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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
Today is Small Business Saturday.

All the authors you know and like who sell books on their website are all pretty much small businesses. You know what to do. www.swankmotron.com/shop
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I have two short stories in this new BattleTech collection which is out today! books2read.com/BattleTechTa...

I have signed copies up for pre-order on my webstore, too! www.swankmotron.com/shop/pre-ord...
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In case you missed it, I had a FREE story drop on @michaelastackpole.bsky.social's Chain Story Project.

It's about the last of the Catriders on a quest to rescue the forest from a sorcerer Hawk. Think Redwall, Conan, and Elric wrapped in a ball of fun. www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As long as it includes Teddy Roosevelt's son's White House Badger Josiah.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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...
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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!)
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today’s writing music…
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Imagine this: it's 1926 and you're Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. One of your constituents sends you a raccoon as a gift for the first family to EAT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.

That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Listen, I didn’t design the Ion Sparrow C, I merely play one on tabletop and see my enemies driven before me and hear the lamentations of their women.
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
True story. (another flashback from 11 years ago.)
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Still true, ten years later. Funny story, I was sitting in that exact same spot in the exact same coffee shop this morning, getting my writing done.

General Hux's methods have been brutal, but effective.
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Guess who has a story in the new issue of Weird Tales Magazine? That’s right! Me, and a whole lot of other terrific authors! Snag a copy at weirdtales.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Post you from a different era.

Me, circa the mid '80s
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
They say Charles Guiteau danced to the gallows.
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
One of the coolest publications I've ever been had a story in and one I'm super proud of: So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Museum and Library Issue 14 was published today. You can only get it through the library. My story is "Strikeout". www.kvmlshop.org/product/so-i...
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My new BattleTech book just came out Friday! books2read.com/BattleTechOu...
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s even better looking in person…
October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hey, if you're in Utah, come see me. I'll be here all day, alongside @pfracassi.bsky.social and @stephengrahamjones.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/a-day-of-h...
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Welp, that’s the end of Chrono Trigger.
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It's New Book Day! Naturally I have a new newsletter with LOTS of stuff in it for you to know: mailchi.mp/a29b16f48993...
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In 3 1/2 hours, my new BattleTech book comes out digitally. Tomorrow you can order physical copies (you can preorder signed copies at my site now) It works as a standalone, too, in case you're not caught up on Fox Patrol.

Digital books2read.com/u/3J1nJv Or signed: www.swankmotron.com/shop/outfoxed
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Show us your cats.

Here are three of mine. As tribute.
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Look at this beauty I picked up. A century old Remington Portable that still works beautifully…
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My kid, Anakin, ended up with this one, no lie:
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM