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Kirk Vanderbeek
@kirkvanderbeek.bsky.social
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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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?
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
August 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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!
July 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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.
April 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Don’t ever trust anyone who discredits the arts.
March 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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…
March 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
5 star read right here
March 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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?
February 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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 Journal—linked below (above? how does this site work…?)
To Weigh a Ghost – Toronto Journal
torontojournal.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by Kirk Vanderbeek
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...
May 29, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Reposted by Kirk Vanderbeek
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.

graphicpolicy.com/2024/05/22/e...
Exclusive Preview: Project: Cryptid #9 - Graphic Policy
More tales of strange, unlikely creatures!
graphicpolicy.com
May 23, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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)

graphicpolicy.com/2024/05/22/e...
Exclusive Preview: Project: Cryptid #9 - Graphic Policy
More tales of strange, unlikely creatures!
graphicpolicy.com
May 22, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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
April 24, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Kirk Vanderbeek
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
December 20, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Kirk Vanderbeek
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...)

comicsahoy.com/series
November 28, 2023 at 6:13 PM
New story of mine out TODAY in the back pages of PROJECT CRYPTID from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social — and yup, it's a weird one...
November 15, 2023 at 3:17 PM
I can feel that end-of-year fog swirling in from the distance... About to blink and realize it's 2024
November 8, 2023 at 2:01 PM
So many words, so little time
October 30, 2023 at 7:31 PM