Glory Fink

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter (Part 6) Listen now | The Good, the Bad, and the Barely Legal. A jailbreak’s only half about the guns and the thunderstorm… it’s about who you trust when the law’s against you and the past won’t let go. In The...

Outlaws, A storm, A jailbreak built on charm instead of gunfire. This chapter asks: what does loyalty look like when the law is never on your side? 📚💙🌶️⏳

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The Good Son Goodness is just obedience dressed in silence

The cost of being “good” isn’t in applause—it’s in the silences we carry. The Good Son explores loyalty, family, and memory that lasts longer than gifts 📚💙

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#Poetrysky

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter (Part 5) Listen now | Sabotage at Thornbottom Ravine. Injustice leaves scars, but so does loyalty. When sabotage halts the Sweetwater Express at Thornbottom Ravine, Sadie, Clem, and Tilly step in to help clear...

When the train stops, the truth starts

Sabotage at Thornbottom Ravine is about how we hold on to our stories… and how they save us

For lovers of queer western grit + found family 📚💙🌶️⏳

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Stay…. Torn between escape and loyalty, the heart’s silence screams the loudest. This poem confronts the raw space between wanting to go and choosing to remain. It asks what truly holds us to another—love, g...

What holds us in place when every part of us wants to leave? This poem explores that delicate, painful balance... a reminder that some choices, though hard, come from strength. Take a breath and read this moment of truth 💙📚

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#Poetrysky

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter (Part 4) Listen now | Last Dance with Tilly Caine. When a new bounty hits the wire, Sadie isn’t surprised by the name: Tilly Caine—robber, liar, and the only woman who’s ever stolen her horse twice. Old flames...

New episode: Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter – Part 4

Sadie tracks her ex, Tilly, to Goldie’s Tavern. But it’s not just a bounty it’s unfinished business 💙📚⏳🌶️

For fans of queer westerns, emotional stand-offs, and slow-burn betrayal

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#TransCharacter

A Girl Out of Time A poem for the bold, the bruised, and the brilliantly unbothered

In a world of hammers, you see nails.
In a world of Glory, you see fails.

A new poem for the gloriously unbothered, the ones who won’t shrink to fit 💙📚

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#QueerPoetry #PoetryOfResistance #FeministPoetry #Poetrysky

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter (Part 3) Listen now | Clemency and Other Acts of Faith  In this tender, thorny third installment, Sadie finds herself navigating more than just treacherous terrain. After a night of shared whiskey and truth-te...

what if your new situationship shared your breakfast
what if the coffee was hot
what if you listened to each other—with your hearts 💙📚⏳🌶️

🎧 queer western intimacy, dust and desire:
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Too Much to Hold The hardest part isn’t remembering… it’s feeling safe enough to feel

Healing isn’t about forgetting—it’s about feeling safe enough to face what lingers. If you need a moment of quiet courage, these words hold space for the struggle many of us share 💙📚

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#PoetryThatHeals #Poetrysky

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter (Part 2) Listen now | Cards on the Table and Clothes on the Floor, A week after bringing in her latest bounty, Sadie Cohen is practicing her shooting to find Clem has dropped in for a visit—not entirely uninvi...

In Cards on the Table and Clothes on the Floor, Sadie Cohen negotiates identity, tenderness, and power in a world that rarely makes room for any 📚💙⏳🌶️

🎧🔥 For fans of queer intimacy, feminist westerns, and all-round grit:
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#QueerWestern #JewishFiction

A diptych image, the top image is of the protagonist from Disney's animated Alice in Wonderland followed by her kitten as Alice is kneeling peering into an earthen hole under a tree. The second image is of Alice falling down said rabbit hole while waving goodbye to her kitten

Oh Lawd, another rabbit hole...
Byeeeeeee!

Holding… Space Is the hardest part of healing learning how to be held safe? This poem is for anyone who’s flinched at tenderness, forgotten how to speak, or longed for safety in someone’s arms. A breath. A pause. A ...

Sometimes healing looks like learning to be held without fear

If you’ve ever forgotten how to speak your truth, this poem is a breath of quiet strength and hope 📚💙

After years of holding breath… exhale

Read Holding… Space here:
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#Poetrysky

Not everyone can write every day, but can write weekly.
3 Plans for 3 kinds of writers.
Plan 1 - the everyday writer
Plan 2- Five days a week Writers
Plan 3 - the Weekender
tinyurl.com/August80K
OR watch the intro video.
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#ATWAugust
#august80k #August48K #august18k

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Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter Listen now | Part One: Tex Deadly Rides at Moonrise. Sadie Cohen—disguised as the bounty hunter Tex Deadly—takes on a low-stakes but high-charm bounty: Clem Johnson, a horse thief with a soft voice, a...

new podcast just dropped:
🤠 queer bounty hunter
⚖️ a corrupt judge
🐐 a life full of ghosts
if you love dusty queer westerns with bite, grit, and a dash of longing... meet Sadie Cohen 📚💙⏳🎧
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ride with her. it’s a hell of a story.

YouTube video by PenumbraMine M.M. Ward All the Words August is coming! #ATWAugust #804818 #August80K #August48K #August18K

Join us to talk about All the Words August Writing or Editing Challenge. It isn't about the word count, it's about developing a routine.
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#august80k #August48K #august18k

#AllTheWordsAugust Writing or Editing Routine Challenge #AllTheWordsAugust Writing or Editing Routine Challenge #ATWAugust #804818 #August80K48K18K #August80K #August48K #August18K 3 tiers for all levels of writer/editors and 3 plans for time manageme...

