Tim Hoelscher
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Horror Writer | Tech: Founder, @gavagai.com | Dog Enthusiast | Cat Aficionado | Goat Manager | Chicken Aggregator | HWA Member | Married | Alpha Gal Positive | he/him/his
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Morning everyone! Last night under cover of darkness we released our new (beta) Critique Circles feature. It's a way for writers to form private groups to get feedback on their writing. Take a look and tell us what else you'd like to see! gavagai.com #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting #WIP
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We're excited to release this new feature for writers on the site! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting #WIP
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What's this? One last short story publication sneaking in before the end of the year? And it's horror you say?
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Find "The Itch of Guilt," out now @gavagai.com
www.gavagai.com/posts/602
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Find "The Itch of Guilt," out now @gavagai.com
www.gavagai.com/posts/602
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December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What's this? One last short story publication sneaking in before the end of the year? And it's horror you say?
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Find "The Itch of Guilt," out now @gavagai.com
www.gavagai.com/posts/602
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Find "The Itch of Guilt," out now @gavagai.com
www.gavagai.com/posts/602
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My debut novel, #PRIMACY, is out now.
Empires fall when you push back.
“League of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets Wall Street and it gets even crazier from there!”
#frankenstein #horrorbooks #fantasyhorror #classicmonsters
Empires fall when you push back.
“League of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets Wall Street and it gets even crazier from there!”
#frankenstein #horrorbooks #fantasyhorror #classicmonsters
My debut novel, PRIMACY is out now!
PRIMACY
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December 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My debut novel, #PRIMACY, is out now.
Empires fall when you push back.
“League of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets Wall Street and it gets even crazier from there!”
#frankenstein #horrorbooks #fantasyhorror #classicmonsters
Empires fall when you push back.
“League of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets Wall Street and it gets even crazier from there!”
#frankenstein #horrorbooks #fantasyhorror #classicmonsters
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Congrats to Zack Zagranis, the winner of the Gavagai 1000 microfiction contest (the prompt word was “shatter”). Read it here: www.gavagai.com/g1000/week/3
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December 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Congrats to Zack Zagranis, the winner of the Gavagai 1000 microfiction contest (the prompt word was “shatter”). Read it here: www.gavagai.com/g1000/week/3
We've got a new story up on Gavagai from EJ Delaney, and this week's Gavagai 1000 #microfiction contest wraps up tonight at midnight. Try your hand and see how you do! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky
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In today's Editor Pick: A predator who has fed on fear for centuries encounters something new: a girl who doesn’t see him at all. It's E J Delaney's Fear Itselfie. Read it for free at gavagai.com
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In today's Editor Pick: A predator who has fed on fear for centuries encounters something new: a girl who doesn’t see him at all. It's E J Delaney's Fear Itselfie. Read it for free at gavagai.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We've got a new story up on Gavagai from EJ Delaney, and this week's Gavagai 1000 #microfiction contest wraps up tonight at midnight. Try your hand and see how you do! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky
We're excited to release this new feature for writers on the site! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting #WIP
Morning everyone! Last night under cover of darkness we released our new (beta) Critique Circles feature. It's a way for writers to form private groups to get feedback on their writing. Take a look and tell us what else you'd like to see! gavagai.com #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting #WIP
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December 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We're excited to release this new feature for writers on the site! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting #WIP
New story up on Gavagai today! Check it out! We're also hoping to go live with our Critique Circles feature this weekend (in beta of course!) gavagai.com #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New story up on Gavagai today! Check it out! We're also hoping to go live with our Critique Circles feature this weekend (in beta of course!) gavagai.com #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky
In today's Editor Pick, a surgeon’s trembling hands begin as a symptom, and become a sentence: it's Hands by Miles Carnegie. Read it for free at gavagai.com #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Currently reading: Black Water — Alberto Manguel #amreading
Rereading this. I picked up a used copy a while back, but I first read it in high school. It was pretty life-changing. I hadn't read anything else like it at the time. Full of brilliant authors.
Rereading this. I picked up a used copy a while back, but I first read it in high school. It was pretty life-changing. I hadn't read anything else like it at the time. Full of brilliant authors.
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Currently reading: Black Water — Alberto Manguel #amreading
Rereading this. I picked up a used copy a while back, but I first read it in high school. It was pretty life-changing. I hadn't read anything else like it at the time. Full of brilliant authors.
Rereading this. I picked up a used copy a while back, but I first read it in high school. It was pretty life-changing. I hadn't read anything else like it at the time. Full of brilliant authors.
The folk horror tree is on display!
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The folk horror tree is on display!
Happy Thanksgiving for those celebrating. Hopefully everyone will be able to get some writing done between "fun" holiday family conversations and food comas! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting
We're on a publishing hiatus to let the team decompress after a whirlwind first month of Gavagai! We'll return to Editor Pick posts on Saturday. In the meantime, come on over and try your hand at our weekly microfiction contest The Gavagai 1000! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting gavagai.com
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November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Happy Thanksgiving for those celebrating. Hopefully everyone will be able to get some writing done between "fun" holiday family conversations and food comas! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting
Watching this tonight!
Currently watching: Good Boy — 2025 · Movie
Currently watching: Good Boy — 2025 · Movie
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Watching this tonight!
Currently watching: Good Boy — 2025 · Movie
Currently watching: Good Boy — 2025 · Movie
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Not a Creature was Stirring — by Miles Carnegie
The radiator usually clanked at 3:02 AM. It didn't tonight. Joe had bled the lines. He needed absolute silence.
He sat in the armchair, the Persian rug beneath him lost under heavy plastic. It extended from the hearth to the sofa. It crinkled slightl…
The radiator usually clanked at 3:02 AM. It didn't tonight. Joe had bled the lines. He needed absolute silence.
