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Anthony Camber
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🏳️‍🌈 Writer of queer fiction

📘 UNSTABLE ORBITS out now - Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, Paperback
🏳️‍🌈 5 other queer books out + more to come

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Merry Christmas all!

This is from my next book, codenamed "AXIS 1". It's written in a hypothetical future dialect of English - no typos in this excerpt.

(Probably recruiting beta readers in January, for February.)

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“Hey,” I say as the cool of the galley hits me. C-dog, he in his hatch, and I glad of it. “Hey-eey,” Terracotta sings like she on the lectrons, same broad teaskin smile she always got. “Lunch?” I scratch my neck. “We got red paste?” Nicer than green paste. Tastes— brighter. Too much numbs your lips and buzzes your mouth, and it good. Too too much buzzes your guts, and it ent.
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Extending a bit more, I turned on the TV last week and saw the end of an episode of EastEnders where two young men kissed.

Here’s Piers Morgan in 1989:
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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From my next book, codenamed "AXIS 1".

No typos here - it's written in a hypothetical future dialect of English.

(I'll be recruiting beta readers soon. Let me know if you're interested.)

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His brows nudge close a milli, then relax. He holds out a hand. I stare it. A big hand, but not rough. It ent pulled any carts, and he sure ent got a best shovel. His wrist, it wrapped in bands of cloth and string, six, seven, all shades, loose and tight. He got thick arms smeared with hair and tats, designs I ent ever seen. Biceps like Skylight. He smells of work like he carried a day before breakfast.
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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My spine coped better than I expected with today’s journey. Decent view!

(IG has more photos)
A photo of an old ruin, with the Parthenon in Athens in the background
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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From a later chapter in Unstable Orbits, but no spoilers here.

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(Available on Amazon, ebook/pb/KU)
The day before the A-level results came out, I was not a pleasant person to be with. Before I could do irreparable damage I took myself away, walking without any destination in mind into the countryside around the town. I stood on an old stone footbridge over the river, watching the crystal waters flow through the— green stuff. Not algae. The long tendrils waving to and fro in the current, like the inflatable men flapping about outside car dealerships.
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Unstable Orbits doesn't have "retrograde," but perhaps unsurprisingly it has 19 occurrences of "orbit."

This is from one of my favourite scenes between Nate and Luke.

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He put his hand on my arm, rubbed it gently up and down like he used to, on the good days. “You’re at the centre, Natty.” “I’m not, that’s—” “It’s true. If someone has to be piggy in the middle, then it’s you. Preston adores you, he would do anything for you. And I— you know what I think. And Grant, well, I don’t think we know his orbit very well but he’s a Virgo with Mercury rising.” The words hung in the air. “And Elias?” “Oh, he’s simply an arsehole. A big floating arsehole in space. Uranus, that’s the one.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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From Unstable Orbits (out now!)

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXFJQ3B5
USA: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFJQ3B5
and other Amazon stores

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Preston had risked the veg something, and was dissecting its crispy embers with a nervous fork. Daisy had brought her own smug salad in a green-tinged plastic tub, which was covered in stickers of daisies with her name in thick black marker and a big red heart over the i. I wondered — or was it Luke, in my head — whether Preston owned a similar tub with a picture of the Preston bus depot. I didn’t chance my luck asking. The burger was not, in fact, good. “Try a bit of this, whatever it is.” Preston pushed his plate a centimetre towards mine. “It’s like a fossilised kyiv but missing the iv. I detect peas.” “Oh.” A comedy thought struck. I tapped his forearm. “It’s missing the ky, not the iv. It’s a pea-iv.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Happy Friday

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November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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From my next book, title and release date not yet announced.

Still an early draft that'll likely change, but there are no typos here. It's written in a hypothetical future dialect of English.

