Mary Thorson

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...

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@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@tractorbeamearth.bsky.social
@aliceslat

Thank you!!

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!

I haven’t!! This is amazing

I get it

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?

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Midwest Shadows: A Conversation with Mary Thorson The award-winning short story writer talks moral darkness, historical horrors, and the quiet dread lurking in everyday places.

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

Thank you!! And thank you forever for the kind words

Again, was just insanely lucky with my blurbs

Hell yeah! Let’s swap!

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!

Love you!!

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 for March 6, 2026 - Turn & Work Nonfiction from M. Theaker and Allison Field Bell, and fiction from Steve Molter, Susmita Mukherjee, Emily Rinkema, Mary Thorson, and Jamey Gallagher

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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

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

This was a total blast!

This is dope!

Wisconsin Book of the Month is a spooky collection of crime stories In "A Woman's Guide to True Crime," Mary Thorson begins with real crimes and tragedies, then imagines stories around them.

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

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Same, dude, same

This community is dope

Review: A Woman's Guide to True Crime, by Mary Thorson Violence is interesting, but violent people usually aren’t.

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.”

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Thank you!

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