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T. Thorn Coyle they/them
@thorncoyle.bsky.social
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Professional writer, amateur photographer, committed tea drinker, expert perambulator, witch.
Magic is real, justice is worth fighting for. Love always wins.

www.thorncoyle.com

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T. Thorn Coyle they/them @thorncoyle.bsky.social · 27d
The print proof for the gorgeous deluxe edition of Evolutionary Witchcraft arrived!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tho...

#booksky #witchsky
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The Oracle Card of the Week: the Four of Bones.

We feed each other.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Distractions abound.
Stay stable.
Keep moving.

#photography
A tree with a mossy branch. The fluffy tail and hind legs of a squirrel are still in frame as it moves along the branch.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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For all intensive purposes, it is a doggy dog world!
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in my snootiest voice: You’re not chomping at the bit. You’re *champing* at the bit.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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“Sometimes, in order to learn, we must cast ourselves into the strange and challenging…”

My latest newsletter is a brief musing on Las Vegas, the Author Nation conference, and how we learn: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/on-des...

#writingcommunity
A notebook and pen. Morrison quote: “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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OutKast will be officially inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2025 during tomorrow evening's ceremony!

Please join us in congratulating André 3000 & Big Boi on this well-earned recognition + explore more here: album.ink/OutKast
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Hello, beautiful.

#caturday
A striped cat with a sweet face looks up at the camera
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Evolutionary Witchcraft got a fancy Best of Kickstarter sign at the Reader Nation book fair!

(Late pledges are still open)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tho...

#booksky #kickstarter
Fancy edition of evolutionary witchcraft book with an acrylic Kickstarter sign.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Getting ready to meet readers and sell books at Reader Nation in Las Vegas!

#booksky
Thorn, white, glasses, curly short hair, smiling.
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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“It’s Friday, I’m in love…”
with everyone showing up for community.

Big gratitude for big hearts.

#photography
Blue sky, palm trees, a slice of a Ferris wheel and hotel.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Just a pigeon in Las Vegas, trying to get by.

#photography
A white and black pigeon walks on concrete near a roll up door.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Full Moon Blessings!
A full moon with light rays.
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Just sitting around at an author conference in Vegas last night, my trousers rolled snake eyes…
…but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel lucky.

Wishing us all a bit of good fortune, and cheers to everyone feeling a glimmer of hope today.
Looking down on seated legs in trousers printed with winding snakes.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The You Are the Spell oracle card of the week: the 5 of Dandelions.
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Hello, friend.
Hope you have a good day.

#photography #dogs
A small dog in a spider web sweater stands on a concrete floor, looking alert.
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Goodnight, moon.

#photography
Gibbous moon with a golden halo, framed by dark trees.
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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“We all make offerings to one another. We honor the dead and fight for the living.”

My latest newsletter has thoughts on the season, and the importance of feeding community.

Thanks for reading: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/feedin...

#photography #community
Looking down on a mostly empty bowl, with a few candies and Halloween mini notebooks in it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Parents in 1910:

“Why does my child keep saying ‘23 Skidoo’??? What does it mean? Ought we be concerned?”
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Happy Caturday, Witches!

#photography
A large scaredy cat statue with arched back and yowling open mouth in front of a house.
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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All you who have gone before,
Please listen now,
We are listening, too.
All you who have gone before,
Join us in peace…

A chant I wrote many years ago, and recorded with Sharon Knight:

youtu.be/5BPz82M4i1U

#samhain
Ancestor Chant
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November 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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theladyred.bsky.social
Sylvester in the Castro, Halloween 1976 🎃🧹🧙🏻‍♀️💀🎃👻🦴
Sylvester and a friend in the Castro, Halloween 1976 🎃🧹🧙🏻‍♀️💀🎃👻🦴
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Leaves fall.
Empires crumble.
All things die…
“God is change.”

Samhain Greetings, my friends.

#photography
A pile of dried, fallen leaves on wet brick, with dried fir needles
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Last chance to get this sliding scale Ghost & Hauntings ebook bundle!

Head to storybundle.com/ghosts to get some great reads.

#booksky #ghosts
Five ghostly ebook covers. StoryBundle.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Hello friends!

#photography #mushrooms
A cluster of mushrooms growing among dead grass and dirt
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM