GrayVersesKyle
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Picking desire, guilt, shame, vulnerability, and reclamation apart one stanza at a time.
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GrayVersesKyle
@melonfarma.bsky.social
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The Appeal of Excess
The Mother Who Taught Me to Overdo It
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Excess has always been like an old friend - one who never leaves, always welcomes me back.
In my family, "too much" wasn't a warning. It was the baseline.
I grew up chasing highs.
The Appeal of Excess - my latest essay on how those early lessons shaped everything
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/t...
In my family, "too much" wasn't a warning. It was the baseline.
I grew up chasing highs.
The Appeal of Excess - my latest essay on how those early lessons shaped everything
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/t...
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/a... Read my personal essay on Scott Weiland and how he aided my recovery, my relationship with #masculinity and #sex, read on #Medium
A Crash Course to Be a Man: Listening to Scott Weiland at 36
Listening to Weiland at 36, he wasn’t just singing of desire and destruction; he was writing the manual for being a man who feels too much.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/a... Read my personal essay on Scott Weiland and how he aided my recovery, my relationship with #masculinity and #sex, read on #Medium
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Channeling the chaos of my childhood through creativity helped me find my voice.
Read my personal essay on #Medium
#CreativeWriting #MentalHealth
Channeling the chaos of my childhood through creativity helped me find my voice.
Read my personal essay on #Medium
#CreativeWriting #MentalHealth
Creative Peace: Finding a Voice in Writing
While I silenced my needs in real life, I was finding a voice in my writing. While I was silent in person, my creative voice screamed…
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September 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Channeling the chaos of my childhood through creativity helped me find my voice.
Read my personal essay on #Medium
#CreativeWriting #MentalHealth
Channeling the chaos of my childhood through creativity helped me find my voice.
Read my personal essay on #Medium
#CreativeWriting #MentalHealth
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/3... sharing an excerpt from a script that bizarrely seemed to predict my future. #WritingLife #Screenwriting
A Sneak Peak at My Script, McGovern
Hey. Things have been kinda crazy lately, my day job ends in a matter of weeks, so it’s been hard to find the literal and mental time to…
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September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/3... sharing an excerpt from a script that bizarrely seemed to predict my future. #WritingLife #Screenwriting
Amazing news! Grief was just selected by Cannes Script Festival via FilmFreeway.com #writing #writingcommunity happy to see one of my most personal projects continue to get recognised on the circuit :-)
Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Amazing news! Grief was just selected by Cannes Script Festival via FilmFreeway.com #writing #writingcommunity happy to see one of my most personal projects continue to get recognised on the circuit :-)
On dialect, honesty, and why "gutter poetry" still counts as poetry; a personal essay on the importance and impact of Irvine Welsh on me as an award-winning screenwriter.
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#Writing
#WorkingClass
#PersonalEssay
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#Writing
#WorkingClass
#PersonalEssay
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August 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
On dialect, honesty, and why "gutter poetry" still counts as poetry; a personal essay on the importance and impact of Irvine Welsh on me as an award-winning screenwriter.
lnkd.in/dWdXvmfZ
#Writing
#WorkingClass
#PersonalEssay
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#Writing
#WorkingClass
#PersonalEssay
Read my latest essay on the films of #JamesCameron. The themes of blue collar, strong women, bodies, and more. From #Terminator to #Avatar
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medium.com/@kgkayfabe/m...
Making ’Em Count: Why I’ve Always Got Time for James Cameron
He builds worlds with rules; his female characters are strong and inspiring. His blue-collar stories of bodies, tech, and identity have…
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August 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Read my latest essay on the films of #JamesCameron. The themes of blue collar, strong women, bodies, and more. From #Terminator to #Avatar
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/m...
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/m...