He sat in the armchair, the Persian rug beneath him lost under heavy plastic. It extended from the hearth to the sofa. It crinkled slightl…
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Not a Creature was Stirring — by Miles Carnegie
The radiator usually clanked at 3:02 AM. It didn't tonight. Joe had bled the lines. He needed absolute silence.
He sat in the armchair, the Persian rug beneath him lost under heavy plastic. It extended from the hearth to the sofa. It crinkled slightl…
The radiator usually clanked at 3:02 AM. It didn't tonight. Joe had bled the lines. He needed absolute silence.
He sat in the armchair, the Persian rug beneath him lost under heavy plastic. It extended from the hearth to the sofa. It crinkled slightl…
Reposted by Tim Hoelscher
The Human Cloud — by Miles Carnegie
The commercials promised magic.
"Ask anything, your AI knows all ."
Slick videos showed gleaming data centers, blue light washing over racks of servers, the hum of machines that "learned" like a brain. Reporters swooned, CEOs grinned, and investors lit cigars w…
The commercials promised magic.
"Ask anything, your AI knows all ."
Slick videos showed gleaming data centers, blue light washing over racks of servers, the hum of machines that "learned" like a brain. Reporters swooned, CEOs grinned, and investors lit cigars w…
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Human Cloud — by Miles Carnegie
The commercials promised magic.
"Ask anything, your AI knows all ."
Slick videos showed gleaming data centers, blue light washing over racks of servers, the hum of machines that "learned" like a brain. Reporters swooned, CEOs grinned, and investors lit cigars w…
The commercials promised magic.
"Ask anything, your AI knows all ."
Slick videos showed gleaming data centers, blue light washing over racks of servers, the hum of machines that "learned" like a brain. Reporters swooned, CEOs grinned, and investors lit cigars w…
Reposted by Tim Hoelscher
Dearly Beloved — by Miles Carnegie
Alan's eyes burned from three hours of staring at the numbers. The Copper Pot's overhead was eating them alive, chewing through their wedding fund like a starved animal. He rubbed his face, noting the metallic taste that had been lingering in his mouth all week. "…
Alan's eyes burned from three hours of staring at the numbers. The Copper Pot's overhead was eating them alive, chewing through their wedding fund like a starved animal. He rubbed his face, noting the metallic taste that had been lingering in his mouth all week. "…
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Dearly Beloved — by Miles Carnegie
Alan's eyes burned from three hours of staring at the numbers. The Copper Pot's overhead was eating them alive, chewing through their wedding fund like a starved animal. He rubbed his face, noting the metallic taste that had been lingering in his mouth all week. "…
Alan's eyes burned from three hours of staring at the numbers. The Copper Pot's overhead was eating them alive, chewing through their wedding fund like a starved animal. He rubbed his face, noting the metallic taste that had been lingering in his mouth all week. "…
New story up on Gavagai!
A weekend wedding, a scenic estate, a wife a little too enchanted by the sea. What could possibly go wrong? It's Ayida Shonibar's The Depth Where Light Fades. Read it for free on gavagai.com!
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New story up on Gavagai!
New story!
In today's Editor Pick: a possession, an exorcism, and something far more complicated between them. It's Caias Ward's Gutter-Washed Favorites. Read it for free at gavagai.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New story!
New story up on Gavagai!
In today's Editor Pick - a grim, riveting tale of stitching, survival, and the monstrous cost of "improvement." It's Liam Hogan's Work in Progress. Read it for free at gavagai.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New story up on Gavagai!
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We have a new story up on Gavagai today, perfect to whet your appetite for the weekend: After Party from Diana Olney! gavagai.com
Happy Friday! Please enjoy today's Editor Pick: Diana Olney's After Party. And this weekend, please use caution if you're heading out on the town. It'd be a shame to find yourself waking up on a train with only a vague idea of how you got there...
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We have a new story up on Gavagai today, perfect to whet your appetite for the weekend: After Party from Diana Olney! gavagai.com
For today's Editor Pick: Mother’s Little Poppet by KT Wagner—a chilling tale of family, memory and vengeance. We hope you enjoy it! Read it on gavagai.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New story from Masimba Musodza up on Gavagai! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
In today’s Editor Pick: When Euan swears he’s seen an old woman riding a hyena across the Zimbabwean plains, everyone laughs—until the night laughs back. It’s “The Clever Girls” by Masimba Musodza. Read it for free on www.gavagai.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New story from Masimba Musodza up on Gavagai! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
New Editor Pick up from Nick Mamatas: Airvalve Semilunar Astern!
In today’s Editor Pick, the Ouija board gets an upgrade—and a body count. From the dusty patents of 1891 to a modern neural-network séance, this story drags the talking board into the digital afterlife. Airvalve Semilunar Astern by Nick Mamatas: read it for free on gavagai.com!
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New Editor Pick up from Nick Mamatas: Airvalve Semilunar Astern!
New Editor Pick on Gavagai from @amandamblake.bsky.social!
My most difficult-to-spell story "Chrysalis in Chrysanthemum," a short pregnancy cosmic body horror story, is an Editor's Pick at Gavagai, a new site for horror writers and readers. I have invites if anyone wants any, but here's the link to the story:
www.gavagai.com/posts/386
www.gavagai.com/posts/386
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November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New Editor Pick on Gavagai from @amandamblake.bsky.social!
Another one for today! Come and have a read! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
For today’s Editor Pick, we jump from the darkly culinary to the deep sea with Fishing by Chris Wilcox: a creeping maritime horror about infection, obsession, and the pull of the sea. Read for free on gavagai.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Another one for today! Come and have a read! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky