Derrick
@dmartincampbell.bsky.social
Occult bioswale apologist (non-fascist). Word's greatest non-Slavic short story writer. 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:
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
Donald Trump probably married Melania because she is an empath helping him heal his psychic damage
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Donald Trump probably married Melania because she is an empath helping him heal his psychic damage
9yo arrived independently at the conclusion that "Bugs Bunny seems kind of non-binary" this morning.
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
9yo arrived independently at the conclusion that "Bugs Bunny seems kind of non-binary" this morning.
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The US Department of War has awarded tens of millions to Israeli drone maker XTEND for AI‑enabled attack drones, reportedly tested on Palestinian families in Gaza, fueling urgent ethical and humanitarian concerns.
qudsnen.co/us-pays-tens...
qudsnen.co/us-pays-tens...
US pays tens of millions for Israeli-made attack drones tested on civilians in Gaza - Quds News Network
The US Department of War has awarded tens of millions to Israeli drone maker XTEND for AI‑enabled attack drones, reportedly tested on Palestinian families in Gaza, fueling urgent ethical and humanitar...
qudsnen.co
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The US Department of War has awarded tens of millions to Israeli drone maker XTEND for AI‑enabled attack drones, reportedly tested on Palestinian families in Gaza, fueling urgent ethical and humanitarian concerns.
qudsnen.co/us-pays-tens...
qudsnen.co/us-pays-tens...
Ha and speaking of regional magic realism
November 12th, 1970, 450kg of dynamite is placed in the sand on the leeward side of the 45ft deceased sperm whale, the resulting blast is recorded and broadcast on KATU
the explosion launched chunks of whale nearly a fifth of a mile, some large enough to damage vehicles
the explosion launched chunks of whale nearly a fifth of a mile, some large enough to damage vehicles
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ha and speaking of regional magic realism
Never forget: Liev Schreiber's character in The Daytrippers (1996) was writing a Karen Russell-esque magical realist novel about a man with a dog's head ("a pointer!") who accidentally starts a new religion.
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Never forget: Liev Schreiber's character in The Daytrippers (1996) was writing a Karen Russell-esque magical realist novel about a man with a dog's head ("a pointer!") who accidentally starts a new religion.
[reading a magic realist flash story about a woman whose father is a divorced mer-man who neglects her]: Ha! This is unlikely!
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
[reading a magic realist flash story about a woman whose father is a divorced mer-man who neglects her]: Ha! This is unlikely!
That's my emotional support art nemesis
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
That's my emotional support art nemesis
Those beautiful Lucian Freud balls -- nine colors if you look -- those impastoed balls!
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Those beautiful Lucian Freud balls -- nine colors if you look -- those impastoed balls!
Happy pub day to Patrick and his amazing beautiful, surreal eco-history climate collapse in miniature in in the American middle west
The Great Black Swamp comes out tomorrow. Check out our interview with the author in the meantime. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy pub day to Patrick and his amazing beautiful, surreal eco-history climate collapse in miniature in in the American middle west
I stopped reading the first Sentences of stories/novels in 2016, the year of the birth of my first child.
"I've seen where this is going, and I don't like it," I told my laboring wife. "As a parent, I must leave childish things behind. No more First Sentences."
And my laboring wife seemed to agree
"I've seen where this is going, and I don't like it," I told my laboring wife. "As a parent, I must leave childish things behind. No more First Sentences."
And my laboring wife seemed to agree
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I stopped reading the first Sentences of stories/novels in 2016, the year of the birth of my first child.
"I've seen where this is going, and I don't like it," I told my laboring wife. "As a parent, I must leave childish things behind. No more First Sentences."
And my laboring wife seemed to agree
"I've seen where this is going, and I don't like it," I told my laboring wife. "As a parent, I must leave childish things behind. No more First Sentences."
And my laboring wife seemed to agree
Borges' "The Gospel According to Mark" but instead of triggering the innocent locals by reading The Bible aloud to them, the narrator starts DMing an Old School Revival module about a mega-dungeon full of instant-death poison traps.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Borges' "The Gospel According to Mark" but instead of triggering the innocent locals by reading The Bible aloud to them, the narrator starts DMing an Old School Revival module about a mega-dungeon full of instant-death poison traps.
Do you guys think the first Predator and the first Terminator movies were about serial killers?
Do you guys think that the reason there aren't 70s/80s-style serial killers anymore is because whatever was making the serial killers happen has switched up and is doing mass shooters now?
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Do you guys think the first Predator and the first Terminator movies were about serial killers?
Do you guys think that the reason there aren't 70s/80s-style serial killers anymore is because whatever was making the serial killers happen has switched up and is doing mass shooters now?
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Do you guys think that the reason there aren't 70s/80s-style serial killers anymore is because whatever was making the serial killers happen has switched up and is doing mass shooters now?
When in-laws and coworkers ask how the writing is going
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
When in-laws and coworkers ask how the writing is going
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
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It took the ADL like four days to respond to Nick Fuentes breaking into the mainstream last week
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It took the ADL like four days to respond to Nick Fuentes breaking into the mainstream last week
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Nothing says “Democratic Leader” quite like “I will not tell you who I voted for in a general election.”
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nothing says “Democratic Leader” quite like “I will not tell you who I voted for in a general election.”
Second-person is such a huge red flag for me. You can't deal with your own shit so you're LITERALLY telling me I'm the one who did/is doing it? Stop projecting and cowboy up.
November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Second-person is such a huge red flag for me. You can't deal with your own shit so you're LITERALLY telling me I'm the one who did/is doing it? Stop projecting and cowboy up.
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Jason Brashill
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Jason Brashill
Guillermo del Toro, when he's directing a movie, is probably like "Careful now - careful! - we don't want to make this movie too good. I'd actually hate to make a good movie."
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Guillermo del Toro, when he's directing a movie, is probably like "Careful now - careful! - we don't want to make this movie too good. I'd actually hate to make a good movie."
Halloween is the real 4th of July and Christmas is the real Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Halloween is the real 4th of July and Christmas is the real Halloween
My family groans as I stand from writing, connect a cord to my laptop, don respirator and gloves, and descend into the crawlspace where a soon a groan is heard, smoke leaking through the floor:
I am turning on my homemade tense-changing machine, used to change a story from past- to present-tense.
I am turning on my homemade tense-changing machine, used to change a story from past- to present-tense.
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My family groans as I stand from writing, connect a cord to my laptop, don respirator and gloves, and descend into the crawlspace where a soon a groan is heard, smoke leaking through the floor:
I am turning on my homemade tense-changing machine, used to change a story from past- to present-tense.
I am turning on my homemade tense-changing machine, used to change a story from past- to present-tense.
When theres a pause in the conversation at the bar and your buddies all start to look around perplexed, finally noticing the weird, beautiful, groaning music playing, confused, because they don’t know what you do: that this bar has sacred harp shape note singing on tie jukebox
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
When theres a pause in the conversation at the bar and your buddies all start to look around perplexed, finally noticing the weird, beautiful, groaning music playing, confused, because they don’t know what you do: that this bar has sacred harp shape note singing on tie jukebox
Wearing 2-3 little rubber bands on my wrist as part of my extended, informal Lankum cosplay and also to keep egg cartons from opening on the way home from the store
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Wearing 2-3 little rubber bands on my wrist as part of my extended, informal Lankum cosplay and also to keep egg cartons from opening on the way home from the store