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Emma Cole

@editrixemma.bsky.social
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Editor @Mira Books (views are my own). Staff Writer @Night Tide. Notes & Queries Editor @JPRS. Rep'd by Danai Christopolou and Lane Heymont. Writing about romance in horror movies: Love Never Dies (Beacon Press): September 29, 2026. editrixemma.com

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 12h
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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alana "return of the frog queer" banana @lanna.bsky.social · 13h
@editrixemma.bsky.social has a book out today and I am so excited to read it, although I think I may have some homework to do first...
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Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies
A romance editor looks for love where you’d least expect it—and discovers what our favorite horror films can tell us about sex, society, and ourselves “A bloody love letter to those horrors that have ...
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 15h
What a surreal feeling, so glad it's out in the world!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026
(Takes '500 Miles' off the dance playlist) (And yes, I've put it into DJ sets before, it works) (But, you know, fuck transphobia and all that)
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Jonathan Louis Duckworth @jduckwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A blurb from my good friend @horrorsong.blog for my forthcoming collection, Noctivagants!
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This book is SO good and this is an absolute steal
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric's nonfiction proposal examples absolutely got me my agent (and now my book is out tomorrow!) I can't recommend his guidance enough!
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I work with a really wonderful team who are so great at championing books and I am very grateful that they devoted a bit of time today to champion mine. Book is out tomorrow and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed but in a good way.
A sign in one of the office board rooms that says "Congratulations and Happy Pub Day Emma!" showing the cover of Love Never Dies. Mockups of Love Never Dies with cookies and  prosecco.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We love a deep dive of romance in horror movies and how the various representations of love and monsters mirrored where society and art were at the time! And @editrixemma.bsky.social’s LOVE NEVER DIES is that deep dive! buff.ly/zIalXlX
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Horror Book Recs for Romance Readers
Do you love a love story and also want to lean into the immaculate spooky vibes of the ‘ber months? Here’s some of my favorite horror romance reads to get you started.
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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
how it feels trying to lower the tbr pile while actively contributing to the tbr pile
The robot was placed behind clear acrylic walls and it had one job – to contain the deep-red liquid within a predetermined area. When it senses that the liquid has trickled past the mark, it frantically brushes the liquid back.
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 25/09/2026
Last week Sask. Premier Scott Moe announced the contentious 300MW AI datacentre going up outside of Regina is actually going to be 1,200MW. In #HamOnt, newly-obtained documents show Slate Asset Management has been planning for 800MW of datacentre capacity "at full scale."
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sparks fly when bitter exes are forced to team up for an elaborate Feywild heist in this cozy romantasy set in the world of DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. THE FEYWILD JOB Out now! bit.ly/4tporb6
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Guardian will stream NAZA on its website for free >>> www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much good stuff happening at Little Ghosts!
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Jen Brown ✨ @jenbrownwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In an effort to scream more about the stuff I’m loving lately, YALL SHOULD READ THIS!!! I devoured it in 1.5 days. 😮‍💨
Brown hand holding up a book called DIE FOR ME by Shirlene Obuobi. The cover features a dark skinned black woman with dreads being embraced romantically by a lighter skinned, shaven head man kissing her neck. At the kiss site, glowing red veins spread across her skin.
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The number of incredible horror books that are out today is staggering. And the number of horror books out in September is even more staggering. My little book is out next week among some heavy hitters so my expectations are being managed (mostly) but wow is it great to have SO MANY OPTIONS.
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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
D. Matthew Urban is one of my favorite Weird fiction writers, and this will be his second time publishing a collection through Cursed Morsels. Absolutely can't wait to share this book with y'all!
A multi-round job interview becomes a dizzying spiral into ominous realms. A child’s obsession with a neighbor’s death prompts an act of theatrical self-destruction. A spider-infested house draws an exterminator into webs stranger than any arachnid’s. A downwardly-mobile couple’s visit to an abandoned subdivision turns nightmarish when they encounter the empty homes’ new owners.

