Thank you!!

glad I took the train to see @marythor.bsky.social be witty and cool in milwaukee and also you should buy her book

that @marythor.bsky.social is the best of us

Here we go!!

This is the smartest I have ever sounded in an interview. Or anything, really. Thank you Cold Caller for having me! open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...

Dope as f

Catch me at 4:15 CT on What’s Brewing!

Ordered!

Go get!

That’s a good friend, right there

Love this lady

Happy pub day to the incredible @marythor.bsky.social! A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO TRUE CRIME (from @rhppress.bsky.social) is one of the best story collections of 2026. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-womans-g...

It’s pub day!! She makes good company www.rockandahardplacemag.com/womans-guide...

🤙

If you’re still filling out your 2026 Anthony Award Ballot, I hope you’ll consider these @rhppress.bsky.social titles for Best Anthology/Collection 🤘

38 and feeling great, but here’s a picture from over a decade ago when I was cool.

@martajewson.bsky.social Tell your people!

Dope

Seriously, what is this life

Talking about shifting perspectives today over there at the Stack...

In the Dark, They Say You Can’t See What’s Coming For You by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social is so fucking good. It’s so short and such a hit that I read it three times last night. Get it in her book bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

MARY THORSON ON THE WRITER'S DOSSIER: Listen to @marythor.bsky.social talk with @jeffcircle.bsky.social about her story collection A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO TRUE CRIME, available for pre-order from RHP Press. Listen to the show here: bit.ly/4rt9gwl and pre-order your copy here: bit.ly/4r1u8KU

Fuck AI. Write an absolutely banging short story with your own glorious brain. The Writers' HQ Write A Short Story Festival is in April and you should definitely join us writershq.co.uk/festivals-ch... With @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @sarahkat.bsky.social @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social @aliceslat

Just a few days away from @marythor.bsky.social’s new release at @rhppress.bsky.social. I’ve got my copy pre-ordered; you should grab one too.

Thank you for having me @jeffcircle.bsky.social !!

Please and thank you! It matters more than we want it to.

NOW ON PATREON: Our conversation with @marythor.bsky.social, author of A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO TRUE CRIME, available for pre-order now: bit.ly/4r1u8KU Listen to the podcast here: bit.ly/4bazv4n Patreon subscriptions start at $5/month!

Q: How do you build dread in a short story? @marythor.bsky.social: It’s about playing chicken, pushing characters to the edge repeatedly—the edge of what they shouldn’t do, shouldn’t see, shouldn’t pursue. Then asking: what happens if they keep going? dosomedamage.substack.com/publish/post...

This interview was hostile and lovely, thank you Tim and @dosomedamage.bsky.social for having me! #gillesforever open.substack.com/pub/dosomeda...

I can’t disagree

Again, was just insanely lucky with my blurbs

My dad was a Newspaper man. I grew up going to newsrooms and wanting to be nowhere else. This means everything to me.

This is good company!

This guy

This lady was my safe person in grade school. She worked in the front office and made me feel seen every single day. Thank your teachers, thank your support staff. Brb, going to go have a good cry.

(...the shortlist continued, 2/2) and #shortstories from: Susmita Mukherjee and Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social

This was a total blast!

This is dope!

This wisco girl is pretty stunned. Thank you!! Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Book of the Month is a spooky collection of crime stories www.jsonline.com/story/life/2...

This community is dope

Incredibly kind review from Cold Caller Magazine. “Thorson provides us sixteen different windows onto something beyond the violent and even the violence. Through these fictionalized stories of crime, Thorson gives us a glimpse of the truth.” coldcallermag.substack.com/p/review-a-w...

I got insanely lucky with the literary powerhouses who read and blurbed my books. Case in point, the reigning King of Crime @blacktopkid.bsky.social

This. Full stop. There will never ever be consequences for a single person. We had 4 years to prove it and we did fuck all. Complicity across the aisle.

Heygirlhey

My girls found me at the bookstore. Come on out to Boswell on March 20th for my book release!

WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN: Derringer Award-winning author @cwblackwell.bsky.social mourns an America lost to the shadows, exploring a broken economic system that has given rise to rampant inequality, violence, and darkness. Take it from @curtisippolito.bsky.social: bit.ly/4runwWU

I’m going to sign up for this! You should, too

I told y’all this story was good

This is getting shockingly close.

Advance praise for the debut collection by @marythor.bsky.social. Out March 15th from RHP Press. #literaryfiction #crimefiction #darkfiction