Hank Kirton
@hank-kirton.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, cinephile
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The closest I ever came to writing a Christmas story. Kaleidoscope
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Kaleidoscope
By Hank āStale Croutonā Kirton Robust barrel-chestedĀ Kchelogaveg yanked at a young white pine, testing the anchored clench of its root system. It would not budge. Out of frustration, oā¦
https://crumblingasphalt.org/2024/03/03/kaleidoscope/
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My Most Animal Is Radish!
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My Most Animal Is Radish!
Bloganuary writing promptWhat is your favorite animal?View all responses My radish is my most animal because it lives in a crisper drawer inside of refrigerator where it makes very shallow breath. ā¦
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5 days ago
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6 days ago
Happy
#FrancoFriday
Vampyros Lesbos (1971, Jess Franco)
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This is the story that won me a gumdrop. Telekinetic Kelly
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Telekinetic Kelly
Kelly Green raised the red flag on her mailbox all the way from the kitchen. She didnāt even have to look out the window this time. She accomplished the feat while sitting at the table eating instaā¦
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7 days ago
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The Argyle Literary Magazine
10 days ago
Issue #6 of The Argyle is LIVE!!!
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12 days ago
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Vasectomy Performed on a Roller Coaster
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A science fiction story... My Time Machine
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My Time Machine
My time machine doesnāt work too well at the moment. It hurts my face now sometimes and gives me crushing headaches when I get back from the past and all I can do is lay in bed and wait for tā¦
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14 days ago
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Pull up your pants, learn how to dance, and strut your stuff in the south of France. Synaptic Damage
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Synaptic Damage
He was abrupt. With people. Many people disliked him because he was so abrupt. He answered questions with a hatchet. He urged you to stop wasting his time.Ā Ā His name was Karl Jerome Baumā¦
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16 days ago
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My psychiatrist assured me I was an "insufferable fuck-up" and a "worthless cretin" and "vile." It'll be neat to see where this therapy leads...
19 days ago
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Smothered Under Heavy Cement...
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Smothered Under Heavy Cementā¦
Photo by Jorge Fakhouri Filho It took a silvery sliver of a second. I was only thirteen. It happened so long ago⦠Then why does it still weigh me down like a pair of gangster-style cement shoes?&nbā¦
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Smothered Under Heavy Cement...
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Smothered Under Heavy Cementā¦
Photo by Jorge Fakhouri Filho It took a silvery sliver of a second. I was only thirteen. It happened so long ago⦠Then why does it still weigh me down like a pair of gangster-style cement shoes?&nbā¦
https://crumblingasphalt.org/2025/12/04/smothered-under-heavy-cement/
22 days ago
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You don't have enough Dada. Remedy the remedy until the plot becomes muddied.
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23 days ago
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I just laughed so hard my thighs hurt.
24 days ago
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The brass is tarnished buff it buff it.
24 days ago
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My tribute to old show business. Hollywood
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Hollywood
āBefore we startāIām sorry, tootsāwhatās your name again?āĀ āBeekeeper.ā āOkay, Mavis. I just want to tell you that Iām not gonna talk about my marriage. Yāknow. To you-know-whoā¦ā āBananā¦
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25 days ago
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I enjoy provocative art. Shock me, disgust me, disturb me--at least I'll feel something. Anger me, puzzle me, fill me with sorrow--at least it'll make me think. Hell, even tedium is a feeling. Aw, fuck it; make whatever art you want.
25 days ago
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The Argyle Literary Magazine
29 days ago
The Argyle's 2026 Pushcart Prize Nominees!!!
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Thanks to The Argyle Literary Magazine! It's cool to be included. Read the magazine!
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29 days ago
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I just counted up all the short stories I currently have under construction. The magic tally is 13. That's THIRTEEN written in letters. Welp, back to the saltmines!
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about 1 month ago
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The oxygen I've been inhaling today tastes funny. Kind of like grape Pez.
about 1 month ago
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Heaven Always Has Room
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Heaven Always Has Room
Wish List: Breville Luxe Coffee Brewer Paffenery Luxury Heated & Cooling Carseat Cover Metavertu 1 Curve Screen Himalaya Alligator Skin 18K Gold & Diamonds 5G Web3 PhoneĀ I once worked withā¦
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about 1 month ago
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Blood+Honey
about 1 month ago
Give our Best Microfiction 2026 Noms a read, why don't ya?
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The Spelunking Phlebotomist
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The Spelunking Phlebotomist
Turn on the small black ImageGrimā and surf the sewage. Record the information as it arrives:Ā -Do Not Miss Out Ladies and Gentlemen- āI have the freedom to live now,ā says the spelunking phleā¦
https://crumblingasphalt.org/2025/11/15/the-spelunking-phlebotomist/
about 1 month ago
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Link Day One
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Link Day One
Photo by Pixabay At around ten thirty Link went ahead and lit a new cigarette. He could only smoke in the house after his grandmother went to bed. She went to bed every night at precisely nine oāclā¦
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Hollandaise
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Hollandaise
TWO-FISTED WAR STORIES My friend Bobbyās grandfather once told us heād spent a week in Nazi-occupied Holland. āWere you in the army?ā we asked. We were kids. Added up, we amounted to around sixteenā¦
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Caligula shakes.
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The Spelunking Phlebotomist
Turn on the small black ImageGrimā and surf the sewage. Record the information as it arrives:Ā -Do Not Miss Out Ladies and Gentlemen- āI have the freedom to live now,ā says the spelunking phleā¦
https://psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/the-spelunking-phlebotomist/
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Caligula shakes.
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The Spelunking Phlebotomist
Turn on the small black ImageGrimā and surf the sewage. Record the information as it arrives:Ā -Do Not Miss Out Ladies and Gentlemen- āI have the freedom to live now,ā says the spelunking phleā¦
https://psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/the-spelunking-phlebotomist/
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This story I wrote is a ladybug in your nostril. It's a tombstone made of graham crackers. It's the guy you meet at the park who offers you a marshmallow soaked in LSD. Read it and wince.
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about 1 month ago
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This story I wrote is a ladybug in your nostril. It's a tombstone made of graham crackers. It's the guy you meet at the park who offers you a marshmallow soaked in LSD. Read it and wince.
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Goregirl
about 1 month ago
This ladyās reaction ššš The Gore Gore Girls (1972, Herschell Gordon Lewis)
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris
about 2 months ago
One side of this ivory "memento mori" features a human face crawling with worms and insects; the other side shows a skull - the flesh eaten away. Date unknown. This unusual object is from the Wellcome Collection in London.
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My bank set out a big bowl of hard-boiled eggs for Halloween. All peeled and everything. I went in to cash a check and was instantly hit with the savory egg-smell of spooky season.
about 2 months ago
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Blood+Honey
about 2 months ago
Micro-fiction "Indigo" by Joseph Labriola āit wasn't the book, so much as his relationship to itāif that makes senseā¦This one, of course, was blank.ā
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indigo ā Blood+Honey
by Joseph Labriola āit wasn't the book, so much as his relationship to itāif that makes senseā¦This one, of course, was blank .ā
https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/indigo
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Hey! It's Succotash Sunday again! Yipes!
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2 months ago
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This is about madness and how it manifests itself in art.
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Little Green Worms
Part One My intention was to write an exquisite, precise, highly-calibrated account of the time I arrived at a therapy appointment covered with little green worms. It was to be written in the 1st pā¦
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2 months ago
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I wrote a story about a man, man.
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āJoe Here.ā
āJoe here,ā was the way Joe answered the phone when he was behind his desk at the law offices of Sobchak & Sobchak.Ā āJoe here,ā heād say. Every single time. He never juggled anything up. ā¦
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2 months ago
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Whether you are for or against seasonal holidays you should read my treatise on the subject. It will mash your potatoes.
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Buried Skeletal Remains
The Day Before Thanksgiving I am tromping across a frozen swamp this morning, foraging for scatterberries. The gunmetal gray sky is loaded with unreleased snow. Itās predicted to begin lavishing deā¦
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2 months ago
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I once wrote about how it feels to be a writer (for me anyway).
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Inspiration
Iām in a different city, sitting in a hotel room. There are six women in the room.Ā They are talking and laughing and drinking wine. The TV is on and music fills the space around us. I sit at a smalā¦
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2 months ago
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Meet the meat.
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The Active Training Sessions
Dance to that which you were created for. The Active Training Sessions ended with the summer and Jacob hadnāt learned a goddamn thing. Ninja skills dulled. He would meet an attack with clumsy, unceā¦
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Meet the meat.
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The Active Training Sessions
Dance to that which you were created for. The Active Training Sessions ended with the summer and Jacob hadnāt learned a goddamn thing. Ninja skills dulled. He would meet an attack with clumsy, unceā¦
https://psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/the-active-training-sessions/
2 months ago
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I once wrote about how it feels to be a writer (for me anyway).
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Inspiration
Iām in a different city, sitting in a hotel room. There are six women in the room.Ā They are talking and laughing and drinking wine. The TV is on and music fills the space around us. I sit at a smalā¦
https://psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2024/07/13/inspiration/
2 months ago
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Whether you are for or against seasonal holidays you should read my treatise on the subject. It will mash your potatoes.
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Buried Skeletal Remains
The Day Before Thanksgiving I am tromping across a frozen swamp this morning, foraging for scatterberries. The gunmetal gray sky is loaded with unreleased snow. Itās predicted to begin lavishing deā¦
https://psilocybinmosquitobites.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/buried-skeletal-remains/
2 months ago
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The Yellow Mama Halloween Issue just hit the internet and my creepy story, "Unspeakable Dan" is included.
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Unspeakable Dan
Hank Kirton: Unspeakable Dan
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2 months ago
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The Yellow Mama Halloween Issue just hit the internet and my creepy story, "Unspeakable Dan" is included.
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Unspeakable Dan
Hank Kirton: Unspeakable Dan
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2 months ago
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris
3 months ago
This photo (c.1901) shows two boys exposed to smallpox. Only the boy on the right had been vaccinated. Smallpox is one of the deadliest & most contagious diseases known to man. The virus killed over half a billion people in the 20th centuryāthree times more than all that centuryās wars combined.
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I made a poetry.
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3 months ago
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Comics in the Festive Age
3 months ago
Happy Bud Abbott/Groucho Marx day to all who celebrate it.
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Goregirl
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Daughter of Horror (1955, John Parker)
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