Writer & Computer Scientist
Systems & Stories
I’m Jordan Thayer. I write fiction and essays about the trans experience and the messy beautiful business of being alive, which I do from Sweden, by way of Indiana. By day I’m a computer scientist, so I think a lot about the systems running underneath the stories.
FICTION
The novels & the short stuff
Sapphic literary fiction with trans leads. One novel out, another on the way, and short stories available here.
INSIDE VOICE
Personal Essays
Being trans, being a mom, an immigrant, and the messy beautiful business of being alive.
SOLO TTRPGS
Playing alone, on purpose
Tabletop RPGs as meditation, writing practice, and leisure. A few reviews, and a system I’m building.
Latest
Coming 2027
Little Black Notebook
A trans woman discovers her tabletop RPG character is real, and the door between worlds opens both ways. To stay with her, she’ll have to cross over for good. There’s no coming back.