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Kirk Vanderbeek

@kirkvanderbeek

O. Henry Award nominee / words in Baltimore Review, The Forge, Alternative Milk Magazine, Toronto Journal, Ahoy Comics, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Quagmire Magazine, Falling Star Magazine & elsewhere

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If you enjoy your highbrow literature shot from a lowbrow cannon, might I suggest picking this up at a comic shop near you? @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social @mattbors.bsky.social @sobreiro.bsky.social @tompeyer.bsky.social @lloydkaufman.bsky.social

13.08.2025 01:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New short in print today from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social β€” come for the crazy fun from @stuartmoore.bsky.social and Ryan Kelly, stay for a story about anxiety from me!

17.07.2025 01:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

STOP NORMALIZING AI. Pick up an instrument and make some noise with it. Pick up a pen and scribble some shapes with it. Pick up a camera and point it at something beautiful or ugly or interesting. Pick up a microphone and scream something into it. MAKE REAL THINGS.

11.04.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t ever trust anyone who discredits the arts.

25.03.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been really bad about publishing posts this year. Here’s a bunch of stuff that’s come out with @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social in the past few months…

19.03.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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5 star read right here

14.03.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My story β€˜Smoke’ is featured on @theforge.bsky.social today and I’m absolutely thrilled about it. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and give it a read, yeah?

10.02.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
To Weigh a Ghost – Toronto Journal

torontojournal.com/issue5-to-we...

This is a story of unacknowledged grief, and if you’re up for an emotional deep-dive I’d love for you to read TO WEIGH A GHOST in the fantastic Toronto Journalβ€”linked below (above? how does this site work…?)

21.12.2024 17:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PROJECT: CRYPTID #9 lands in stores today! Meet
Alisa Kwitney and Mauricet's hunky Yeti on a heart-warming cruise through Alaska, then head to Ireland with
@kirkvanderbeek.bsky.social and Shane Oakley and get a drunken ride home with the Pooka.

comicsahoy.com/comics/proje...

29.05.2024 16:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive Preview: Project: Cryptid #9 - Graphic Policy More tales of strange, unlikely creatures!

PROJECT: CRYPTID #9 with stories by Alisa Kwitney, Mauricet, @kirkvanderbeek.bsky.social and Shane Oakley hits stores next week β€” but you can read the first 5 pages of Vanderbeek and Oakley's story "A Pooka Shill" over at @graphicpolicy.bsky.social today.

graphicpolicy.com/2024/05/22/e...

23.05.2024 14:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive Preview: Project: Cryptid #9 - Graphic Policy More tales of strange, unlikely creatures!

I'm so excited for this one to get out into the worldβ€”Check out a 5-page preview of my original comic script "A Pooka Shill" (out next week in @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social PROJECT: CRYPTID #9)

graphicpolicy.com/2024/05/22/e...

22.05.2024 16:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two all-new bits of flash fiction published today in the back pages of PROJECT CRYPTID from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social -- check out that beautiful accompanying artwork from @maydaytrippe.bsky.social and Elliott Mattice

24.04.2024 17:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Red background with a squirrel holding a parcel, parcel is wrapped in brown paper and has a red ribbon tied in a bow. Text: Holiday Giveaway. SLQ logo

Red background with a squirrel holding a parcel, parcel is wrapped in brown paper and has a red ribbon tied in a bow. Text: Holiday Giveaway. SLQ logo

HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY! We're giving $100 to help boost your writing in 2024β€”workshop, comp/submission fees, membership, critiques, books, pensβ€”anything you find helpful, anywhere. Like & share to enter. We'll also give $100 to one of the organisations we supportβ€”winner to choose. Ends midnight NYC Dec 23

20.12.2023 14:28 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 11
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With the gift-giving season swiftly approaching, why not pick up an AHOY book or two for the loved ones on your lists? (Or three, or four, or 28...)

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28.11.2023 18:13 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New story of mine out TODAY in the back pages of PROJECT CRYPTID from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social β€” and yup, it's a weird one...

15.11.2023 15:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can feel that end-of-year fog swirling in from the distance... About to blink and realize it's 2024

08.11.2023 14:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many words, so little time

30.10.2023 19:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0