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Van Kohl

@vankohl.com
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🔞 Exploring the profound and the primal. Writer of existential #GayRomance and metaphisical #GayErotica. #OwnVoices #LGBT Author of The Third Between Us (working title) 🌊✨ Querying... vankohl.com

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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 2h
The wind sweeps the dust from the world and the masks from our faces. Our stories deserve to be told unapologetically. #Identity #OwnVoices #BookSky #MMRomance #QueerWriters
Zephyros pursuing Hyakinthos
Pottery, wine-bowl
Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1824-0501-38?selectedImageId=129851001
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Socrates @teamsocrates.bsky.social · 6h
We spend years studying the stars and never an afternoon studying the one who looks at them. Begin closer to home. #philosophy #ethics
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 10h
Autumn in Millennium Park, Chicago
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 7h
Always follow the maintenance schedule!
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 7h
Surreal and subconscious elements are my favorite to describe for some reason. Memories and dreams, involving not just sensory experiences but those that have been internalized and consequently influence a character’s unrealized feelings.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 10h
#Octember 4th Let’s see. The trees would probably like water and some nice loam. Cold spring water and… no clothes. Let’s be natural 😁 #writesky #writingcommunity
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 10h
Merely the fact that it's about two gay guys, amongst many more... what do they call it? Transgressions? It'd be an honor to get a ban, I think. It would mean I've hit a nerve. Good. #QueerPrompts
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 03/10/2026
Looking forward to the launch!
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 03/10/2026
Oct 3; snippet from Ch 2 of The Third Between Us. "An animalistic fire burned in his eyes, one I had never seen before, as his grip tightened. His retaliation came not at my physical rage but at the truth I served that broke him." #QueerPrompts
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 03/10/2026
#LGBTQWriteAThon Oct 3 - Same old at work... bah. - Got too emotional with my latest blog post. - Took Fri off for my husband and I to just wander round Chi-town. #queerwriters #writingcommunity #lgbtqwriters
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 03/10/2026
I don’t know if “precious” is too cutesy but that’s what came to mind 🙂
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 03/10/2026
#Octember 3rd. Ben's no hero. He'd probably grab his bro and get the hell out of town, some place remote where 'Zilla won't think to look for prey. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 03/10/2026
First and foremost, myself and my husband. He loves reading my stories. Also, for all the gay guys out there who yearn for the full glory of the act and who aren't afraid of pushing their own boundaries. #pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 03/10/2026
American corporatism at its finest. Profit rules supreme. But… November is just around the corner.
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Felix Kurt Author @felix-kurt-author.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Being queer is normal. Being queer is human. Being queer is beautiful. And anyone who told you otherwise was never telling the truth. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #Queer #LGBTQ #loveislove #GayWriter #QueerWriter
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 02/10/2026
A sequel to The Third Between Us is brewing in my mind. I’ve scribbled down some dialogue and plot. Unfiltered and a bit scandalous. #lgbtqwriteathon
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 02/10/2026
Why does a painter run his brush against the canvas? Why does a sculptor carve a body out of stone? Why does a writer tell a tale of struggle and desire? For the sheer beauty of it. #pretendpanel #writingcommunity #writers
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Windy City Times @windycitytimes.com · 02/10/2026
LGBTQ+ artists and businesses find community at Andersonville Arts Weekend “Art is my reason for being here,” Chicago artist Nicholas Holman said of his participation in Andersonville Art Weekend, which took place Sept....
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LGBTQ+ artists and businesses find community at Andersonville Arts Weekend
“Art is my reason for being here,” Chicago artist Nicholas Holman said of his participation in Andersonville Art Weekend, which took place Sept. 25-27. “In my work, I’m more in tune with those parts of me that are true and authentic, I do what I want to do and I think that does pertain to my queer identity.” Holman, who was a featured artist at the furniture store 
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 02/10/2026
Remember, remember the 2nd of #Octember! The instigation by Ben The steering by John MC’s mediation of the trio In a whirlwind of desire and exploration I see no reason that the threesome season should ever be forgot.
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Steven E Schend @seschend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Internet Has a Basement, And Nobody’s Given You The Key.
Google shows you ten percent of the web and calls it “search.” Here’s how to find the other ninety, and why the archive trying to save it all is being strangled.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 02/10/2026
Hi Will. Nice to meet you. I’m Van and I live in IL. Congrats on your debut!
