Derrick
@dmartincampbell.bsky.social
Best short story writer on Bluesky (derogatory) https://linktr.ee/derrickmartincampbell
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Derrick
@dmartincampbell.bsky.social
· Nov 12
A pinned thread of my published stories that I still like, oldest to newest:
President Gavin Newsom: Not using AI is genocide because they’re alive
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
President Gavin Newsom: Not using AI is genocide because they’re alive
As someone who has published 13 (yeah that's right) pieces of writing in several lit mags (some that still exist), my advice is:
1.) Submit (unsubmitted work is rarely published anymore)
2.) ONly submit good writing
3.) Call editors for status updates
4.)Make the 1st sentence good (lol)
1.) Submit (unsubmitted work is rarely published anymore)
2.) ONly submit good writing
3.) Call editors for status updates
4.)Make the 1st sentence good (lol)
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
As someone who has published 13 (yeah that's right) pieces of writing in several lit mags (some that still exist), my advice is:
1.) Submit (unsubmitted work is rarely published anymore)
2.) ONly submit good writing
3.) Call editors for status updates
4.)Make the 1st sentence good (lol)
1.) Submit (unsubmitted work is rarely published anymore)
2.) ONly submit good writing
3.) Call editors for status updates
4.)Make the 1st sentence good (lol)
Listen. The suicide grooming machine is alive
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Listen. The suicide grooming machine is alive
WIFE: Wait so where is this retreat again?
ME: The fjords
ME: The fjords
Surely there are fully-funded artist retreats for game designers, somewhere. I just need two weeks of uninterrupted thought and work. Ideally in Portugal? I’d take Belgium, Argentina, Korea… lesser countries too!
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM
WIFE: Wait so where is this retreat again?
ME: The fjords
ME: The fjords
Can you imagine if 90s James Ellroy wrote an Epstein book? Fuck
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Can you imagine if 90s James Ellroy wrote an Epstein book? Fuck
Imagine how well Gavin Newsom would run ICE
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Imagine how well Gavin Newsom would run ICE
How fucked up would it be to start brushing your teeth in the middle of a karaoke performanc?
February 10, 2026 at 7:39 AM
How fucked up would it be to start brushing your teeth in the middle of a karaoke performanc?
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Sure! to name just a few that fit in here in this nebulous zone to me, I'd suggest work by @ivygrimes.bsky.social, @kjy1066.bsky.social, @lilliekoi.bsky.social, @rlsummerling.bsky.social, @addisonzeller.bsky.social, @xaviergarcia.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Sure! to name just a few that fit in here in this nebulous zone to me, I'd suggest work by @ivygrimes.bsky.social, @kjy1066.bsky.social, @lilliekoi.bsky.social, @rlsummerling.bsky.social, @addisonzeller.bsky.social, @xaviergarcia.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social
Hey, John, be cool, man
there is something like weird fiction, a sister to it, that sits somewhere in the intersections of magical realism, weird fic, absurdism, surrealism and horror, and it is very alive right now despite (or perhaps because of) its namelessness
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Hey, John, be cool, man
Tonya Harding's lingering spiritual foot-print at Portland's two mall ice rinks (Lloyd Center where she practiced as as a child & Clackamas Town Center where she trained for the Olympics), setting us up for a destabilization of the city's energies when they finally tear Lloyd down later this year.
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Tonya Harding's lingering spiritual foot-print at Portland's two mall ice rinks (Lloyd Center where she practiced as as a child & Clackamas Town Center where she trained for the Olympics), setting us up for a destabilization of the city's energies when they finally tear Lloyd down later this year.
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Seahawks championship and my new book officially out on Tuesday. Just a giant day for SeaTac. MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING!
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Seahawks championship and my new book officially out on Tuesday. Just a giant day for SeaTac. MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING!
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
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NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
The real project of the internet, after turning everyone into Republican mass shooters (yes, your time will come), is to make me hate the fans of the art I love.
February 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
The real project of the internet, after turning everyone into Republican mass shooters (yes, your time will come), is to make me hate the fans of the art I love.
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“Well, you can see that this has been a real train dream”
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
“Well, you can see that this has been a real train dream”
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ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
Literally everyone I've invited thinks I'm joking around and then stopped replying to my text for a day
Trying to pick which groups of friends groups I want invite to which of these and it’s hopeles, feels like I’m picking bridesmaids or MySpace top 8 www.thecinemagictheater.com/tarkovsky
The films of Andrei Tarkovsky — The Cinemagic Theater
Andrei Rublev, Stalker, Solaris, & Mirror at the Cinemagic Theater.
www.thecinemagictheater.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Literally everyone I've invited thinks I'm joking around and then stopped replying to my text for a day
Stephen King wrote a craft book called On Writing and it's the one that lit-fic people love and half of it is just ruminations on his childhood but the other half is, hilariously, about how the only way to make your writing good is to cut the wordcount by 50%. From Stephen King.
Craft is a myth invented by fragile artists who need to believe that "good" art exists and that industries like publishing are meritocracies that at least semi-accurately reward goodness.
fell victim to one of the classic blunders (opening threads) and was immediately subjected to whatever the fuck this is
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Stephen King wrote a craft book called On Writing and it's the one that lit-fic people love and half of it is just ruminations on his childhood but the other half is, hilariously, about how the only way to make your writing good is to cut the wordcount by 50%. From Stephen King.
Craft is a myth invented by fragile artists who need to believe that "good" art exists and that industries like publishing are meritocracies that at least semi-accurately reward goodness.
fell victim to one of the classic blunders (opening threads) and was immediately subjected to whatever the fuck this is
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Craft is a myth invented by fragile artists who need to believe that "good" art exists and that industries like publishing are meritocracies that at least semi-accurately reward goodness.
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Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
Spectrum of something wild and unnamable between this guy and Alan Cumming's scene in Eyes Wide Shut
Seriously my favorite scene in the entire show youtu.be/FGo81Xb7hfI?...
The Chair Company - At His Limit
YouTube video by Darkstar Consortium
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Spectrum of something wild and unnamable between this guy and Alan Cumming's scene in Eyes Wide Shut
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Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
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Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd and Judge Death commission (2013) by Mick/Mike McMahon.
January 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd and Judge Death commission (2013) by Mick/Mike McMahon.
Groundhog Day has become effortlessly beautiful, mysteriously sacred
February 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Groundhog Day has become effortlessly beautiful, mysteriously sacred
When the 1st person narrator is just a regular guy w/ no prejudices or idiosyncrasies except perfectly objective observation & witty, adverb-less speech.
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
When the 1st person narrator is just a regular guy w/ no prejudices or idiosyncrasies except perfectly objective observation & witty, adverb-less speech.
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Don’t blame anybody for not being able to do it. We can’t really afford to be doing it either, but we are. It’s not the superior choice, just a choice.
If you don’t mind the ask, we’d love for people to check out the site and consider an online order tonight or this weekend
Eveninghousebooks.com
If you don’t mind the ask, we’d love for people to check out the site and consider an online order tonight or this weekend
Eveninghousebooks.com
Evening House Books
Buffalo's downtown bookstore, a parlor-style cove for deep cut indie literature and bold, diverse, voices.
Eveninghousebooks.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Don’t blame anybody for not being able to do it. We can’t really afford to be doing it either, but we are. It’s not the superior choice, just a choice.
If you don’t mind the ask, we’d love for people to check out the site and consider an online order tonight or this weekend
Eveninghousebooks.com
If you don’t mind the ask, we’d love for people to check out the site and consider an online order tonight or this weekend
Eveninghousebooks.com