I am going to post a Google Doc here for anyone who might be interested. The August challenge isn't about the word count goal, that's just a suggestion-- it's about creating a sustainable writing/editing habit.
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Comment on which Tier and Plan you would pick.

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter Part One: Tex Deadly Rides at Moonrise. Broke, hungry, and slightly annoyed, Sadie Cohen sets out to catch a drunk horse thief. Turns out, Clem’s hiding more than just stolen livestock.

Queer western lovers: if you’re craving a sharp-tongued, gender-bending bounty hunter with a soft spot for rogues, ride out with Part 1 of this new serial 📚💙⏳

🌙 Tex Deadly Rides at Moonrise
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She's messy. He's flirty. It’s a little bit dangerous...

What We Could Mean Love’s language can feel fragile and misunderstood, but what if those simple words... when truly felt... still had the power to make us sparkle? This poem gently asks us to listen closely and to belie...

When words feel empty, can they still hold meaning?

This poem explores the quiet hope that even faded phrases can sparkle again if we truly believe them 💙📚

Take a moment to reflect on the language of love and connection

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#Poetrysky #LoveLanguage

Stirring Hope Into Soup: Recipes for Resistance and Practical Magic When life’s a mess and your spoons are running low, sometimes what we need is pasta, pound cake, and a little kitchen magic. This article serves up easy, loving recipes for feeding yourself and your p...

Soup is resistance. So is pound cake

This is a recipe post for the tired, the discouraged, and the practical witches among us 📚💙💡

✨ Recipes for care
🥄 Low energy friendly meals
🪄 A little kitchen magic

#ComfortFood #KitchenMagic #SpoonieKitchen #CozyResistance

Joy Is Resistance The quiet rebellion begins with joy. This poem is not just for reading—it’s for carrying. Carry it into the grocery store line. Into your next conversation. Into the mirror. Let it be a reminder: you ...

Joy isn’t just a feeling... it’s a quiet rebellion against a harsh world. This poem is a reminder to pause, celebrate the small moments, and hold kindness as a strength 📚💙

Take a minute for yourself today:
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#poetrysky

A Curious Cat’s Guide to Wandering Starships Nadjem is a very good kitty. He knows where to find the best fish, how to bounce on beds, and how to chase bugs through mysterious doorways. But when a curious chase leads him through the starship ful...

🐾 A curious cat, A lonely starship, A galaxy of possibility 📚💙🪐

My latest cozy space fantasy just landed:
A Curious Cat’s Guide to Wandering Starships

For fans of gentle adventures, living ships, butterfly gardens, and naps among the stars

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#catfiction

Mollify your office supervisor with a treat or else her disapproval will show up in your performance review

An image of a dapple mini dachshund in a handmade crochet Snow White dress, the bodice is bright medium blue with a white collar and 3 red dots on each side with a bright yellow ruffle skirt and a red belt with 3 black buttons. Be blessed my dears

Lily and I hope you have a good week 💜💙❤️

This Moment With You To feel, to trust, to let go is where poetry begins

First love
The fear of being seen
The ache of wanting to stay in one perfect moment

This Moment With You

new poem up in Gloryous Magazine 💙📚

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#Poetrysky #FirstLove #Vulnerability #PoetsOfBluesky

How to Adopt a Starship (When You’re a Cat) After losing his beloved human, Nadjem the cat wanders to the edge of town and finds a cottage that wasn’t there yesterday. Inside: lights that blink like beetles, smells from foreign shores, and an i...

A cozy cat, a starship in disguise, and a new adventure begins 🌟🐾

How to Adopt a Starship (When You’re a Cat) is out now! Dive into gentle sci-fi magic with Nadjem’s story 💙📚🪐

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#CozySciFi #WhimsicalReads #GloryousFictions

A Story Between Us A sacred moment between souls, where stories shape us. In a world that moves too fast, A Story Between Us is a gentle pause… an invitation to connection, curiosity, and truth. This poem asks not for a...

✨ A new poem from Gloryous Magazine: A Story Between Us explores the quiet magic of shared stories and truth

Perfect for lovers of poetry and soulful connections 💙📚🌶️

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#Poetrysky #GloryousMagazine

The Quest for Hope Sometimes, the only way out of an enchantment is through a story. A magical story of memory, mischief, and mint tea—featuring enchanted brownies, a djinn, a clever cat, and a kingdom’s forgotten champ...

The Quest for Hope is live on Gloryous Magazine! 💙📚🪐

Cozy up with talking brownies, a djinn, and a dachshund on an adventure. Read it now & subscribe for more magical tales! 🐾✨

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#CozyFantasy #ShortStory #FairyTale

A Prayer from the Shadows Where pain lingers, even the shadows learn to pray. “A Prayer from the Shadows,” confronts the lingering scars of trauma with unflinching clarity. This poem illuminates the invisible wounds left by ab...

New poem out in Gloryous Magazine: “A Prayer from the Shadows” a raw dive into trauma and healing 💙📚

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#poetry #healing #trauma #PoetrySky

An image of the inclusive pride flag hanging vertically. In front middle is a black box, on the box is the print "No Kings but Drag Kings ✊🏽" by @lgbtqsyracuse Happy Pride, y'all!!

Happy Pride, y'all! Go get in some Good Trouble

Texas Invites Everyone to Police Gender — Assigned A bigoted measure “defining sex” raises confusion and sows fear. That’s the point.

The state of Texas is officially defining sex. Assigned Media's @valorievandieman.bsky.social on how state sponsored bullying encourages hatred, discrimination, and harassment.