to write about?
Are Pip and Darkmoor as fun to read about as I think they are to write about?
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Exactly this.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Exactly this.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
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Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
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We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Mike was gracious enough to invite me to this project and this story was some of the most fun I've had writing. And did I mention the stories are free?
The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Free Fiction, Round Eleven — The Chain Story
This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce Pip Strongpaw, hero, wanderer and mouse. Please enjoy his debut tale from the pen of Bryan Young, Ice Hawk’s Aerie .
www.chainstorycore.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Mike was gracious enough to invite me to this project and this story was some of the most fun I've had writing. And did I mention the stories are free?
Reposted by Bryan Young
Something something sharing far and wide.
The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Free Fiction, Round Eleven — The Chain Story
This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce Pip Strongpaw, hero, wanderer and mouse. Please enjoy his debut tale from the pen of Bryan Young, Ice Hawk’s Aerie .
www.chainstorycore.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Something something sharing far and wide.
I wrote about being grateful for things that weren't this week for @cityweekly.bsky.social www.cityweekly.net/ae/big-shiny...
Big Shiny Robot: Being grateful for what wasn’t
George Lucas’ Flash Gordon, Spielberg’s James Bond and other unrealized projects that allowed classics to emerge.
www.cityweekly.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wrote about being grateful for things that weren't this week for @cityweekly.bsky.social www.cityweekly.net/ae/big-shiny...
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If you ever thought Redwall's worldbuilding needed a dash or two of Conan the Barbarian, then Bryan's new story is absolutely for you! Also, there is a VERY good cat.
Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you ever thought Redwall's worldbuilding needed a dash or two of Conan the Barbarian, then Bryan's new story is absolutely for you! Also, there is a VERY good cat.
Forget student assignments, this is just the perfect thing to quote on ANY AI slop anywhere.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Forget student assignments, this is just the perfect thing to quote on ANY AI slop anywhere.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Here's the big one. web.archive.org/web/20210219...
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here's the big one. web.archive.org/web/20210219...
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If you are fan of Redwall and Magic the Gathering Bloomburrow, you will love this. As a bonus it is free and there will be more stories to come.
Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If you are fan of Redwall and Magic the Gathering Bloomburrow, you will love this. As a bonus it is free and there will be more stories to come.
Back when Twitter wasn't so bad, someone asked Robert McKee there his opinion about @rianjohnson.bsky.social's The Last Jedi, and he directed them to my analysis of the film.
And I about died. That's all the validation I needed.
And I about died. That's all the validation I needed.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Back when Twitter wasn't so bad, someone asked Robert McKee there his opinion about @rianjohnson.bsky.social's The Last Jedi, and he directed them to my analysis of the film.
And I about died. That's all the validation I needed.
And I about died. That's all the validation I needed.
Reposted by Bryan Young
The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Free Fiction, Round Eleven — The Chain Story
This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce Pip Strongpaw, hero, wanderer and mouse. Please enjoy his debut tale from the pen of Bryan Young, Ice Hawk’s Aerie .
www.chainstorycore.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Who wants to read about a warrior mouse who rides a bad ass cat and fights hawks to save his forest?
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Ice Hawk's Aerie is Part 1 of the Adventures of Pip Strongpaw and is available FREE as part of @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Years ago when we were working on the Drawn podcast, I got to interview Deja at his beautiful home and he showed us early footage from this project. I wept in his living room as he graciously handed me tissue after tissue. This one is special.
Finally! Disney legend Andreas Deja will debut his 2D, hand-drawn short 'Mushka' online on Dec. 15, more than 13 years after sharing its first teaser.
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/andre...
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/andre...
Andreas Deja’s Hand-Drawn ‘Mushka’ Premieres Online Dec. 15
The long-anticipated short brings Deja’s extensive 2D expertise to global audiences, blending emotional storytelling with expressive hand-drawn animation.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Years ago when we were working on the Drawn podcast, I got to interview Deja at his beautiful home and he showed us early footage from this project. I wept in his living room as he graciously handed me tissue after tissue. This one is special.
Question for BlueSky:
What's a good, reasonably priced option for a stop-motion camera rig and set up that I could get a 10 year old? Kingston really wants to make more complicated films than he's able and I want to facilitate that.
What's a good, reasonably priced option for a stop-motion camera rig and set up that I could get a 10 year old? Kingston really wants to make more complicated films than he's able and I want to facilitate that.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Question for BlueSky:
What's a good, reasonably priced option for a stop-motion camera rig and set up that I could get a 10 year old? Kingston really wants to make more complicated films than he's able and I want to facilitate that.
What's a good, reasonably priced option for a stop-motion camera rig and set up that I could get a 10 year old? Kingston really wants to make more complicated films than he's able and I want to facilitate that.
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I guess this can be fully revealed now. I got to work with one of my favorite Battletech authors to bring visuals to his serialized story. Strap on your riding gear and go on an adventure with cat-riding mouse knight as he Conans his way through sorcerers and eldritch demons.
www.chainstory.com
www.chainstory.com
Tomorrow kicks off my serial series for @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story!
The adventures of Pip Strongpaw, last of the Great Catriders and Knight of the Forsworn Few. Part 1: Ice Hawk's Aerie
Cover by @runningcritter.bsky.social
Check www.chainstory.com tomorrow! (It's FREE!)
The adventures of Pip Strongpaw, last of the Great Catriders and Knight of the Forsworn Few. Part 1: Ice Hawk's Aerie
Cover by @runningcritter.bsky.social
Check www.chainstory.com tomorrow! (It's FREE!)
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I guess this can be fully revealed now. I got to work with one of my favorite Battletech authors to bring visuals to his serialized story. Strap on your riding gear and go on an adventure with cat-riding mouse knight as he Conans his way through sorcerers and eldritch demons.
www.chainstory.com
www.chainstory.com