Cannibal Corpse tee in the front row \m/ #AEWCollision
August 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Cannibal Corpse tee in the front row \m/ #AEWCollision
Kinda digging Alex Windsor & Toni Storm together #AEWDynamite
August 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Kinda digging Alex Windsor & Toni Storm together #AEWDynamite
Hope #AlienEarth picks up, thought episode 1 was a big old Nothin' Burger 👎
August 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hope #AlienEarth picks up, thought episode 1 was a big old Nothin' Burger 👎
Why horror?
My lifelong obsession with all things horror, from my first high to why I keep coming back all these years later. Read on #Medium
#WritingCommunity #PersonalEssay #Horror
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My lifelong obsession with all things horror, from my first high to why I keep coming back all these years later. Read on #Medium
#WritingCommunity #PersonalEssay #Horror
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/w...
Why Horror?
Domestic abuse. Violence. Substance abuse. Emotional manipulation. Moving houses and schools like changing channels. Chaos, uncertainty…
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August 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Why horror?
My lifelong obsession with all things horror, from my first high to why I keep coming back all these years later. Read on #Medium
#WritingCommunity #PersonalEssay #Horror
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/w...
My lifelong obsession with all things horror, from my first high to why I keep coming back all these years later. Read on #Medium
#WritingCommunity #PersonalEssay #Horror
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/w...
Excess has always been like an old friend - one who never leaves, always welcomes me back.
In my family, "too much" wasn't a warning. It was the baseline.
I grew up chasing highs.
The Appeal of Excess - my latest essay on how those early lessons shaped everything
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/t...
In my family, "too much" wasn't a warning. It was the baseline.
I grew up chasing highs.
The Appeal of Excess - my latest essay on how those early lessons shaped everything
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/t...
The Appeal of Excess
The Mother Who Taught Me to Overdo It
medium.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Excess has always been like an old friend - one who never leaves, always welcomes me back.
In my family, "too much" wasn't a warning. It was the baseline.
I grew up chasing highs.
The Appeal of Excess - my latest essay on how those early lessons shaped everything
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/t...
In my family, "too much" wasn't a warning. It was the baseline.
I grew up chasing highs.
The Appeal of Excess - my latest essay on how those early lessons shaped everything
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/t...
Doing a typical me-thing and spending waaaay longer on the side quests than the main story on #DeathStranding2
a man in a video game has a button that says use sink on it
ALT: a man in a video game has a button that says use sink on it
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August 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Doing a typical me-thing and spending waaaay longer on the side quests than the main story on #DeathStranding2
Read Under the Muscle, 💪 my personal essay on #Medium about when your body becomes your identity and what happens when you lose that body. medium.com/@kgkayfabe/u... #MensHealth #PersonalEssay #Identity #MentalHealth #WritingCommunity
Under the Muscle
Why You Are More Than Your Muscles…
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August 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Read Under the Muscle, 💪 my personal essay on #Medium about when your body becomes your identity and what happens when you lose that body. medium.com/@kgkayfabe/u... #MensHealth #PersonalEssay #Identity #MentalHealth #WritingCommunity
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The Weight of Expectation - a poem personifying and addressing the blank page, how the creative process is simultaneously an abusive relationship and therapy. #amwriting #poetry #Kofi
The Weight of Expectation - a poem personifying and addressing the blank page, how the creative process is simultaneously an abusive relationship and therapy. #amwriting #poetry #Kofi
The Weight of Expectation
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August 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The Weight of Expectation - a poem personifying and addressing the blank page, how the creative process is simultaneously an abusive relationship and therapy. #amwriting #poetry #Kofi
The Weight of Expectation - a poem personifying and addressing the blank page, how the creative process is simultaneously an abusive relationship and therapy. #amwriting #poetry #Kofi
Most played artists on Spotify this week - you can tell I've been writing like a beast - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, James Newton Howard, Angelo Badalamenti #amwriting #writingcommunity
August 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Most played artists on Spotify this week - you can tell I've been writing like a beast - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, James Newton Howard, Angelo Badalamenti #amwriting #writingcommunity
Outrunners Vs The Bucks was fucking great #AEWDynamite
July 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Outrunners Vs The Bucks was fucking great #AEWDynamite
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/2...
