Victoria Raschke
@vvitchtoria.bsky.social
(she/her) Author where you buy books, publisher at 1000Volt Press, podcaster at WitchLit, and syncretic antiquarian animist folk witch wherever (still workshopping my P-Touch drawer label) also: @witchlitpod.bsky.social
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If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
I thoroughly enjoyed my chat with Mark and am already half-way through his Zoinks! The Folklore of Scooby-Doo.
New episode out today with Mark Norman @folklorepod.bsky.social to discuss The Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor and gathering and writing about both historic and current pop-culture folklore. Available at all fine podcast catchers or on tap at the source: witchlitpod.com/episode/s9e0...
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed my chat with Mark and am already half-way through his Zoinks! The Folklore of Scooby-Doo.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
y’all know what motherfuckin time it is m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Support an indie author’s review team and get to read a romance series with heart, positive representation of disability, multiple kinds of real world magic, and more. Plus Katta is awesome (and has been on the podcast twice — go listen).
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This is book 3 in the Pagans & Pop Stars contemporary romance series. It is mostly standalone (97k words) with a HEA, no cliff-hangers or cheating.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Support an indie author’s review team and get to read a romance series with heart, positive representation of disability, multiple kinds of real world magic, and more. Plus Katta is awesome (and has been on the podcast twice — go listen).
So enjoyed my conversation with Judika about this book, books in general, and the worlds they open up to us.
New Episode with author Judika Illes to chat about Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic novel in all its glorious weirdness.
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So enjoyed my conversation with Judika about this book, books in general, and the worlds they open up to us.
I so enjoyed talking with Cassandra about Pollack’s influence on tarot, looking at books in context of their time, and the community of readers building on Pollack’s work.
New episode out today with the multi-talented Cassandra Snow to chat about the new collection of essays they edited, Tarot in Other Words, and Rachel Pollack’s Seventy-eight Degrees of Wisdom.
September 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I so enjoyed talking with Cassandra about Pollack’s influence on tarot, looking at books in context of their time, and the community of readers building on Pollack’s work.
It was a treat to have @kattakis.bsky.social back on to chat about her most recent book Love at the Rock Show and Anton LaVey’s weirdly conservative ideas of femininity.
New episode out today with romance author @kattakis.bsky.social to chat about (and maybe drag) Anton LaVey’s The Satanic Witch, originally published as The Compleat Witch.
August 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It was a treat to have @kattakis.bsky.social back on to chat about her most recent book Love at the Rock Show and Anton LaVey’s weirdly conservative ideas of femininity.
Two books and two anthologies.
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
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(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Two books and two anthologies.
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TSUNAMI ADVISORY 1: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M8.0 080mi SE Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka 1625PDT Jul 29
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July 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
TSUNAMI ADVISORY 1: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M8.0 080mi SE Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka 1625PDT Jul 29
Talking with Charles is always a delight.
July 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Talking with Charles is always a delight.
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Next week Charles Harrington (Tarot and Oracle Card Reading for Dummies) and I will be discussing the The Oracle Glass (1995) by Judith Merkle Riley if you want to give it a read before the episode.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Next week Charles Harrington (Tarot and Oracle Card Reading for Dummies) and I will be discussing the The Oracle Glass (1995) by Judith Merkle Riley if you want to give it a read before the episode.
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It’s Wednesday, so here’s some witch lit* books for this week. These are from the @tangledwilderness.bsky.social kickstarter for @margaret.bsky.social ‘s third book in the Danielle Cain series. Highly recommend. (Witch lit being books I think a number of witches and occult practitioners would like)
July 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s Wednesday, so here’s some witch lit* books for this week. These are from the @tangledwilderness.bsky.social kickstarter for @margaret.bsky.social ‘s third book in the Danielle Cain series. Highly recommend. (Witch lit being books I think a number of witches and occult practitioners would like)
Still hoping this will happen. Despite the world being on fire and getting over Covid.
Who knows what the world will look like when it’s time to leave for this trip but I’m still planning.
June 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Still hoping this will happen. Despite the world being on fire and getting over Covid.
