Bryan Camp

@bryancamp.bsky.social

506 Followers 758 Following

(he/him) Author of THE CITY OF LOST FORTUNES. Teacher, spouse, New Orleanian, Critter, and Probably Running Late For Something. Clarion West '12.

A screenshot of a website announcing a writing event, and a spooky picture of a shadowy, veiled, antlered being with luminous eyes.
Screenshot of a typed response to a discord survey question about integrating AI features. The response acknowledges that some, depending on how broadly one defines "AI features," they're already integrated into Discord--spellcheck, for one--but that choosing to use "AI" in this present moment, with its current definition, despite the real world concerns about labor rights, privacy, ethics, etc, would erode trust in a platform that points a camera at your face.
Screenshot of a post from lacey@byelacey.bsky.social which reads "your halloween costume is "sexy" + the last thing you google searched. This year I'll be going as "sexy bus schedule."
The character of Sciel from the game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, who is very clearly modeled on the actress Penelope Cruz.
Hot chocolate in a coffee mug which has a “the writer” tarot card theme (typewriter with flowers growing out of it under a crescent moon). Hot chocolate is adorned with snowflake marshmallows and a chocolate pretzel stick.
The Bryan Camp, author, standing in a snow flurry in New Orleans, catching snowflakes on his tongue.
The author, ten years ago, hair all mussed, mean-mugging in a joke selfie sent to his wife about something that happened ten years ago. It has everything, wired earplug with microphone, glasses I no longer own, hair which is still auburn and not almost entirely gray.
Two children who have obviously been recently disruptively unpleasant to one another, each wearing half of an adult sized shirt, upon which has been written "our get along shirt."
Screenshot of a post by at Jewel Knight Jess which reads "The last TV show you watched is now getting a crossover with the last video game you plaed. What is the unholy abomination that has just been created?"
The cover for Simon Jimenez's The SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER. Two figures fight or dance silhouetted within the boundary of a hand, which is itself the negative space within green and growing things.
Book cover for John Crowley's LITTLE, BIG. Sepia tones, a woman in a long skirt stands on a rural road that vanishes into the distance.
The "get to know my..." meme, reading edition. For every like, I will post one book I love.
A rotund orange tabby, tail-less, sleeping on a human’s pillow with no regard for where the human will put his head.
Screenshot of a really piss-poor attempt at a phishing text, claiming my Amazon account has been hacked by someone in (misspelled) New Delhi, with an obviously bad link.
An excerpt from Luke Winkie's Slate article arguing the "relatable"-ness of Vance's implied sex-goblin status.
A picture of a footnote from RABID by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, listing dog names suggested by Xenophus
A floofy black and white cat draped over an author’s forearms as he tries to work on his novel, amidst the clutter of his desk and Scrivener open on his desktop.
A floofy black and white cat laying across an author’s forearm while he struggles with manuscript revision on his desktop computer.
Screenshot of Ursula Vernon’s Bluesky feed where she is recounting a coffee shop eavesdrop where someone found a human tooth
An iPad running scrivener with an ergonomic Bluetooth keyboard. Largely unfinished scrivener documents are displayed, and the faint reflection of the author lurks in the depth of the screen.
Pedro Pascal as Joel in the Last of Us, clutching his heart and being old and tired.