I was 8 when I met Ellen Ripley.
My mum introduced me to Alien.
Trauma, terror, and the power of sci-fi horror.
✍️ New essay on Medium
#Alien #SciFiHorror #Motherhood #FilmEssay #MediumWriters
I was 8 when I met Ellen Ripley.
My mum introduced me to Alien.
Trauma, terror, and the power of sci-fi horror.
✍️ New essay on Medium
#Alien #SciFiHorror #Motherhood #FilmEssay #MediumWriters
I Was 8 When I First Met Ripley. I Was Already Living Among Monsters.
How Alien showed me I didn’t need to be in space for no one to hear me scream
medium.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
medium.com/@kgkayfabe/2...
I was 8 when I met Ellen Ripley.
My mum introduced me to Alien.
Trauma, terror, and the power of sci-fi horror.
✍️ New essay on Medium
#Alien #SciFiHorror #Motherhood #FilmEssay #MediumWriters
I was 8 when I met Ellen Ripley.
My mum introduced me to Alien.
Trauma, terror, and the power of sci-fi horror.
✍️ New essay on Medium
#Alien #SciFiHorror #Motherhood #FilmEssay #MediumWriters
Angry streams of consciousness from a scrubber #workingclass #poetry #writingcommunity ko-fi.com/post/Necks-i...
Necks in the Noose
KGkayfabe published a post on Ko-fi
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July 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Angry streams of consciousness from a scrubber #workingclass #poetry #writingcommunity ko-fi.com/post/Necks-i...
open.spotify.com/track/2UVoNi... Fucking hated the film (although the book is awesome), but some of the tracks on the score are beautiful. Trent fucking Reznor never misses.
A Hidden Moment
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · Bird Box (Abridged) [Original Score] · Song · 2019
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July 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
open.spotify.com/track/2UVoNi... Fucking hated the film (although the book is awesome), but some of the tracks on the score are beautiful. Trent fucking Reznor never misses.
Welp, nothing like a kick when you're down. Pending redundancy from my job and then hit with a car repair bill that wipes me of my savings. I'm officially at zero.
July 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Welp, nothing like a kick when you're down. Pending redundancy from my job and then hit with a car repair bill that wipes me of my savings. I'm officially at zero.
As a kid, I didn’t sleep until the adults were in bed—because that meant no violence that night.
I learned to be invisible. But when I wrote, I had a voice that screamed.
🔗 ko-fi.com/post/Creative-Peace-LINK
#TraumaRecovery #CreativityAsHealing #WritingThroughIt #MensMentalHealth #KoFiWriter
I learned to be invisible. But when I wrote, I had a voice that screamed.
🔗 ko-fi.com/post/Creative-Peace-LINK
#TraumaRecovery #CreativityAsHealing #WritingThroughIt #MensMentalHealth #KoFiWriter
July 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
As a kid, I didn’t sleep until the adults were in bed—because that meant no violence that night.
I learned to be invisible. But when I wrote, I had a voice that screamed.
🔗 ko-fi.com/post/Creative-Peace-LINK
#TraumaRecovery #CreativityAsHealing #WritingThroughIt #MensMentalHealth #KoFiWriter
I learned to be invisible. But when I wrote, I had a voice that screamed.
🔗 ko-fi.com/post/Creative-Peace-LINK
#TraumaRecovery #CreativityAsHealing #WritingThroughIt #MensMentalHealth #KoFiWriter
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July 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A little support goes a long way! If you’d like to help me keep creating, you can do so at ko-fi.com/kgkayfabe
Amazing news! Grief was just selected by INTERNATIONAL FILM CARNIVAL-CALCUTTA via FilmFreeway.com! #screenwriting #writing
Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
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July 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Amazing news! Grief was just selected by INTERNATIONAL FILM CARNIVAL-CALCUTTA via FilmFreeway.com! #screenwriting #writing