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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My cousins Justin Doran (Buffy, ER, Love and Death) and Ty Doran (Manifest, Ginny & Georgia, American Crime Story) brought my latest Drop Dead Fiction, "Carve," to life. I think it's the funniest audio in the 3 years I've been doing this. Avatar by Betty Rocksteady www.patreon.com/u73881785/po...

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My partner Betsy made this awesome graphic for the classes I'm teaching! If you're wondering who I am and why you should take a class with me, I've got you covered. ryancbradleyblog.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/w...

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If you know me, you know I've been an avid comic book reader for years. I've tried a couple of other times in the past, but for the first time, here's a comic I wrote, drawn by Andrew Hilbert. It's a fun one. Just 4 pages. On Patreon but free. Check it out! www.patreon.com/u73881785/po...

The first page of a comic called, "So You Want to Use the Restroom in this Taqueria" written by me and drawn by Andrew Hilbert. There's a link address to my Patreon - patreon.com/u73881785 - where you can read the whole thing for free.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'll be reading 3 times in 6 days, this Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday! At Hee! Hee! Poetry on Friday I'll read an excerpt of my epic poem, Call Waiting. Sunday at Smushed Blueberries I'll read some "Ol' Rip" stories*. Tuesday at Ha! Ha! Storytime I'll read "The Tale of the Were-Human."

A poster with Sonic the Hedgehog weeping. Text reads, "Life is beautiful. The greatest live event on earth. Hee! Hee! Poetry! Friday 8/28, 7:30pm, Free! Radio Rosewood.

A poster with Sonic the Hedgehog eating noodles and Knuckles eating a cheeseburger. It reads, "Life is beautiful. The greatest live event on Earth. Ha! Ha! Storytime! Tuesday, 9-1, 7:30pm, Free! Radio South."

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who read/reviewed Say Uncle! 50 reviews!

A screenshot of Say Uncle's Goodreads page showing 50 ratings, 29 reviews, 4.08 stars

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I've got a new Ol' Rip story over at Drop Dead Fiction. If you're not familiar, Ol' Rip is a pro wrassler who can't stop losing and keeps bumping into monsters. Profile pic by Betty Rocksteady. www.patreon.com/posts/163161...

A Skeleton talks into a microphone above the words "Ol' Rip Wrestles Depression. 4:27. Ryan C. Bradley. Patreon.com/u/73881785

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Book Giveaway! Full details here: www.patreon.com/u73881785/po...

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

@garrettcook.bsky.social wrote and narrated a new story, "Jwelkbyn Street," for Drop Dead Fiction. I wrote and recorded some music, reversing "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Check it out here! www.patreon.com/u73881785/po... Huge thanks to Garrett, @leswrite.bsky.social, and Jillian Striker for...

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I got interviewed by Nora Peevy for the Butchered Writer and they made this awesome collage from some of my book covers! You can read the interview here: thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/author-int... Featuring artwork by Nico Murr, Andrew Hilbert, Luke Spooner, and Betty Rocksteady.

A collage of book covers: (clockwise from top) Saint's Blood, Dumb Bullshit for Brilliant Idiots, Drop Dead Fiction, Say Uncle.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I won't be doing events outside of Texas until the new kiddo's a year, but I've got 3 coming in town! 5/24 I'll be a featured reader at Weird Warrior Yoga's Poet's Lounge at Radio Coffee and Beer South at 5, followed by an open mic. This'll be the 1st time I read from my epic poem, Call Waiting.

A skull on top of a pile of books next to text that reads: Skulltastic Book Fair. Presented by Curio Mrvosa. Summerween Edition.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My friend @leswrite.bsky.social (all the way on the left, without his eyes scratched out) and I don't have a lot of photos together. He came by Drop Dead Fiction to read his story "Friendship." It's hilarious. You should check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/friend...

