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Posts by Kirk Vanderbeek

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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

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New short in print today from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social — come for the crazy fun from @stuartmoore.bsky.social and Ryan Kelly, stay for a story about anxiety from me!

9 months ago 4 2 0 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.

1 year ago 0 0 0 0

Don’t ever trust anyone who discredits the arts.

1 year ago 0 0 0 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…

1 year ago 4 2 0 0
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5 star read right here

1 year ago 1 0 0 0

My story ‘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?

1 year ago 8 2 0 0
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To Weigh a Ghost – Toronto Journal

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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 Journal—linked below (above? how does this site work…?)

1 year ago 0 0 0 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.

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1 year ago 5 3 0 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 — but you can read the first 5 pages of Vanderbeek and Oakley's story "A Pooka Shill" over at @graphicpolicy.bsky.social today.

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1 year ago 4 3 0 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 world—Check out a 5-page preview of my original comic script "A Pooka Shill" (out next week in @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social PROJECT: CRYPTID #9)

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1 year ago 2 2 0 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

1 year ago 8 4 0 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 2024—workshop, comp/submission fees, membership, critiques, books, pens—anything you find helpful, anywhere. Like & share to enter. We'll also give $100 to one of the organisations we support—winner to choose. Ends midnight NYC Dec 23

2 years ago 74 53 4 13
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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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2 years ago 13 11 0 0
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New story of mine out TODAY in the back pages of PROJECT CRYPTID from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social — and yup, it's a weird one...

2 years ago 4 2 0 0

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

2 years ago 1 0 0 0
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So many words, so little time

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