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Gavagai is an online community for writers. Founded by @timhoelscherauthor.com
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
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
Today's Surreal Sunday Editor Pick is an unsettling and fantastical romp that brings us face-to-starch with Pete Ward's Macaroni Men. Read for free on gavagai.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Today's Surreal Sunday Editor Pick is an unsettling and fantastical romp that brings us face-to-starch with Pete Ward's Macaroni Men. Read for free on gavagai.com
Today's Editor Pick is Nothing by Douglas Smith:
A chilling story of fear, denial, and the moment when reality goes blank. Read it for free at gavagai.com
A chilling story of fear, denial, and the moment when reality goes blank. Read it for free at gavagai.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Today's Editor Pick is Nothing by Douglas Smith:
A chilling story of fear, denial, and the moment when reality goes blank. Read it for free at gavagai.com
A chilling story of fear, denial, and the moment when reality goes blank. Read it for free at 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 3:41 PM
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...
In today's Editor Pick we have Synchronization: Complete by Dei: a haunting exploration of identity, technology, and the terrifying comfort of belonging. Read it for free on gavagai.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In today's Editor Pick we have Synchronization: Complete by Dei: a haunting exploration of identity, technology, and the terrifying comfort of belonging. Read it for free on gavagai.com
Today's Editor Pick is JG Faherty's The H Train, where damnation rides the rails and every scream is another soul delivered. Read it for free at gavagai.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today's Editor Pick is JG Faherty's The H Train, where damnation rides the rails and every scream is another soul delivered. Read it for free at 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 4:02 PM
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
Today's Editor Pick on Gavagai is The Courting of Lamia by the Foolhardy Charlatan in the West by Rikki Lee - a hypnotic, lush interpretation of the Lamia myth: a tale of elegance, and appetite somewhere between poetry and prose.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today's Editor Pick on Gavagai is The Courting of Lamia by the Foolhardy Charlatan in the West by Rikki Lee - a hypnotic, lush interpretation of the Lamia myth: a tale of elegance, and appetite somewhere between poetry and prose.
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 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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
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 8:24 PM
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!
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 5:44 PM
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
For Halloween, treat yourself to Colleen Anderson’s disturbingly toothsome tale of hunger and obsession. Let yourself be consumed by Love Bites. Read it for free at gavagai.com!
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
For Halloween, treat yourself to Colleen Anderson’s disturbingly toothsome tale of hunger and obsession. Let yourself be consumed by Love Bites. Read it for free at gavagai.com!
With today’s Editor Pick we move from the swamp to seamstress with Revenge Dress, a poignant quiet horror tale by Susan J. Lin where existential threads spiral downward to an inevitable end. Read it here for free: www.gavagai.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
With today’s Editor Pick we move from the swamp to seamstress with Revenge Dress, a poignant quiet horror tale by Susan J. Lin where existential threads spiral downward to an inevitable end. Read it here for free: www.gavagai.com
Cassondra Windwalker’s Saved by the Water is our first Editor Pick! A heist gone wrong, a euphoric romance and a doting mother, all carried by Cassondra’s authentic voice. What more could you ask for? Read it for free at gavagai.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Cassondra Windwalker’s Saved by the Water is our first Editor Pick! A heist gone wrong, a euphoric romance and a doting mother, all carried by Cassondra’s authentic voice. What more could you ask for? Read it for free at gavagai.com
A Question of Images — by Gavagai
For everyone on Gavagai right now, the site you're using is in private beta. That means there are some rough edges that we're hoping to smooth before opening to a wider audience. It also means experimenting with various tools to keep the community safer when it ope…
For everyone on Gavagai right now, the site you're using is in private beta. That means there are some rough edges that we're hoping to smooth before opening to a wider audience. It also means experimenting with various tools to keep the community safer when it ope…
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A Question of Images — by Gavagai
For everyone on Gavagai right now, the site you're using is in private beta. That means there are some rough edges that we're hoping to smooth before opening to a wider audience. It also means experimenting with various tools to keep the community safer when it ope…
For everyone on Gavagai right now, the site you're using is in private beta. That means there are some rough edges that we're hoping to smooth before opening to a wider audience. It also means experimenting with various tools to keep the community safer when it ope…
Story Acceptances: What to Expect — by Gavagai
Though yesterday's AWS outage set us back a bit in both reading and tech, we're still hoping to get some story acceptances out this week!