A photo of five writers on stage. Lesly Julien is all the way on the left and I'm all the way on the right. I used MS Paint to badly scratch out the eyes of Michael Louis Dixon, Susan Snyder, and John Baltisberger. It's pretty funny. I'm not sure I'm the best one to judge, but I laughed the whole time I was doing it and then Les told me to make the red lines bigger.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Today, April 29th, marks a year since Say Uncle came into the world! (Cover art by Luke Spooner. Photoshop of my face onto the cover by P.L. McMillan. Cake by HEB.) A couple of days ago, April 22nd, Saint's Blood had it's 4th anniversary. (Cover art by Niko Murr, cake by Dairy Queen.)

A picture of a Say Uncle cake with Luke Spooner's beautiful color with a thick green. Normally there's a hand hovering over a book but PLM photoshopped my head into the hand, which is palming me like a basketball.

Niko Murr's cover for Saint's Blood turned into a Dairy Queen ice cream cake. The cover's got a man made out of Bible verses swimming in a blue background. His wrists are slashed, the blood pooling into the title, "Saint's Blood."

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Happy Indie Bookstore Day! I've been very lucky to have the support of some kickass indie bookstores. Grab a book from @ghoulish.bsky.social, @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social, Curio Mrvosa, @magiccitybooks.bsky.social, Haunt Happy, Patchouli Joe's, or Lark and Owl today!

A photo of a shelf at Lark and Owl in Georgetown, Texas. Three of my books - Say Uncle, Saint's Blood, and Bad Connections - share shelf space with Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes and the grossest book I've ever read, The Troop by Nick Cutter.

Me kneeling next to a self with all of my books at Curio Mrvosa and holding up a copy of Say Uncle.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Saint's Blood came out four years ago! It feels like it was last week. I'm damn proud of this book and the journey this writing life is taking me on. If you haven't, I'd love for you to check it out! Maybe leave a review if you've read it? Cover art by Niko Murr.

The cover of Saint's Blood: on the top my name, Ryan C. Bradley, is written in a red resembling blood. In the middle, a man made of Bible verses bleeds from his wrists. The blood forms the words, "Saint's Blood." All of this is on a striking blue background.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

When I was a kid, I hated spicy foods. My best friends’ Dad would take us to Hooters and egg us on to try the hottest flavors because American spicy food is a tough guy test. (IPAs are a tough guy test too, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about.)... (Art from DDF Year 2, by A.A. Medina)

A skeleton in a smoking jacket and a bow tie sucking on a fat cigar in front of a dark brick wall graffitied with the words, "Drop Dead Fiction." Art by A.A. Medina.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We used to beg our parents to go to Blockbuster every weekend where they had SNL DVD collections of The Best of Chris Farley or Christopher Walken (who had an incredible sketch where he went on a prank show and “pranked” a man to death with a tire iron while the host freaked the fuck out).

A skeleton wearing a bow tie and a jacket smoking a fat cigar in front of a dark brick wall. Art by A.A. Medina.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I hope everyone enjoys the Austin Texas Book Trail this weekend! Normally I'd be out there slinging books, but I won't be doing public facing events til my new kid is a little bit older. I'm doing some online sales to celebrate! Bad handle bar moustache photo to boost the algo.

I grew a beard from January to March because my drain stopper broke. The sides never really came in, so I shaved it but I took this terrible handlebar moustache photo halfway through.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I don't do a lot of songwriting. It seems like as someone who's played guitar for twenty plus years and has published three and a quarter books I should give it a try so I joined the Georgetown Songwriter's Group. Pretty happy with how this one came out. www.patreon.com/posts/danger...

Me singing my heart out playing a different, unrelated song, at a restaurant called Roots. I'm playing a G chord, sweating so hard my glasses are sliding down with Christmas lights in garland criss-crossing the wall behind me.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The recipe called for 4 cups of rice cooked. Apparently that was not the same as 4 cups of rice uncooked 😂. This has nothing on @nameshiv.bsky.social's rice story

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This month the brilliant writer @hvpatterson.bsky.social stopped by to talk about "Stowaway" from V/H/S Beyond. The film is streaming on Shudder. www.patreon.com/posts/haa-20...

