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

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.

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

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