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.
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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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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
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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
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
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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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From a teacher's perspective, this is both the most significant problem and the largest blind spot among the educational community. So many teachers are focused on whether a student can get the "right" answer, not whether they "understand."
So they're adapting to LLMs the most wrong way possible.
So they're adapting to LLMs the most wrong way possible.
Another reason I hate AI is bc I think people stopped giving open note take home math exams bc of it. I vastly prefer having a few days to think through super hard problems, taking walks and coffee breaks in between, than the 1 hour in class exams.
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
From a teacher's perspective, this is both the most significant problem and the largest blind spot among the educational community. So many teachers are focused on whether a student can get the "right" answer, not whether they "understand."
So they're adapting to LLMs the most wrong way possible.
So they're adapting to LLMs the most wrong way possible.
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Another reason I hate AI is bc I think people stopped giving open note take home math exams bc of it. I vastly prefer having a few days to think through super hard problems, taking walks and coffee breaks in between, than the 1 hour in class exams.
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Another reason I hate AI is bc I think people stopped giving open note take home math exams bc of it. I vastly prefer having a few days to think through super hard problems, taking walks and coffee breaks in between, than the 1 hour in class exams.
Sexy Council of Seven Scepters Critical Role
October 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sexy Council of Seven Scepters Critical Role
The Simulation is giving us clearer and clearer indications that we live in it. This is a movie still from a Louvre heist themed Knives Out movie, with a member of the Fiennes family playing a cop and the OBVIOUS THIEF played by Grant Gustin's cousin strolling right by them.
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Simulation is giving us clearer and clearer indications that we live in it. This is a movie still from a Louvre heist themed Knives Out movie, with a member of the Fiennes family playing a cop and the OBVIOUS THIEF played by Grant Gustin's cousin strolling right by them.
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"Pardo weaves a wonderful blend of hard-boiled noir, engaging characters, and imaginative world-building that goes far beyond the usual 'What if the U.S. lost World War II?'" Thanks @benfrancisco.bsky.social for putting THE SHAMSHINE BLIND in such awesome company
In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, I wrote a listicle of awesome Latinx Science Fiction to read ASAP! W/ great books by @boriscrito.bsky.social @pazsays.bsky.social @valerievaldes.bsky.social @latinxfiles.bsky.social @willalex.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social
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benfrancisco.net/2025/10/15/1...
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Pardo weaves a wonderful blend of hard-boiled noir, engaging characters, and imaginative world-building that goes far beyond the usual 'What if the U.S. lost World War II?'" Thanks @benfrancisco.bsky.social for putting THE SHAMSHINE BLIND in such awesome company
City of Lost Fortunes: Rum, cinnamon, rust, cigars, fox musk.
Gather the Fortunes: 1st 1/2 "something died", 2nd 1/2 honey & apples
Novel on submission: Engine grease, rosemary, anise & menthol, burnt incense.
Novella on submission: pickle brine, hot metal
Novel I'm drafting: mold dust, oil paint
Gather the Fortunes: 1st 1/2 "something died", 2nd 1/2 honey & apples
Novel on submission: Engine grease, rosemary, anise & menthol, burnt incense.
Novella on submission: pickle brine, hot metal
Novel I'm drafting: mold dust, oil paint
What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
City of Lost Fortunes: Rum, cinnamon, rust, cigars, fox musk.
Gather the Fortunes: 1st 1/2 "something died", 2nd 1/2 honey & apples
Novel on submission: Engine grease, rosemary, anise & menthol, burnt incense.
Novella on submission: pickle brine, hot metal
Novel I'm drafting: mold dust, oil paint
Gather the Fortunes: 1st 1/2 "something died", 2nd 1/2 honey & apples
Novel on submission: Engine grease, rosemary, anise & menthol, burnt incense.
Novella on submission: pickle brine, hot metal
Novel I'm drafting: mold dust, oil paint
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You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
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It’s almost like billionaires and strong vibrant institutions of civil society can’t coexist
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s almost like billionaires and strong vibrant institutions of civil society can’t coexist