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 02/10/2026
Hmm, I think the laughter is the result of the tension being relieved. Like having the burdens of the last two decades finally off his shoulders.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 02/10/2026
Not often but when he does, it's maniacal and unrestrained, like the breaking of the sky.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 02/10/2026
One of my favorite stories—Omelas. Also, one of the most brain-wrecking. Is it morally right for one wretched soul to suffer so all else could live in perpetual euphoria? #philosophy
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
Tired of "cute and cozy" #MM romance that ignores the reality of our lives? The world isn't sweet—it's brutal. Our stories shouldn't be sweet; they should be defiant. Read my latest piece. vankohl.com/existentiali... #QueerWriters #LGBTQ #GayRomance #WritingCommunity #OwnVoices #Existentialism
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Existentialism in Modern Gay Romance
A gay romance story should not shy away from the full picture in all its glory and ruggedness. From the gravity of a lover's presence to the mark left on our consciousness, we must indulge in every se...
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
Howdy, neighbor!
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
Money is king in the country. Whatever checks the boxes and makes the most amount of revenue is what’s in “style.”
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
My MC’s employer is certainly a satyr, or better yet—Pan. The embodiment of the forest and sexual energy. #octember
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
I’m Van, 37, from the land of Lincoln. I write stories of substance and truth. Oct is my favorite month because (not least) of Pumpkin Spice lattes! Goals for Oct: hoping to land a publishing contract. #lgbtqwriteathon
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
Beauty in every edge and curve.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
This year, so far, it was A World Appears by Michael Pollan that has made the greatest intellectual impact. It has pushed my boudaries on what it means to be conscious. #writingcommunity #booksky #bookcommunity #philosophybooks
Cover of A World Appears by Michael Pollan
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 01/10/2026
The first reveal of the mystery, as I promised, is the working title of my work: The Third Betwen Us. #gayromance #gayerotica #LGBT #OwnVoices 🌈📚
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
Thanks for a fun Sept @blackcatbooknook.bsky.social ! I think I’ve given enough teasers for a little over a week, so I shall reveal the working title of my smutty-romance book tonight (after work and D&D). Curious? You should be 😉 Vankohl.com for more. #QueerCharChat #mmromance 🌈📚
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Van Kohl
Whims and musings of a gay writer. Author of heart-pounding stories with plenty of heat that will leave a mark long after you've turned the last pages.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
I can feel the heat radiating through those briefs.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
Uncut and unapologetic—the very definition of primal.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
Pesky work! 🙂
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
Especially that challenge us. I also wish there was more time in day for reading, but don't we all 🙂
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
Thank you. And yet, despite all the misery we endure as authors, just that one person whose life is bettered by our work is enough to make it worth it.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
Please post picture if you can. The crimson-amber scenes must be breathtaking.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 30/09/2026
At the end of the day, when the masks are gone and the lights are low, what is left? The truth. Two bodies tangled in an act of primal reunion. Inevitable. Like the tide. 🌊 #QueerLit #GayRomance #WritingCommunity #Identity #BookSky
"Waterfall"
Oil on canvas. Personal collection. 
Artist: Georgi Petrov https://georgipetrov.com/en
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
Ben would say: “What the hell were you thinking, Van? Sending me off to a mountain retreat, turning my world upside down, bringing out the best that’s lurked in me all these years… I needed it.” #queercharchat #writingcommunity #queerwriting
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Christian Baines @xtianbaines.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Real talk a sec. You know who doesn't belong in #MMRomance? Homophobes, fake allies and misandrists who just want to profit off us, then call us misogynists when we protest. There is no #MM without the M who loves M. #GayBooks
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
In a moment of such anticipation, all resistance disappears 🙂
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
Who could resist such perfect form?
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
Brimming with primal energy
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
I’ve taken up another large tome as a bed time read. This time it’s Michelangelo. Good night! 🌙 #booksky #ArtHistory #BookLovers #ReadingList #RenaissanceArt
Michelangelo: His Epic Life by Martin Gayford
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
Thanks. Growing as a person and an writer is a life-long adventure. P.S. Your link to "From Top to Bottom" leads to a 404 on Amzn. Is it available still?
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
The Weimar era sounds fascinating. I myself have an obession with the tail end of the Ancien Régime.
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Van Kohl @vankohl.com · 29/09/2026
My kind of breakfast
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