Brian Martinez
@bloodstreamcity.bsky.social
I'm a horror/scifi writer who lives in New York. Author of The Body Farm, The Unseen, The Mountain and The City, Bleeders, The Vessel podcast, Lungflower comic, and a bunch more.
The existence of Cowboy Bebop implies the existence of Cowboy Rocksteady.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The existence of Cowboy Bebop implies the existence of Cowboy Rocksteady.
For your spooky enjoyment: a collection of Halloween horror narrations by Spinal Tap Horror, including my story Treats.
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SpinalTap Horror: Halloween Special
YouTube video by SKZombieCorpse
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
For your spooky enjoyment: a collection of Halloween horror narrations by Spinal Tap Horror, including my story Treats.
youtu.be/zRvwJvUG48I?...
youtu.be/zRvwJvUG48I?...
Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is doing Evil Idol again this year, and Ryan Blue did a reading of my story "The Basement Stares."
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"The Basement Stares" 💀 Ryan Blue • Evil Idol 2025: Round 1 • Contestant # 29
YouTube video by Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is doing Evil Idol again this year, and Ryan Blue did a reading of my story "The Basement Stares."
youtu.be/pvvlLI1bAhE?...
youtu.be/pvvlLI1bAhE?...
Current mood: youtu.be/wKb2b9XfRWY
Relaxing with a Drink as the House Burns Down | Relaxing Horror Ambience
YouTube video by The Whispering Head
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July 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Current mood: youtu.be/wKb2b9XfRWY
Guess who's back
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7.2.2025
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June 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Guess who's back
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A few years back I wrote this fun horror story called "The Body Farm" that continues to surprise me with how it refuses to go away. The latest example: it's just been translated to and recorded in Czech.
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FARMA TĚL | CREEPYPASTA [CZ]
YouTube video by Creepypasty Česky
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June 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A few years back I wrote this fun horror story called "The Body Farm" that continues to surprise me with how it refuses to go away. The latest example: it's just been translated to and recorded in Czech.
youtu.be/oOktdxVOrNY
youtu.be/oOktdxVOrNY
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Do what you love for a living, and you will never have a day off for the rest of your life.
June 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Do what you love for a living, and you will never have a day off for the rest of your life.
Random fact: three years ago I posted a video to YouTube called "Spending Some Quiet Time in The Backrooms," and somehow it now has 66k views.
June 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Random fact: three years ago I posted a video to YouTube called "Spending Some Quiet Time in The Backrooms," and somehow it now has 66k views.
Happy Friday the 13th. My newest horror book is out now, and here's the trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbQ...
This Town is Sick | Horror Book Trailer
YouTube video by Bloodstream City
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June 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Happy Friday the 13th. My newest horror book is out now, and here's the trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbQ...
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New indie horror bookstore in Brooklyn? Uhh heck yeah! TWISTED SPINE Kickstarter is live, live, live:
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The Twisted Spine - NYC's Horror Bookstore and Café
Help a new indie horror bookstore and café materialize this Fall in Brooklyn!
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June 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New indie horror bookstore in Brooklyn? Uhh heck yeah! TWISTED SPINE Kickstarter is live, live, live:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...
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How about a horror bookstore for NYC?
This campaign will help make it come true.
I’m writing a story to help inaugurate the shop.
If you can give, please give!
Check out The Twisted Spine - NYC's Horror Bookstore and Café by Lauren Komer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...
This campaign will help make it come true.
I’m writing a story to help inaugurate the shop.
If you can give, please give!
Check out The Twisted Spine - NYC's Horror Bookstore and Café by Lauren Komer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...
The Twisted Spine - NYC's Horror Bookstore and Café
Help a new indie horror bookstore and café materialize this Fall in Brooklyn!
www.kickstarter.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
How about a horror bookstore for NYC?
This campaign will help make it come true.
I’m writing a story to help inaugurate the shop.
If you can give, please give!
Check out The Twisted Spine - NYC's Horror Bookstore and Café by Lauren Komer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...
This campaign will help make it come true.
I’m writing a story to help inaugurate the shop.
If you can give, please give!
Check out The Twisted Spine - NYC's Horror Bookstore and Café by Lauren Komer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...
Forget porn name, what's your cooking show? Mine is What the Focaccia. Tune in as I anxiously follow recipes and then keep asking if it's done.
June 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Forget porn name, what's your cooking show? Mine is What the Focaccia. Tune in as I anxiously follow recipes and then keep asking if it's done.
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
Last chance to land an ARC copy of THIS TOWN IS SICK before release!
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This Town is Sick (Stories From a Cursed Place) by Brian Martinez - Review Copy | BookSirens
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June 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Last chance to land an ARC copy of THIS TOWN IS SICK before release!
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Time is running out to bid on a signed and doodled King Sorrow for this really excellent fund-raiser. 4 days to go.
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A crocheted axolotl or a blanket in trans flag colours, home-made dragon wings, a full 100k manuscript copy edit by Jo Hall, tickets to Empire UK's live roleplay event, bespoke micro fictions on postcards and, just added, a signed ARC of the new @joe-hill.bsky.social bit.ly/genrefortrans
Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA
Silent auction 'Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA' hosted online at 32auctions.
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June 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Time is running out to bid on a signed and doodled King Sorrow for this really excellent fund-raiser. 4 days to go.
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I’m working with the good folks at Genre Creators in the UK and SA to raise money for trans rights. I have 2 items up for auction: a cocktail recipe designed just for you and a Tuckerization in an upcoming book. You can bid here
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Your Name as a Character in a Richard Kadrey book
Auction item 'Your Name as a Character in a Richard Kadrey book' hosted online at 32auctions.
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June 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m working with the good folks at Genre Creators in the UK and SA to raise money for trans rights. I have 2 items up for auction: a cocktail recipe designed just for you and a Tuckerization in an upcoming book. You can bid here
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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June 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
If anyone is interested in reading an ARC of my upcoming folk/suburban horror book, This Town is Sick, copies are available on Book Sirens.
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This Town is Sick (Stories From a Cursed Place) by Brian Martinez - Review Copy | BookSirens
Join the review team for This Town is Sick. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.
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May 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If anyone is interested in reading an ARC of my upcoming folk/suburban horror book, This Town is Sick, copies are available on Book Sirens.
booksirens.com/book/YRYBNCZ...
booksirens.com/book/YRYBNCZ...
And then there were thirteen.
May 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And then there were thirteen.
Paperbacks of the new book arrived in the mail! It's one of the feelings that never gets old.
May 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Paperbacks of the new book arrived in the mail! It's one of the feelings that never gets old.