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Mary Thorson

@marythor.bsky.social

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“Casadastraphobia” in Best American Mystery & Suspense, 2025. “Book of Ruth” in Best American Mystery & Suspense, 2024. Writer, creeper, human. She/her. rep’d by Lori Galvin at Aevitas Creative. Aggressive UWM Stan. Panther Pride.

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Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 6h

Quick question: if you are walking alone on a sidewalk and a car slows down next to you, what do you think is going to happen?

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 12h

The paperback of On Fire and Under Water is now available on @bookshop.org and is on sale! Support your local independent bookstore and grab a copy.

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On Fire and Under Water on sale for $12.08.

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 1d

Get yourself an editor who hypes you up mid-edits. I cannot tell you enough how amazing @rhppress.bsky.social is. They are good people doing good work and I am so lucky to be working with them.

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 3d

Jake Halligan just can't stay out of trouble. Coming soon from RHP and @nkolakowski.bsky.social: RIGHTEOUS TRASH. Pre-order your copy today: amzn.to/46dBfHR

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 4d

My stack had a nice little week

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 9d

It’s judgement day, y’all!

Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 9d

TODAY: Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks, friend!!

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, friend!

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 10d

It came and I’m so lucky and grateful. Thank you to all the folks involved.

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 10d

I am super funny. Thank you Cold Caller Magazine for having me!

DoSomeDamage @dosomedamage.bsky.social · 10d

wonderful chat with the super funny @marythor.bsky.social

BAMS '25: Meet Mary Thorson

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BAMS '25: Meet Mary Thorson

Part 5 of the 'Best American' Interview Series

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 15d

Milwaukee, 1906

Postcard of people in a canoe with Milwaukee’s Pabst building and city hall in the background

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 15d

Coming in days, y’all!

Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 15d

“The collection succeeds by following a hallmark of good journalism: show the big picture through smaller pictures.”

Check out this incredible, early review of On Fire and Under Water by @hlessig.bsky.social.

Hugh Lessig's review of On Fire and Under Water

5/5: A flood erases a town from the map. A wildfire transforms a neighborhood into an ashen hellscape. In a disaster’s wake, the survivors show up on the evening news and the front page. They are the...

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · Sep 5

Coming soon from RHP and @nkolakowski.bsky.social: RIGHTEOUS TRASH. The Jake Halligan saga continues. Pre-order your copy today: amzn.to/46dBfHR #bouchercon2025

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to @mikemchone.bsky.social on his Derringer Award for Kargin the Necromancer!!

Derringer award medal and certificate for Best Flash Story, awarded to Mike McHone

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 25

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Cartwheels” by @nschriefer.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Gwenn Seemel

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Cartwheels by Natalie Schriefer

Nick’s millionth cartwheel looks like his first: He plants one hand on the grass and then, before I can catch his legs and help, he tumbles into a round-off. For a moment I’m taller than him, and I…

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Aug 15

One of the cool people…

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Write What You Know

A different kind of unreliable narrator

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Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Aug 14

Dope af

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Aug 14

Fingers crossed!

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Aug 14

Spent the last moments of my summer writing a short story (by hand, which is odd for me) loosely based on the Keddie Cabin Murders. Time well spent.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · Aug 12

You all are not ready for Mary’s story. Straight fire.

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Aug 12

I cannot wait for y’all to read this. In here with some friends who are bad ass storytellers

Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · Aug 11

Folks. We have a digital arc of On Fire and Under Water. If you’re a reviewer and want a sneak peek for potential review, message me and I’ll send you a copy. We are thrilled at what this special anthology is shaping up to be. Coming Sept. 30.
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Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Aug 12

I cannot wait for y’all to read this. In here with some friends who are bad ass storytellers

Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · Aug 11

Folks. We have a digital arc of On Fire and Under Water. If you’re a reviewer and want a sneak peek for potential review, message me and I’ll send you a copy. We are thrilled at what this special anthology is shaping up to be. Coming Sept. 30.
@rhppress.bsky.social

ARC of On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology, edited by Curtis Ippolito, from Rock and a Hard Place Press.

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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · Aug 2

One month away till BoucherCon New Orleans. If you're attending, I would love to meet you and finagle you into voting for my novel to win an Anthony Award. 😏

Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Aug 1

Love this dude @curtisippolito.bsky.social

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Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · Jul 25

Happy birthday to this gem of a human!

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · Jul 25

Writing on your birthday is the best