Having placed some paid stories in both horror and non-horror markets, I wanted to make sure the process was secu…
Though yesterday's AWS outage set us back a bit in both reading and tech, we're still hoping to get some story acceptances out this week!
Having placed some paid stories in both horror and non-horror markets, I wanted to make sure the process was secu…
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Story Acceptances: What to Expect — by Gavagai
Though yesterday's AWS outage set us back a bit in both reading and tech, we're still hoping to get some story acceptances out this week!
Having placed some paid stories in both horror and non-horror markets, I wanted to make sure the process was secu…
Though yesterday's AWS outage set us back a bit in both reading and tech, we're still hoping to get some story acceptances out this week!
Having placed some paid stories in both horror and non-horror markets, I wanted to make sure the process was secu…
FYI, on Gavagai we allow 1000-character posts. When you opt to cross post to Bluesky, we automatically break up long posts and thread them, as you see here
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
FYI, on Gavagai we allow 1000-character posts. When you opt to cross post to Bluesky, we automatically break up long posts and thread them, as you see here
Gavagai Tips and Tricks #1 — by Gavagai
One cool feature we built into Gavagai is the ability to embed your feed—all the posts that you see below your profile info—in another page. This was totally the result of laziness, because I'd never get around to updating my "author updates" on my author pag…
One cool feature we built into Gavagai is the ability to embed your feed—all the posts that you see below your profile info—in another page. This was totally the result of laziness, because I'd never get around to updating my "author updates" on my author pag…
October 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Gavagai Tips and Tricks #1 — by Gavagai
One cool feature we built into Gavagai is the ability to embed your feed—all the posts that you see below your profile info—in another page. This was totally the result of laziness, because I'd never get around to updating my "author updates" on my author pag…
One cool feature we built into Gavagai is the ability to embed your feed—all the posts that you see below your profile info—in another page. This was totally the result of laziness, because I'd never get around to updating my "author updates" on my author pag…
Good news everyone! We've made the submission process much easier for those who just want to submit their work for the current call. We still require an account, but you can opt to bypass the story editor if you find it's a barrier to submitting your work.
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good news everyone! We've made the submission process much easier for those who just want to submit their work for the current call. We still require an account, but you can opt to bypass the story editor if you find it's a barrier to submitting your work.
Omg what have I gotten myself into. Reading time!
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Omg what have I gotten myself into. Reading time!
If you have any technical/logistical issues with the site, feel free to mention us here and we'll address the issue asap.
You can also hit us up through the suggestion box. It's the lightbulb icon in the header (obviously not an option if you're not able to sign up or have invite code issues). TY!
You can also hit us up through the suggestion box. It's the lightbulb icon in the header (obviously not an option if you're not able to sign up or have invite code issues). TY!
October 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you have any technical/logistical issues with the site, feel free to mention us here and we'll address the issue asap.
You can also hit us up through the suggestion box. It's the lightbulb icon in the header (obviously not an option if you're not able to sign up or have invite code issues). TY!
You can also hit us up through the suggestion box. It's the lightbulb icon in the header (obviously not an option if you're not able to sign up or have invite code issues). TY!
I may actually like the light theme on the site better than dark mode. This is so unlike me.
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I may actually like the light theme on the site better than dark mode. This is so unlike me.
Content warnings are critical in ensuring readers' mental health. It's somewhat surprising that they were ever controversial. We made them a core part of the composition tool on Gavagai, and they are subsequently displayed as badges on the rendered story.
October 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Content warnings are critical in ensuring readers' mental health. It's somewhat surprising that they were ever controversial. We made them a core part of the composition tool on Gavagai, and they are subsequently displayed as badges on the rendered story.
The 15 minute edit window for Quick Posts is not something I hate, either. We are limited to posting a followup when cross-posting to Bluesky, but in-site it's a great feature
October 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The 15 minute edit window for Quick Posts is not something I hate, either. We are limited to posting a followup when cross-posting to Bluesky, but in-site it's a great feature
It was important for us to have Bluesky integration on Gavagai from the very beginning. It's so nice to be able to post something on Gavagai and have it quickly cross-post to Bluesky. But we still want to have a presence on other platforms, which means lots of duplication. Not so fun 😞
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It was important for us to have Bluesky integration on Gavagai from the very beginning. It's so nice to be able to post something on Gavagai and have it quickly cross-post to Bluesky. But we still want to have a presence on other platforms, which means lots of duplication. Not so fun 😞