The stories in Nowhere’s Door Is Always Open unfold on thresholds, shifting sites of transition and change as mundane as a birthday, as momentous as first love, as terrifying as a swan dive into another world. Ranging from creeping unease to body-horror freakout, from small-town gothic to online Grand Guignol, this collection poses the question of any beckoning portal: are you ready for what’s on the other side?
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Chris Panatier @scribeofhades.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’ve been so so fortunate to have so many great writers and booksellers blurb WORRY BOX. It releases Tuesday and I just want to share some of them here! Here’s a monster thread of praise for WORRY BOX! It releases Tuesday! Go get it! bookshop.org/p/books/worr...
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stefanie is the best!
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This Is Horror | Michael David Wilson @thisishorror.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
E. L. Chen (@elainechen.com) gives us the elevator pitch for SLASHER SUMMER. This Is Horror Podcast episode 672.
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D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Storygraph giveaway! Now's your chance to meet everyone's favorites: the obliteration consultant, the clawed and fanged saint, the grandmother with a stinger and the one without, the children who play fire's music...all the stars are here!
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 18/09/2026
Bluesky cuties, consider this a good old fashioned call-out for work! I've landed safely thanks to your support, but financially things are still a little struggletown. This thread is really to remind commissioning type folks, producers and editors of the kind of work I do. Signal boosts welcome! 🧵
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Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 18/09/2026
Canadians! Sign the official parliament petition for regulating Data Centers in Canada www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7550 - Petitions
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Matt Simon @mattsimon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This week I'm thinking about a personal favorite: elegant, eerie mindfuck Carnival of Souls. www.deadofnightletter.com/carnival/ #filmsky #horrorsky
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A Spectre is Haunting Utah
On Carnival of Souls, dir. Herk Harvey, 1962; Onslaught, dir. Adam Wingard, 2026; and Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente, 2021.
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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
✨Announcing our OCTOBER 2026 Criterion Channel lineup! ✨ www.criterion.com/current/post... Our Halloween programming includes a tour of cinema’s scariest road movies, an anthology of TV-movie nightmares, and collections built around our fears of sinister intruders and mysterious possessive forces.
promotional poster for 'OCTOBER ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL'. The top of the poster features a warm, golden-lit photograph of a silhouetted person in a sun-drenched field, with the large white text 'OCTOBER ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL' overlaid. Below this, the poster displays six smaller, distinct film collection posters in a grid formation.
​Top-left poster, titled 'HIGHWAY HORROR', features an image of a person on a train track and lists films: 'THE HITCHER', 'THE APPOINTMENT', 'DUEL', and 'RACE WITH THE DEVIL'.

​Top-right: poster titled 'MADE-FOR-TV TERROR', features an image of a person behind frosted glass and lists films: 'SALEM'S LOT', 'DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW', 'SOMEONE'S WATCHING ME!', and 'DR. COOK'S GARDEN'.

​Middle-left: poster, titled 'UNWELCOME GUESTS', features a close-up of a man's face and lists films: 'THE GUEST', 'ROSEMARY'S BABY', 'YOU'RE NEXT', and 'PACIFIC HEIGHTS'.

​Middle-right: poster, titled 'POSSESSIONS', features a woman's face looking up and lists films: 'JENNIFER'S BODY', 'THE OMEN', 'THE ENTITY', and 'THE WAILING'.

​Bottom-left: poster, titled 'ADVENTURES IN MOVIEGOING WITH MARC MARON', features a portrait of Marc Maron with glasses, and an image of an 'ADMIT ONE' ticket.