Me and H.V. chatting at Magic City Books

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

My story "Night Hike" is live in Myth's Reborn! You can order the book here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7XKCDBD You can read a sample here: ryancbradleyblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/n...

The book's cover: a symmetrical arrangement of animal skulls: a deer skull with wings coming out of the horns above the skulls of two rodents. The text reads, "Myths Reborn: Modern Tales of Cryptids & Dark Folklore" edited by Kelly A. Hearty.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Kajal turned 12* today! She's been with us for 8 years. *The vet guessed she was 4 when we adopted her

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I love Book Bingos so I made one! If you sign up for Drop Dead Fiction and finish first, you could win a $50 Ghoulish Books mystery box. www.patreon.com/posts/drop-d...

A book bingo bingo card. You can find the full text at https://www.patreon.com/posts/drop-dead-2026-147032449?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! Syd picked the costumes but refused to be in the picture. (Betsy is Air Bud and I'm Magnum PI)

Me as Chase from Paw Patrol holding my partner Betsy dressed as Sky from Paw Patrol. She made some really cool wings.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Family pumpkin carving! All a team effort except for the 5 pumpkin difficulty stencil Syd picked because it had letters. That was all Betsy

A traditional jack o lantern with triangle and nose and sharp pointy teeth.

A jack o lantern we made with cookie cutters and a mallet. I put in a pumpkin and my kid put a squirrel.

A jack o lantern that says, "Trick or Treat." It's ridiculously good. My partner is amazing!

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I love indie bookstores! They’re the backbone of literature, often supporting local authors when their bigger competitors won’t. If you’ve been thinking of grabbing any of my books — Say Uncle, Saint’s Blood, Bad Connections, and Dumb Bullshit for Brilliant Idiots (co-author)

Bad Connections, Dumb Bullshit for Brilliant Idiots, Say Uncle, and Saint's Blood on the shelf at Patchouli Joe's in Denton, Texas.

Saint's Blood on the shelf next, facing out, at Haunt Happy Books in Lockhart, TX.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Stoker-Award nominated author @comptonwrites.bsky.social stopped by Horror Anthology Anthology to chat about S2, E4 of Tales to Keep You Awake, "The Return"! This one's a freebie, so check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/haa-19...

Me and Johnny Compton posing with a photo of Max Booth III.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Tomorrow morning I'll be slinging books with @joshrountree.bsky.social and @daj42.bsky.social as part of Georgetown Texas' Saturday Market Days. I've heard rumors that Josh will have Frankenstein head candy. Get there early before I eat all of it.

Derek Austin Johnson, Josh Rountree, and me sit in front of a table covered with out books at Curio Mrvosa back in April.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The year is winding down and I’m still going hard on the appearances. I believe Say Uncle is a great book, and I’m pushing it as hard as I can. -10/4 - Signing at Ghoulish Books in San Antonio, TX, 2pm-5pm -10/14 -Ha! Ha! Storytime at Radio Coffee and Beer Menchaca in Austin, TX, 7:30pm

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm so pumped to reveal this new P@tre0n art by the incredible @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social! This month, @kaijupoet.bsky.social , @ahilbert3000.bsky.social , and I are celebrating Scary Season by sharing each other's work. So if you subscribe to any of our Patreons, you get all 3!

New art by Betty Rocksteady. A skeleton sits on stage in front of a brick wall doing seated standup in front of the words "Drop Dead Fiction, Ryan C. Bradley."

The same skeleton from the first picture, but we're in tight now, showing him telling jokes into the mic from the shoulders up.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Armadillocon 2024 vs Armadillocon 2025. Staying home to protect everyone else. I'm bummed to miss my writer friends. Cons and signings are how I meet new readers, so I hate to miss the opportunity.

L to R: me, John Baltisberger, and Michael Louis Dixon holding up copies of our co-written book, Dumb Bullshit for Brilliant Idiots in front of our table at Armadillocon 2024.

A positive COVID test from this Wednesday, which means I can't go to Armadillcon 2025 to support Say Uncle.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Jerry Purdon stopped by on the latest Horror Anthology Anthology to chat about "Amelia" from Trilogy of Terror. (Yes, that's the one with the killer doll.) www.patreon.com/posts/haa-18...

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Here's me reciting a bit of "Ol' Rip" on a lectern in a wine cellar from the 1500s in Waterford, Ireland last week. Photo by Betsy. This Sunday (7/13), you can catch me at Patchouli Joe's signing books from 1-4.

Me, smiling, standing in a lectern in a wine cellar from the 1500s in the Medieval Musuem in Waterford, Ireland.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I took 5 photos at Stokercon! I had the best time! Full writeup is free on Patreon. TL;DR I had the best time and I'm so grateful to the friends I saw and made.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Good morning Stokercon! I'm reading in Glen 1 at 1 today (I'll be reading "In Regards to Your Application for Insurance on Camp Clear Lake" and a bit of Connecticut set novel Say Uncle). I have a rollerbag with copies of all of my books for the Mass Author Signing. Don't make me fly them home!

Copies of each of my books: Saint's Blood, Bad Connections: Horror Stories, Dumb Bullshit for Brilliant Idiots, and Say Uncle.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If you're at Stokercon, this is where you can find me! Plus the Mass Author Signing, which is open to the public in Stamford, CT from 4pm-6pm. Come hang out! If you're going to be there too, let me know when your stuff is!

My Stokercon Schedule in text form: Author Reading Friday June 13th at 1pm in Glen 1.

Wrestling with Horror Saturday June 14th at 9:00am in Aspen 1.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

This Saturday Celso and I will be talking about Say Uncle at Haunt Happy Books in Lockhart, TX! We will not wrestle (as far as I know, and Celso is much taller than I am so I really hope we don't) but all things in this life are possible.

A 50s style photo of two men wrestling. The words spilling down the right side of the page read, "Hear SAY UNCLE read by Ryan Bradley with special guest Celso Hurtado at Haunt Happy Books. 5/24. 7pm"

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

@prestonfassel.bsky.social will be in conversation at Interabang Books in Dallas this Wednesday! Come hang out with us!

Interabang Books Presents Ryan C. Bradley in discussion with Preston Fassel, Wednesday, May 7, 6pm, in-store at Interabang Books

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The place is empty except for us and the bartender is watching us pose my book with the menu looking at us like we're giant fucking weirdos. And we are! But she thinks we're weird for the wrong reasons. My partner and I are staring at that Fish Bowl drink in the picture. We're going to drink it.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

We announced Say Uncle as Uncle Buck meets Hellraiser, so naturally I decided to celebrate launch day by going to Uncle Buck's Fishbowl and I will be live Tweeting (I can't say Skeet. I think of "Get Low" everytime)

Me, holding a copy of Say Uncle in front of a restaurant called "Uncle Buck's Fishbowl and Grill."

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Say Uncle drops today from @ghoulish.bsky.social! Chris from Haunt Happy Books gave me flowers at the book launch Saturday! I've never been given flowers before. I didn't think I would like it, but it turns out I do. Funny given my book is about toxic masculinity. ghoulish.rip/product/say-...

Me, double fisting a copy of Say Uncle and some Texas wildflowers Chris from Haunt Happy Books gave me. My shirt says: "Banning Books Only Make Us Scarier."

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

40 copies signed so far. It would be HILARIOUS if you preordered a book now and I had to sign until my fingers bled 📸 @michaellouisdixon.bsky.social

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

My first book turns 3 today! It was the #1 release for Dark Humor on Amazon that day. So dang proud of my weird little book and the journey I've been on since! Huge thanks to Tim Murr for rolling the dice on it!

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