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Sightless Scribbles

Listen to audiobook samples, blog posts, essays, short stories, and other literary stuff by the award-winning Blind writer Robert Kingett with a wide array of narrators!

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00:16:35

The Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs Gabriel...

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2025/10/28

Narrated by Gabriel MichaelRead the Hostility of Doorknobs essay here In this essay, Robert writes about how round doorknobs could be hostile to his entrances and exits. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:10:49

Off the Grid Audiobook sample.

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2025/10/24

Buy the Off the Grid audiobook here!The audiobook is narrated by Sean Crisden Could you survive a month without the internet? Robert Kingett didn’t think he could—until a friend dared him to try. The catch? Robert is blind, and he relies on the internet for everything. For thirty days he must use no Google. No social media. No online banking, shopping or job hunting. Ultimately, no digital shortcuts to help him navigate a world that’s already built to ignore people with disabilities. But as a

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00:03:59

The Acoustic Signature of Weather

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2025/10/18

Narrated by Sean CrisdenRobert describes his auditory relationship to all the seasons, and the acoustic signatures the weather can bring to any season. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:05:05

The Gospel of the Public Library

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2025/10/11

Narrated by Sean CrisdenRobert takes the listener on a non-visual appreciation of the library. Read The Gospel of the Public Library instead Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:07:11

A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI

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2025/10/04

Narrated by Sean CrisdenRobert battles a screen reader made from AI code, and it does not go well. ReadA Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI instead Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:07:03

Grief Alongside Water.

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2025/09/24

Narrated by Sean CrisdenRobert has a lengthy cry in the shower. Read the essay here Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:05:01

Pass the Salt Sample 2. The Strange Comfort.

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2025/09/15

Narrated by Kevin R Free, this is another sample from the Pass the Salt audiobookRobert gets a random message from a stranger online and they have a connection in each other's conversations and company. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:05:38

A Sensual Exploration of Chocolate

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2025/09/07

Narrated by Sean CrisdenChocolate is more than just chocolate. It is a sensual lover all by itself. Read A Sensual Exploration of Chocolate instead. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:05:06

On The Violent Aerodynamics of a Pastry

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2025/09/04

Narrated by Sean CrisdenOne morning, Robert has a battle of wits with his toaster and the pastry. It's a tag team. Will Robert win? Read On The Violent Aerodynamics of a Pastry instead Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:07:38

The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza

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2025/09/03

Read the text version here. Narrated by Sean Crisden A hungry blind writer encounters a buggy Pizza website and then finds an ally on the inside as they work together to rectify a faulty coupon. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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A Field Guide to the Personal Space Violations of...

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2025/08/28

Narrated by Sean CrisdenA Blind rider of US Public Transit gives a breakdown of the kinds of riders and how to spot them. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:06:36

On Hearing in Color

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2025/08/20

Read the blog post here. Narrated by Sean Crisden, this episode talks about how Robert can hear colors even though he is totally blind.Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:07:33

An Obituary for a Cookie

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2025/08/14

Read the text version here. Narrated by Sean Crisden, this essay hilariously frames a date like a crime scene. Robert's latest date eats his last cookie. How will Robert cope with this loss? Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:05:11

A Conversation with a Voicemail I will never delete

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2025/08/14

Read the essay here. Narrated by Sean Crisden this essay is about Robert, a gay man, listening to the voicemail of a friend that is no longer here with us. His last words were, I love you. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings

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00:16:35

Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs version 2

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2025/08/08

Narrated by Gabriel Michael this post is about how a doorknob isn't just a doorknob. It's an accessibility statement all by itself. Read the post online, here. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:02:50

The Automated Labyrinth, and How I Slew the Minotaur

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2025/07/29

Narrated by Sean Crisden, this blog post is an account of how a blind and gay nerd overcame the pitfalls of the automated labyrinth of a health insurance phone tree. Read the post online here if you don't want to listen to the audio version. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:16:34

On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs

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2025/07/21

Narrated by Sean Crisden this essay, originally published on Sightless Scribbles, is an examination of doorknobs and how they relate to accessibility for blind people. Read the essay online here. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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00:05:01

Pass the Salt audiobook sample

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2025/06/30

Narrated by Kevin R Free. This is the audiobook sample of Pass the Salt Online dating is never easy. You’re meeting a complete stranger, and you’re opening yourself up in a way that some of your best friends don’t even get to see. But when Robert Kingett stepped out onto the dating scene, he faced a whole host of additional challenges as gay man living with blindness, cerebral palsy, and a speech impediment. Pass the Salt details Robert’s time on the dating scene in 2010s Chicago. Get ready to meet

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00:12:27

Access Trauma narration 2

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2024/12/20

This is an alternate narration of the essay, combating Access Trauma, on Robert Kingett's personal website.

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00:10:56

How I would make the World Better

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2024/11/30

Watch with ASL and Captions here A blind writer has an idea in a second grade essay how we could radically change the work system with dead animals, body Oder, and old people. Support Sightless Scribbles by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/weirdwritings Find out more at https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co

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