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Glory Fink
@gloryfink.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Writer of engaging nonfiction and fiction with humor and heart
Genres: paranormal, sci-fi, fantasy, LGBTQIA+ romance & poetry
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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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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...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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
The Good Son
Goodness is just obedience dressed in silence
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August 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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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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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...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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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
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...
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August 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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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
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...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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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 💙📚

✨ A Girl Out of Time → open.substack.com/pub/gloryfin...

#QueerPoetry #PoetryOfResistance #FeministPoetry #Poetrysky
A Girl Out of Time
A poem for the bold, the bruised, and the brilliantly unbothered
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August 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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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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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...
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July 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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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
Too Much to Hold
The hardest part isn’t remembering… it’s feeling safe enough to feel
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July 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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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
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...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Oh Lawd, another rabbit hole...
Byeeeeeee!
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
July 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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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
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 ...
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July 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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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
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OR watch the intro video.
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#august80k #August48K #august18k
July 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Please, support us if you can! Your support allows us to do all sorts of cool and impactful things like the Stay With Us package, the DC trip to cover US vs Skrmetti, and the Trans Stories short videos just to name a few I've been involved with. Not to mention all our usual news throughout the week!
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July 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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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.
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...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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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
All the Words August is coming! #ATWAugust #804818 #August80K #August48K #August18K
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July 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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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.
#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...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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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...
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.
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July 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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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
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...
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July 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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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
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...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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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
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 ...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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🐾 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
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...
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July 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Lily and I hope you have a good week 💜💙❤️
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
July 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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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
This Moment With You
To feel, to trust, to let go is where poetry begins
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June 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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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 💙📚🪐

Read it here → open.substack.com/pub/gloryfin...

#CozySciFi #WhimsicalReads #GloryousFictions
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...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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✨ 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 💙📚🌶️

Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/gloryfin...

#Poetrysky #GloryousMagazine
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...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM