Bryan Young
@swankmotron.com
Storyteller. I've written stuff for Star Wars, Robotech, BattleTech, Doctor Who, Shadowrun, Remo Williams and more. Repped by Katherine Odom Tomchin.
He/They http://www.swankmotron.com
He/They http://www.swankmotron.com
I have not one but TWO short stories in this collection.
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Sometimes with support, sometimes alone, a vicious green 'Mech stalks the battlefields of the Inner Sphere, searching for their next pay day...
Tales of the Bounty Hunter is a #BattleTech anthology coming November 28th!
For a price...
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#mecha
Sometimes with support, sometimes alone, a vicious green 'Mech stalks the battlefields of the Inner Sphere, searching for their next pay day...
Tales of the Bounty Hunter is a #BattleTech anthology coming November 28th!
For a price...
bit.ly/BT-Tales-Boun...
#mecha
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I have not one but TWO short stories in this collection.
The grocery store that Joe Hill was accused of murdering those folks in sat right outside the window I work out of every day. As does the alley he allegedly escaped through.
Joe Hill was a hero of the working class and his legacy lives on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=az75...
Joe Hill was a hero of the working class and his legacy lives on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=az75...
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The grocery store that Joe Hill was accused of murdering those folks in sat right outside the window I work out of every day. As does the alley he allegedly escaped through.
Joe Hill was a hero of the working class and his legacy lives on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=az75...
Joe Hill was a hero of the working class and his legacy lives on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=az75...
I've been submitting to these magazines (with no luck) for the last decade and after reading this, it seems like I may as well stop submitting, too. Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimovs, Analog, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, & Ellery Queen. Read this, too: writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I've been submitting to these magazines (with no luck) for the last decade and after reading this, it seems like I may as well stop submitting, too. Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimovs, Analog, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, & Ellery Queen. Read this, too: writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...
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How I greet people coming from the bad place outage:
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How I greet people coming from the bad place outage:
Today’s writing music…
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Today’s writing music…
Another Ghostbird! Alexis looks incredible here! Excellent work, @coffeelock.bsky.social!
Palette cleanser! First new mini in a while: I've been working on it for a month between commissions and hanging out with my son. This is Alexis Zarnofsky's "Ghostbird", from @swankmotron.com 's "Without Question"!
#battletech #miniatures
#battletech #miniatures
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another Ghostbird! Alexis looks incredible here! Excellent work, @coffeelock.bsky.social!
That is a fine looking Fox Patrol!
Got an ion sparrow & stripped a stormcrow. Almost done with fox patrol.
#Battletech
#Battletech
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
That is a fine looking Fox Patrol!
Can you imagine sending random wild animals to the White House with notes being like, "Here, this possum is to eat for Thanksgiving Dinner, release the Epstein Files. Also resign."?
Imagine this: it's 1926 and you're Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. One of your constituents sends you a raccoon as a gift for the first family to EAT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Can you imagine sending random wild animals to the White House with notes being like, "Here, this possum is to eat for Thanksgiving Dinner, release the Epstein Files. Also resign."?
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Imagine this: it's 1926 and you're Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. One of your constituents sends you a raccoon as a gift for the first family to EAT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Imagine this: it's 1926 and you're Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. One of your constituents sends you a raccoon as a gift for the first family to EAT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
I showed Kingston Vertigo for the first time tonight. His first words as the credits roll: “Man. Scottie really can’t seem to save anybody from falling, can he?”
a woman in a gray dress is doing a handstand on a roof
Alt: Kim Novak in a gray dress is falling on a roof in Vertigo
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I showed Kingston Vertigo for the first time tonight. His first words as the credits roll: “Man. Scottie really can’t seem to save anybody from falling, can he?”
Imagine this: it's 1926 and you're Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. One of your constituents sends you a raccoon as a gift for the first family to EAT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Imagine this: it's 1926 and you're Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. One of your constituents sends you a raccoon as a gift for the first family to EAT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
That's how the Coolidge family ended up with Rebecca, keeping her as the White House pet, roaming freely.
This is a super cool paint job of Ghostbird. Excellent work, @versusrev.bsky.social mechpainters.org/miniature/tu...
Turkina “Ghostbird” – Jade Falcon Remnants - 'Mech Painters Union
This scheme was originally based on the cover art of Jiyi Chitsu's Emerald for the novel Without Question by Bryan Young, and matches the description of the Ghostbird Star's units in the novel. It's a...
mechpainters.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is a super cool paint job of Ghostbird. Excellent work, @versusrev.bsky.social mechpainters.org/miniature/tu...
Here's an interview I did about my short film, The Lost Boys, last year for the Santa Clarita International Film Festival. It just popped up online, so I figured it might be of interest to folks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W0l...
SCIFF '24 Virtual Filmmaker Q&A with Bryan Young
YouTube video by Sciffest
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November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here's an interview I did about my short film, The Lost Boys, last year for the Santa Clarita International Film Festival. It just popped up online, so I figured it might be of interest to folks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W0l...
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
I have three (3!) pieces in this issue! Pick it up!
Get caught up on city life! Featuring the work of PR4NK-r and their art, Leach and the perks of Seattle, Louise Sashey and her reviews of life in Montreal and Kyoto, and MUCH more!
The Winter 2083 issue of Augment i s OUT NOW!
bit.ly/SR-Augment-4
#Shadowrun #fiction #magazine
The Winter 2083 issue of Augment i s OUT NOW!
bit.ly/SR-Augment-4
#Shadowrun #fiction #magazine
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I have three (3!) pieces in this issue! Pick it up!
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"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
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I posted something about being put on a ridiculous list and you know what…? I deleted it.
It’s a very common social media mistake to give oxygen to someone who has made a strong decision to misunderstand you. And hate you for the fake version of you in their head.
Life is too short.
It’s a very common social media mistake to give oxygen to someone who has made a strong decision to misunderstand you. And hate you for the fake version of you in their head.
Life is too short.
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I posted something about being put on a ridiculous list and you know what…? I deleted it.
It’s a very common social media mistake to give oxygen to someone who has made a strong decision to misunderstand you. And hate you for the fake version of you in their head.
Life is too short.
It’s a very common social media mistake to give oxygen to someone who has made a strong decision to misunderstand you. And hate you for the fake version of you in their head.
Life is too short.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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So finally ran out of money. twenty plus years of bad choices n part of its unable to work due to whatever this is ( diagnosis is still sIBM. New test in December 26 ) if anyone can help that’d be great but do not if you are hurting yourself . Love my community <3
#Battletech
gofund.me/54a8d6ee
#Battletech
gofund.me/54a8d6ee
Donate to Help Charles Stipes Battle with sIBM ,neuropathy, organized by Charles Stipes II
My name is Charles Stipes. I live in Griffith, Indiana with my par… Charles Stipes II needs your support for Help Charles Stipes Battle with sIBM ,neuropathy
gofund.me
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
So finally ran out of money. twenty plus years of bad choices n part of its unable to work due to whatever this is ( diagnosis is still sIBM. New test in December 26 ) if anyone can help that’d be great but do not if you are hurting yourself . Love my community <3
#Battletech
gofund.me/54a8d6ee
#Battletech
gofund.me/54a8d6ee
I wrote a short story about this in 2017. 8 years ago.
It was a sci-fi horror story. It feels like a Torment Nexus thing all over again.
www.patreon.com/posts/august...
It was a sci-fi horror story. It feels like a Torment Nexus thing all over again.
www.patreon.com/posts/august...
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I wrote a short story about this in 2017. 8 years ago.
It was a sci-fi horror story. It feels like a Torment Nexus thing all over again.
www.patreon.com/posts/august...
It was a sci-fi horror story. It feels like a Torment Nexus thing all over again.
www.patreon.com/posts/august...
Please don’t.
Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+.
Disney eyes a future where users help shape the story
Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+.
n.pr
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Please don’t.
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This current trend of adding "It reflects our vision" to AI disclosures makes me sick
"no it's fine that we used the theft machine because it was our creative vision!" get fucked, every single one of you
This is for Anno 117 & Arc Raiders
"no it's fine that we used the theft machine because it was our creative vision!" get fucked, every single one of you
This is for Anno 117 & Arc Raiders
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This current trend of adding "It reflects our vision" to AI disclosures makes me sick
"no it's fine that we used the theft machine because it was our creative vision!" get fucked, every single one of you
This is for Anno 117 & Arc Raiders
"no it's fine that we used the theft machine because it was our creative vision!" get fucked, every single one of you
This is for Anno 117 & Arc Raiders
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This isn't the first trans pride flag raising at Salt Lake City Hall, but it is the first time for the new Sego Visibility Flag they made in response to Utah's ban on pride flags on government property. Project Rainbow and other orgs worked with the city for this to kick off Trans Awareness Week.
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This isn't the first trans pride flag raising at Salt Lake City Hall, but it is the first time for the new Sego Visibility Flag they made in response to Utah's ban on pride flags on government property. Project Rainbow and other orgs worked with the city for this to kick off Trans Awareness Week.
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Our own @swankmotron.com got to chat with Matthew Stover and @darthinternous.bsky.social about the anniversary edition of the Revenge of the Sith novelization! Listen in! fullofsith.libsyn.com/fos/episode-...
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our own @swankmotron.com got to chat with Matthew Stover and @darthinternous.bsky.social about the anniversary edition of the Revenge of the Sith novelization! Listen in! fullofsith.libsyn.com/fos/episode-...