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Teach, he curls his lips, faking smile. He gonna verbal, he got the eyes. When I back in cabin, C-dog gonna spark me til I glow purple, sure sure. Gonna sit in stink jail til recyc. Teach says, alast, “The builders of this place, our ansters, supplied all we need to complete the mission, or the info and skills to create it.” My voice, it stronger now. “But the fires, the wars. Things got lost, forgot. We sure—” He quiets me with a chop hand, like he slicing my arm at the elbow. “We ent any to worry about,” he says, louder, holding the smile a long sec.
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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TILL UNDEATH DO US PART

A breathless zombie chase through Cambridge culminating at King’s College Chapel, intertwined with flashbacks of Olly and Josh’s burgeoning relationship.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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THE PINK AND THE GREY

A quirky, smart thriller blending college farce with espionage caper. Academic Spencer faces an ultimatum to save St. Paul’s College’s finances, while rookie reporter Conor chases a career-defining scoop.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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DISUNITED

A darkly funny tale of young football star Danny Prince, whose life spirals hilariously and heartbreakingly out of control after a viral photo outs him as the Premier League’s first openly gay male player.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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THE PAULINE CONVERSION

A satire in 1972 Cambridge, where a college don’s quest for legacy leads him to adopt a homeless teenager, uncovering secrets that challenge his loyalties and the very foundations of St. Paul’s College.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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A ROOM FULL OF ELEPHANTS

A quirky sci-fi mystery about relationships, loss and self, where the impossible, adorable Eric upends a couple’s cosy life and reveals a secret that shatters reality.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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UNSTABLE ORBITS

A queer, geeky, heartfelt, hilarious tale of love, friendship and second chances, as Nate navigates A-levels, his spiralling emotions and the gravitational pull of new and old relationships.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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All books now on KINDLE UNLIMITED

Readers say:
- "A wonderful masterpiece"
- "Definitely recommend if you’re into fresh, queer stories with lots of feels!"
- "Sits equally well beside Tom Sharpe or Douglas Adams"
- "An amazing book"
- "A feat of writing genius"
- "Brilliantly funny"

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The Clangers on their planet, waving to the Soup Dragon flying overhead
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Rare example I think of a story being illustrated with an “incidentally LGBTQIA+” image.

I wonder how long it’ll stay?
September 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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From Unstable Orbits (out now!)

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXFJQ3B5
USA: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFJQ3B5
and other Amazon stores, plus Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play

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“I’m held together with string and elastic bands, in a world full of scissors.” I lowered my head and wiped my face with my palms, then opened my eyes to face him. He was still staring into the sun. He hadn’t seen my tears. I steadied my voice. “Does that answer your question?” He sat there in silence. I thought he was going to stand up and walk away and never speak to me again, and I would turn to dust in the breeze as if Thanos had snapped his fingers. “String can be untied and retied,” he said at last. “Elastic bands can be moved and replaced. Better than everything being glued into fixed positions, isn’t it?” “Did you just therapy me again?”
September 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Unstable Orbits: top ten bestseller!

At time of recording, Unstable Orbits is number 8 in the bestsellers list on Amazon UK for gay young adult fiction.

(Just behind one of my favourite books of the year, from @whusseyauthor.bsky.social)

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August 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I’m trying something new: Facebook ads. They’ll be running in the UK for a month. Three separate creatives for Unstable Orbits, pointing to Amazon - let’s see which one is most popular, and if I get any sales from them.

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August 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Unstable Orbits takes place in the school year 2024-25: it's so contemporary, scenes in the book take place literally today and tomorrow.

As I write, we're 236 words into the final scene of chapter 16: it's the day before the A-level results. Nate's been fretting.

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August 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Here's a screenshot of the spreadsheet I've built to track the Unstable Orbits audiobook. The description column is a reminder for me of the scene - taken from Scrivener, along with word counts. R=recorded, E=edited. The WC, RE, and End TS columns drive everything.
Screenshot of a spreadsheet recording the progress of the Unstable Orbits audiobook
August 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Unstable Orbits: latest Google Alert

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August 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Ugh, TikTok just removed the tag "#gaybooks" from my latest post. I registered my objection.

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August 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM