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Author of DMZ, Northlanders, Downtown Beirut, Channel Zero Subscribe: http://www.brianwood-theplatform.com

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Being in college in my 30s is like, if I try to submit an assignment online 25 minutes late, b it's a zero, but if the Epstein files are 25 days late a bunch of pedos get to start 3 wars

14.01.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a hell of a photo

27.11.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Jacket Is Full Of Birds The jacket is enormous. Not big. Enormous. The sleeves go past my hands. The bottom hangs to my knees. When I zip it up I look like a walking sleeping bag. Which is the point. I wanted to disappear in...

New short story on The Platform:

www.brianwood-theplatform.com/my-jacket-is...

04.11.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A young woman with water swirling around her head, seeming to surround and trap her.

A young woman with water swirling around her head, seeming to surround and trap her.

One shot story posted: "Finally, We Have So Much to Tell You"

What if anthropomorphism is just another word for recognition?

brianwood-theplatform.com

25.10.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A woman in what looks like business attire with a black handbag over her shoulder stands in front of an armed vehicle flipping the bird with both hands. Unfortunately a friend sent this to me, I don’t know who the hero woman is or the photographer

A woman in what looks like business attire with a black handbag over her shoulder stands in front of an armed vehicle flipping the bird with both hands. Unfortunately a friend sent this to me, I don’t know who the hero woman is or the photographer

ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.

Make statues of this.

21.10.2025 23:12 πŸ‘ 8721 πŸ” 1876 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 157
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I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY is published and in stores

16.09.2025 11:46 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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... and these. Proud of this book.

20.08.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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... these the other day ...

20.08.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#DMZ #booksky 20 years ago I drew this, and then ...

20.08.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The last stories wrapped up a few weeks ago, and so here is FAZED, a liminal horror story in 12 parts. Teenagers camping in the woods return to find their town empty, faceless guards on the streets, and lots of little piles of black powder everywhere.

brianwood.substack.com

06.08.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enthrallment: (or, The Long Throw Home) Enthrallment: (or, The Long Throw Home) - Kindle edition by Wood, Brian, Avenue, Iron. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Enthrallment: (or, The Long Throw Home).

My hard sci-fi novella, Enthrallment, first serialized on my Substack, is now on Amazon in ebook form. Give it a look?
amzn.to/452rUDf

17.07.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first Northlanders story since I got publishing rights back from DC Comics.

10.07.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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brianwood.substack.com

29.06.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket Will SpaceX have more competition?

why did we let anyone other than the engineers of the noble honda civic even attempt building for space flight www.theverge.com/news/689183/...

18.06.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 5695 πŸ” 836 πŸ’¬ 163 πŸ“Œ 135
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The penultimate chapter of Enthrallment has been posted, my hard sci-fi spiritual deep space mining story. Very hard to research, but a joy to write. The covers were done by Iron Avenue. brianwood.substack.com

06.06.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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30.05.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The new chapter of my novel is out. 80's NYC crime-love-heist. Check brianwood.substack.com

26.05.2025 22:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Downtown Beirut pt. 5 She doesn’t know Animal, but she’s seen his type beforeβ€”guys who carry their anger on both shoulders, a weight they can’t put down.

brianwood.substack.com/p/downtown-b...

Part 5 is out, free to read

12.05.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To people in my age group, the 80's will forever be twenty years ago and the 90's ten years ago.

07.05.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Part 4. Free.

brianwood.substack.com/p/downtown-b...

05.05.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week on brianwood.substack.com: part 3 of Downtown Beirut (free), and the announcement of Enthrallment, a paid-only project.

28.04.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My novel Downtown Beirut continues with part 2, free to read. Head here to get started: brianwood.substack.com/p/primer-on-...
Much more to come.

21.04.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Brian wood was truly ahead of the game:

25.01.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great face.

24.03.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like β€œif you see something, say something” doesn’t work at the Port Authority Bus Terminal cuz I be seeing alotta things

18.12.2024 17:53 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 0

Great book, I highly recommend.

29.11.2024 17:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jerks trolling artists, Renaissance Edition, part 2

Ammannati's Neptune, Piazza della Signoria. Locals joked, "Oh, Ammannati, what a beautiful piece of marble you ruined!"

(sourced from Vasari)

27.11.2024 21:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jerks trolling artists, Renaissance Edition.

Responding to Michaelangelo's Pieta, an example of extreme mastery and tragic beauty, critics complained that his Mary was too young.

(sourced from Vasari)

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