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Laura Tempest Zakroff

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August 2024

August 01, 2024

The Keys to Witchcraft: A Post-Mystic South Misadventure

It’s after midnight. Do you know where your keys are?

December 2022

December 21, 2022

Glinda the Good’s Social Solstice Spectacular

Kristin Chenoweth trolled me on TikTok, and that is the Yuletide gift that keeps on...

November 2022

November 02, 2022

Mutinous Medusa: The Gorgon’s Guide to Magical Resistance

I had several writing opportunities fall into my lap, which came with deadlines and demanded...

August 2022

August 17, 2022

Anatomy of a Witch Oracle: A Neurodiverse Review

How the oracle already seems to know me better than I know myself is beyond...

August 11, 2022

Persephone and the Poultry of the Night

Depression lies, y'all. Don't forget that.

April 2022

April 28, 2022

Storm Faerywolf Hates James McAvoy: A Discordian Review of The Satyr’s Kiss

Storm Faerywolf can block me on social media, but he can't escape the pyroclastic cloud...

March 2022

March 24, 2022

Fertility Symbols and the Witch Who Won’t Stop Hoarding Them

It's me. I am that Witch.

March 15, 2022

Spongy Moths, Tramps & Thieves

A moth with an ethnic slur for a name received a new designation. Predictably, a...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

A Tale That Begins with a Beet Will End with the Devil

I am maybe a little overprotective of red velvet cake. I blame the beet juice.

January 10, 2022

Spell, Actually… Resisting the Urge to Pagansplain

I want to look at what motivates us to ‘splain, because identifying that will be...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

If You Can’t Steal Your Own Craft, Store-Bought Is Fine.

In fact, store-bought is preferred.

December 18, 2021

Ring Out Solstice Bees

No one would fault me if I just curled up in the shadows, because it...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

Love and Light vs. Dark Magick (or, Toss a Coin to Your Witch)

Everything in Discordianism is bimodal or an illusion or both. "Light" and "dark" aren't really...

October 22, 2021

I Don’t Know What a Chaos Witch Is Either

The people I've met on the Internet who called themselves Chaos Witches left a lot...

October 18, 2021

The Liminal Spirits Oracle: a Non-Discordian Review

I bought the deck purely for its aesthetics. But then I started working my way...

August 2021

August 20, 2021

The Horned God of the Witches: a Discordian Book Review

Jason Mankey keeps writing books, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who can...

July 2021

July 28, 2021

Scribble Me This: Perspectives on Making Sigils

Sigils have been used for millennia, long before Chaos Magic bounded onto the scene. And...

March 2021

March 22, 2021

A Week in the Life of a Hyperfocused Witch (or, The Story of Bee)

There’s a misconception that people with ADHD can’t concentrate, when in fact the opposite is...