Gina Thayer
@ginathayer.bsky.social
Reader and writer. Currently working on a collection of strange and speculative fiction. Minneapolis, MN. | ginathayer.com | she/they
So honored and excited to be part of this team!
Please help us welcome five new readers to our 2026 Short Story/Flash Fiction reading team! Joining returning readers Elena, Victoria, Kaleena, Aysha, and Kim (and SS/FF editor @egreenberg.bsky.social ), please say hello to Blake, Elaina, Allison, Nirica, and Gina!
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So honored and excited to be part of this team!
This story amazes me in a different way every time I read it. 🔥
I was awarded the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, alongside eleven other writers! What a delightful and humbling surprise!
We are thrilled to share that @cedarchromatic.bsky.social has been awarded the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for "Faultline," a story we published last year! Congratulations, brandon! We love your story and are so proud of you! Check out the story here: buff.ly/GxHjBua
April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This story amazes me in a different way every time I read it. 🔥
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If you get a chance, check out this beautiful review of @h0lc0mb.bsky.social's WOLFBABY by @ginathayer.bsky.social.
"After reading, we emerge from the tunnel where we, too, have looked at things unseen. We lick our teeth and sniff the air. We check for answers, for the presence of blood." 🐺 ❤️
"After reading, we emerge from the tunnel where we, too, have looked at things unseen. We lick our teeth and sniff the air. We check for answers, for the presence of blood." 🐺 ❤️
"Holcomb reminds us of our animalistic natures — the raw and eerie and universal in us all." - Gina Thayer on Susan Holcomb's Wolfbaby. Read the review at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/atoms-and-em...
Atoms and Embryos: On Susan Holcomb's Wolfbaby - SmokeLong Quarterly
Reviewed by Gina Thayer “Last night I lay awake and thought: how different might philosophy be if those who wrote it had thought they could get pregnant.” Susan Holcomb’s debut flash and microfiction ...
www.smokelong.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you get a chance, check out this beautiful review of @h0lc0mb.bsky.social's WOLFBABY by @ginathayer.bsky.social.
"After reading, we emerge from the tunnel where we, too, have looked at things unseen. We lick our teeth and sniff the air. We check for answers, for the presence of blood." 🐺 ❤️
"After reading, we emerge from the tunnel where we, too, have looked at things unseen. We lick our teeth and sniff the air. We check for answers, for the presence of blood." 🐺 ❤️
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“WOLFBABY leaves crumbs for us to follow, and trusts that we will find our way, that the den is near, that the pack is waiting.”
Marveling at this gorgeously-written review of my chapbook from @ginathayer.bsky.social for @smokelong.bsky.social !!
www.smokelong.com/atoms-and-em...
Marveling at this gorgeously-written review of my chapbook from @ginathayer.bsky.social for @smokelong.bsky.social !!
www.smokelong.com/atoms-and-em...
Atoms and Embryos: On Susan Holcomb's Wolfbaby - SmokeLong Quarterly
Reviewed by Gina Thayer “Last night I lay awake and thought: how different might philosophy be if those who wrote it had thought they could get pregnant.” Susan Holcomb’s debut flash and microfiction ...
www.smokelong.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“WOLFBABY leaves crumbs for us to follow, and trusts that we will find our way, that the den is near, that the pack is waiting.”
Marveling at this gorgeously-written review of my chapbook from @ginathayer.bsky.social for @smokelong.bsky.social !!
www.smokelong.com/atoms-and-em...
Marveling at this gorgeously-written review of my chapbook from @ginathayer.bsky.social for @smokelong.bsky.social !!
www.smokelong.com/atoms-and-em...
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✨This is not the pastel coming of the stork—this is the wolf 🐺✨
My chapbook WOLFBABY is available for pre-order!! 👇
www.thecupboardpamphlet.org/product-page...
My chapbook WOLFBABY is available for pre-order!! 👇
www.thecupboardpamphlet.org/product-page...
Wolfbaby by Susan Holcomb | cupboardpamphlet
Teaching Notes for WolfbabyUse in the classroom to discuss: the formation and organization of a story collection; first-person narrative strategies; catalogs as constructive units; confession; stories...
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March 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
✨This is not the pastel coming of the stork—this is the wolf 🐺✨
My chapbook WOLFBABY is available for pre-order!! 👇
www.thecupboardpamphlet.org/product-page...
My chapbook WOLFBABY is available for pre-order!! 👇
www.thecupboardpamphlet.org/product-page...
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Gina Thayer (@ginathayer.bsky.social), Fiction Reader, is a speculative fiction writer and horror fan living in Minneapolis. When asked to share something they've read lately, they said they can't get over "Mouth: Stories" by Puloma Ghosh.
December 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Gina Thayer (@ginathayer.bsky.social), Fiction Reader, is a speculative fiction writer and horror fan living in Minneapolis. When asked to share something they've read lately, they said they can't get over "Mouth: Stories" by Puloma Ghosh.
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And here's said bespoke OKD starter pack, ICYMI:
November 13, 2024 at 9:57 PM
And here's said bespoke OKD starter pack, ICYMI:
…Creaks open coffin lid. I’m back. 🤤
October 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
…Creaks open coffin lid. I’m back. 🤤
Eeek!! Such a joy to be included on this list! Happy creepy reading, everyone! 🦇💀
My latest Book Riot article is up, and it's a spooky roundup of short fiction to pair with Halloween vibes. Featuring stories by @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @lindzmcleod.bsky.social, Sage Tyrtle, @thomasha.bsky.social, @ginathayer.bsky.social (cont)
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Halloween Short Fiction: 9 Short Stories to Get You Ready for Spooky Season
These Halloween short stories are free to read online! They're deliciously unsettling, genre-bending, emotional, and even humorous.
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October 17, 2023 at 8:58 PM
Eeek!! Such a joy to be included on this list! Happy creepy reading, everyone! 🦇💀
Just gotta get this first post out of the way and then I promise I’ll start being hilarious over here 🤤👻📚
August 22, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Just gotta get this first post out of the way and then I promise I’ll start being hilarious over here 🤤👻📚