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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I downloaded Grindr for the first time at 52. My friend JD gave me a week. But somewhere between the dick pics, disappearing men, and casual cruelty, I started wondering what exactly we’ve given ourselves permission to do to each other. New essay: It’s Grindr. Not That Deep.

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It's Grindr. Not That Deep.

I downloaded Grindr at fifty-two. My friend gave me a week.

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A lovely thing to wake up to. The Leaving Gene is included in the Bay Area Reporter’s Fall 2026 nonfiction roundup, and Jim Piechota called me a “clever, seductive storyteller.” I’m going to be living off that one for a while. www.ebar.com/story/170245

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’m no longer certain the thing I’ve spent years looking for would improve the life I’ve finally learned how to live. This is an inconvenient realization. A new essay about love, solitude, control, and getting maybe a little too good at being single. huckysmith.substack.com/p/i-forgot-t...

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I Forgot to Put In a Door

Notes on being single at fifty-two, and being very good at it. Maybe too good.

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just back from the gym, so I’m documenting the pump before it packs its bags and leaves. In two hours I’ll be softer through the middle and wondering where all that definition went. Donuts in the background? Bought them yesterday. Almost gone. Never stood a chance. The shoulders are coming along.

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’m learning there’s a strange difference between having people follow you and having people read you.

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I really should stop tempting the universe. Yesterday I wrote about anticipation. Possibility. The lovely little window before reality gets its vote. Reality voted. Now I Know Better — the follow-up I absolutely did not expect to be writing quite this soon. Read it now on Substack. Link in bio.

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I hate how much I think this one is going to resonate. Because if it does, it means you’ve probably had to ask yourself questions no one should have to ask about the people who raised them. I wrote it for the people doing that math quietly. huckysmith.substack.com/p/you-are-no...

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You Are Not Their Public Defender

What we owe the people who raised us, and what we don’t.

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

And honestly, I appreciate the messages from people who tell me they hate my writing style too. Still had an impact. ;)

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Huck Smith @huckysmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

One of the most rewarding parts of putting your writing into the world is when someone takes the time to message you and say, “Thank you. I didn’t have the words for that.” That moves me more than I know how to explain. Which is ironic, because now I’m the one sitting here without the words.

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