​Bottom-right: poster, titled 'DIRECTED BY KIYOSHI KUROSAWA', features an image of a person's back and lists films: 'CURE', 'PULSE', 'CLOUD', and 'SERPENT'S PATH'.
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
also a shoutout to @shirachess.bsky.social's excellent essay about Backrooms and the Institutional Gothic, which you should read!! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/backrooms-an...
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‘Backrooms’ and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic
A new spin on an old genre replaces flesh-and-blood monsters with the mundanity of modern bureaucracy.
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I wrote about Backrooms and Walter Benjamin (also Freud, liminality, memory, and capitalism) www.darkertimes.com/walter-benja...
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Hallucination
Or, why I stopped worrying and learned to love Walter Benjamin in the Backrooms.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 16/09/2026
We hope you're enjoying the work we're doing at Aftermath! Just a reminder that work is only possible through the support of paying subscribers, so if you'd like to help out (and help us grow), we'd really appreciate it! aftermath.site/aftermath-subs...
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT is out today! In 1994, three girls go to the movies to see an obscure film. Only one comes out. 30 years later, the survivor learns the movie isn't done with her yet. Now playing in a bookstore near you 😈📽️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827994...
Hailey Piper in a red dress holding a copy of her book This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want, cover art by Julia Lloyd, showing a fedora over a suit, but there's no one inside except the light of a projector. Out of the book juts a ticket for Blood-Curse of the Toad Man.
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Sharai Bohannon (She/Her) @sharai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Anyways, hire some of these writers who make me look like a competent editor. go.bsky.app/EF9bYTW
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Full disclosure, my husband works for Blue Fox/Cinema Cellar, but it is such a nice space and I'm so pleased that there's another great physical media store in Toronto!
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11/09/2026
THINK, WRITE, EDIT, ROMANCE is 25% off preorders in the Barnes & Noble sale, which ends today. Let me hold your hand while making sarcastic remarks at you, as we proceed from blank page to respectably tidy MS!
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Think, Write, Edit, Romance: The Romance Writer's Journey from Blank Page to Finished Novel
Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 11/09/2026
Today is the last day to get 25% off of all B&N preorders. While you're picking out new books, please consider adding my forthcoming and perhaps my best, Dead Boys Don't Cry. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dead-boys-...
Dead Boys Don't Cry by Joe Koch-gold and sepia image of a blurred figure whose gesture's meaning is uncertain.
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reviews are not for me (I know myself too well to want to read them) but I very much appreciate them, thanks Becky!
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Crimson @crimsontentacles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reading this AMA is healing my soul in ways I would not expect. God, its so good to read someone who's so earnest and passionate about art and making things weird and magical.
For example, I said all the walls and the floor in the Pale Man’s lair have to be blood red. Now, this is apparently a big gesture, and we thought about it, and our production designer, said, “This makes no sense.” And I said, “It *will* make sense visually. It *will* feel natural.” And most people don't notice a lot of little details in that room, like, most everything is a mouth, because it’s about voracity. Most of the doors are shaped like a mouth, the chimney is a mouth, the archways are mouths. The corridor is a mouth. These are things that people don't notice, but I'm proud about the way the real world and the magical world are designed so differently.

Just in the way that 80% of our communication is nonverbal, I think 80% of a movie exists in a liminal layer beyond the conscious. I think the great language of Kubrick, the great language of Hitchcock, the great language of Buñuel— *David Lynch*. God damn it. David Lynch. Fuck me blue. That fucking guy was skating on that liminal layer his whole fucking life. These are things that are unprocessed, skateboarding on the subconscious. And I think the brain catches all of it. And processes it at a human level that is not linear, that is not ideas that have been approved before.
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
(this post makes sense if you read The Calamities by @chuckwendig.bsky.social) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/797850...
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The Calamities by Chuck Wendig: 9798217091812 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The heir to one of the world’s most influential families reckons with the demonic secret of their power in this contemporary dark fantasy that melds occult magic with shocking family drama, from...
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This was a lot of fun!
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This will be the last time I bug you all about preordering from B&N for Love Never Dies, because the book is out in a couple of weeks! But if you haven't preordered and you want to, you can find it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-never...
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Matthew Jackson @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The guests pick the stories, and I'm always excited, but I'm *especially* excited when someone picks one of my personal favorite movies of all time!
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I love this. Great writing. I am actually really excited for this, because I've never finished OoT, since I never really got into playing Zelda growing up. But I've watched my kids grow up with the games (my oldest has played Wind Waker 8 times) and they are stoked. It's going to be interesting.
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
IT IS WICKHILLS DAY CONGRATULATIONS @premeemohamed.com 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Wickhills
In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My first podcast interview about Love Never Dies, very grateful it was mostly about one of the best vampire romance movies ever (Near Dark is a better movie but I like Bram Stoker's Dracula more)!
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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As always I am especially eager to hear about forthcoming weird fiction by authors who aren’t white, or cishet, or in the global north, or etc
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sometimes I wish the general SFFH industry at large would admit, and when I say at large I include everyone writers, publishers, and other entities, that there has been a big turn against Black and brown writers and then also within that group queer, women, disabled people
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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm so thrilled to be this week's guest on The Scares that Shaped Us! @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social & I talk all about my old 90s favorite, Eerie, Indiana! redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
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Episode 86: Eerie, Indiana with Gwendolyn Kiste
Listen to The Scares That Shaped Us on RedCircle
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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
First podcast interview for the book complete! I was quite nervous but it turns out talking about movies I love and genres I'm excited about is easier than I thought it would be. Looking forward to doing more!
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 03/09/2026
*clears throat* WICKHILLS! Fun to read about, not to live in! Well I guess it depends on your neighbourhood There are some quite nice ones Anyway, just... GENERALLY more fun to read about, I'd say us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Wickhills
In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...
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