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I had an excellent time talking magic, history currents, and the powers of the “powerless” with @aidanwachter.bsky.social #WitchSky
New episode out today with @aidanwachter.bsky.social to discuss one of the foundational texts of modern witchcraft with all its bright spots and flaws. #WitchSky
June 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I had an excellent time talking magic, history currents, and the powers of the “powerless” with @aidanwachter.bsky.social #WitchSky
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if you're queer and have literally ANY interest in traditional publishing, this free annual q&a is an incredibly generous and informative way to get your questions answered by people who know what they're talking about! 🖤
🏳️🌈 I’m hosting my 4th (!!) Annual Pride Publishing Q&A, a totally free event for LGBTQIA+ writers, on June 25th at 1pm Eastern. My (also queer) agent Dana Murphy will once again be joining me.
Bring any/all questions you have about the trad publishing process!
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Bring any/all questions you have about the trad publishing process!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Pride Publishing Q&A 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
NOTE: This is a TOTALLY FREE EVENT for LGBTQIA+ writers, but registration is required. Community members only. (Transphobes *emphatically* not welcome.)
LGBTQIA+ writers! It's time for our FOURTH (!!...
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June 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
if you're queer and have literally ANY interest in traditional publishing, this free annual q&a is an incredibly generous and informative way to get your questions answered by people who know what they're talking about! 🖤
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Now that I have ushered my book out the door and come up for air — back to Tuesday book posts. These are a few witchy zines from Nina at Echo Zines in Ghent, Belgium. I am smitten with the Bunny witch. Available here: echopublishing.wordpress.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Now that I have ushered my book out the door and come up for air — back to Tuesday book posts. These are a few witchy zines from Nina at Echo Zines in Ghent, Belgium. I am smitten with the Bunny witch. Available here: echopublishing.wordpress.com
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NEW SEASONAL TAROT READING SPECIALS JUST DROPPED. Time to get loud & proud or sweet & sweating or whatever you're doing this season!
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June 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NEW SEASONAL TAROT READING SPECIALS JUST DROPPED. Time to get loud & proud or sweet & sweating or whatever you're doing this season!
cassandra-snow.com/specialreadi...
cassandra-snow.com/specialreadi...
It is done. I have sent the book that has eaten the last three years of my life to my editor and am commencing collapse now. I can’t tell if it’s brilliant or absolute garbage because I’ve looked at it for so long, but it is done. At least until I get the notes back.
May 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It is done. I have sent the book that has eaten the last three years of my life to my editor and am commencing collapse now. I can’t tell if it’s brilliant or absolute garbage because I’ve looked at it for so long, but it is done. At least until I get the notes back.
As always, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Via about folk lore and magical practice.
New episode out today with author and sculptor @via-hedera.bsky.social to discuss Touch Blue (1958) a compendium of rhymes, verbal charms, and spells. Though whimsical on presentation, the bibliography packs a punch.
May 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As always, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Via about folk lore and magical practice.
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I am *begging* people to look up the actual history of the Luddite movement with it being bandied about everywhere.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
May 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I am *begging* people to look up the actual history of the Luddite movement with it being bandied about everywhere.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
Following the “if you see it you must repost” rule. I’ve watched it three times, like a spell to remember that magic exists.
oh hey remember that time tom holland won the internet and every single episode of lip sync battle ever
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Following the “if you see it you must repost” rule. I’ve watched it three times, like a spell to remember that magic exists.
Very excited to get this book out into the world. Working with Yvonne is a pleasure and seeing this work take shape from blog posts to finished publication has been a bright spot amid the chaos. I highly recommend ordering from your local bookseller or Bookshop. org for free or lower cost shipping.
Tuesday book stuff with some self promo for our micropress.The newest @1000voltpress.bsky.social release is Pagan Roots by Yvonne Aburrow @yaburrow.bsky.social It’s out today in digital and print-on-demand hardcopy whenever you buy books. books2read.com/paganroots
April 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Very excited to get this book out into the world. Working with Yvonne is a pleasure and seeing this work take shape from blog posts to finished publication has been a bright spot amid the chaos. I highly recommend ordering from your local bookseller or Bookshop. org for free or lower cost shipping.
A little rusty but we’re back today with what I think is an excellent season opener.
New episode out today (with a few tiny hiccups after being off for almost two months) and it is an excellent discussion with Rev. Ron Padrón @wrwitching.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A little rusty but we’re back today with what I think is an excellent season opener.
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April 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The curator of the Covid-safer Bay Area events and performances list is having some work issues that make it harder to survive in this expensive place. www.gofundme.com/f/help-csl3-...