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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't think I ever got around to putting my trade reviews for Love Never Dies in one place, but a fake movie poster is a great way to do it. This past week has been a whirlwind and I'm so glad the book is out in the world (and I need to keep telling you all about it). bookshop.org/p/books/love...

"Smart and passionately argued, this is a trenchant ode to all things scary and steamy." - Publishers Weekly
"Cole's conversational tone and focused interest yield a work that reads like an illuminating podcast episode." - Library Journal
"An authoritative and accessible journey through horror films that feature romance, written in a conversational tone, with the goal of helping others find connections they might not have seen. This book will ensnare legions of romance and horror fans." - Booklist

LOVE NEVER DIES
ROMANCE IN HORROR MOVIES

EMMA COLE BEACON PRESS
OUT NOW

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Toronto friends! I'll be at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social tomorrow (October 3) from 1-3, come join me and @zkleverton.bsky.social as we chat about all things horror, romance, and movies!

Graphic featuring the cover of Love Never Dies and an author photo for Emma Cole. Text reads: Little Ghosts Bookstore and Cafe
Reading, Q&A, Signing: Emma Cole w/Special guest Zach Leverton. Join us to meet Emma and sign copies of Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies
Location: 930 Dundas St W Toronto Ontario
Saturday October 1-3pm

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The only appropriate mug choice for release day, of course. Can't believe the book is finally out in the world!

Me holding my pub lunch deal announcement mug for my book Love Never Dies. I'm wearing a black shirt with an illustration for the Phantom of the Opera musical (a white half mask resting next to a red rose). The text above in red says Scarface.

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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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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My finished copies of Love Never Dies showed up yesterday but I was out at a TIFF party and couldn't open the box until today. They are gorgeous! Spot gloss, sprayed edges, endpapers, french flaps... Feeling very spoiled. If you want a copy, preorder everywhere! Out Sept 29.

Me holding a finished copy of my book, Love Never Dies. It's paperback with a black background, and a glossy red cameo with two skeletons in an embrace.

Back cover of my book, featuring endorsements from Clay McLeod Chapman, Jamie Flanagan, Emily C. Hughes, and Cynthia Pelayo.

Illustrated endpapers, red background with white skeletons doing romance things like holding hands and and movie things like holding a film reel.

The inside front cover of my book, which has French flaps (the covers are folded in on themselves to give the illusion of a hardcover jacket).

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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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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We went to FanExpo this past weekend and my big purchase was an advance one-sheet for Bram Stoker's Dracula from The Hollywood Canteen. We've been buying posters from Mike for years and I was delighted to find this (I have a small French advance for the same movie).

Me holding up an advance copy of my book Love Never Dies in front of my newly acquired original advance one-sheet poster of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched: not a great couple weeks for movies, I've been rewatching Hannibal. But a couple of new to me movies that were just okay and one of my fave Lynch films.

Letterboxd last four watched: A View to a Kill, Deep Water, Hokum, and Wild at Heart.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hamilton and Toronto: my Love Never Dies launch events are confirmed! Join me at @cityandcitybooks.bsky.social on 9/29 or at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social on 10/3 to celebrate Love Never Dies!

Love Never Dies book launch and conversation with Nathan Whitlock 9/29 at 7:30 pm at The City & The City Books in Hamilton.

Love Never Dies at Little Ghosts Books on 10/3 at 1pm. In conversation with Z.K. Leverton.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My book is coming out in just over a month and it's about romance in horror movies, and you can find it here: www.beacon.org/Love-Never-D... and it has a beautiful cover illustrated by Dan McCarthy that I got tattooed on my arm.

cover of Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies by Emma Cole. Black background, with two skeletons facing each other in a red cameo setting.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A tremendous joy to get the opportunity to come to NYC for the launch of a book I edited! So much love for Clay McLeod Chapman's Devil Inside at The Strand tonight.

People waiting for Clay McLeod Chapman's Devil Inside launch at the Strand to begin.

The signing line for Clay McLeod Chapman at the Strand.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I don't have a content warning in Love Never Dies, but I do have a Spoiler Alert! I couldn't write this book without spoiling a bunch of movies, so be forewarned. I do have a handy @letterboxd.social list of all the films I discuss, so you can watch before the book comes out: boxd.it/GGvGA

Spoiler Alert: if you're familiar with the romance genre, you'll be aware of the term "HEA," or Happily Ever After. It would be impossible to discuss the romance in these horror movies without considering the full narrative, which of course includes the ending, plot twists, and other aspects of the story. I'm one of those people who doesn't find spoilers to be a problem, because I'm more interested in how the story is told than what is being told. So, if you're spoiler averse, be forewarned! I hope you can skip over those films that are new to you and still enjoy the rest of the book. I've included a list of all the movies I discuss throughout Love Never Dies, so do yourself a favor and watch these fantastic films, then come back and read more about them.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

No cheating post your lock screen

Lock screen featuring the cover art from my upcoming book Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies. Two skeletons embracing on a bright red background, white flowers above them and circled with filigree of popcorn buckets, film reels, and bones.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Movies my husband has brought home lately: Hail, Caesar!, The Gift, Soylent Green, and Seven. What we watched last night: the 1993 action/police drama Striking Distance. One of these days we'll stop scrolling through streaming channels for half an hour before landing on something terrible.

Movies: Hail, Caesar!; The Gift (Sam Raimi); Soylent Green; Seven

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Got some graphics for my Canadian preorder link! If you're in Canada and are interested in Love Never Dies, you can preorder from Hopeless Romantic Books: hopelessromanticbooks.ca/products/lov...

The grim reaper on a white background with the words Touch Her and Die...

The grim reaper on a white background, plus the cover of my book Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies. Text says "... Or don't and live to preorder. Your move...

Order from Hopeless Romantic for a signed, personalized copy"

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The lovely folks at @beaconpress.bsky.social have made me some graphics to announce that I've got a preorder campaign going on with @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social! If you preorder Love Never Dies, you'll get a signed bookplate: gibsonsbookstore.com/book/9780807... (if you're in Canada, stay tuned...)

Red background, vampire mouth with the caption Summer Heat Sucks.

Caption reads: this doesn't (picture of my book Love Never Dies). Preorder from Gibson's for a signed bookplate.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It's my birthday today! You should buy a book. Or a movie. Some sort of physical media, I don't care what. Get some fucking art. (and if you want to preorder my book, here you go: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827832...)

The cover of my book, Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies. It's black with a red oval and two skeletons in love.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched: a pretty good week for movies when Speilberg's latest is my lowest rated watch.

Letterboxd last four watched: Obsession, Backrooms, Disclosure Day, Reality Bites.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My husband brought home a movie for me and a movie for the kids today but they already absconded with it so you just get the photo of Day of the Dead.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

They did. My husband sent me photos and they were still blooming when I got home so yay.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

In my hotel room for a few more minutes to chill before going home after StokerCon. Had such a phenomenal time, got to chat with a bunch of people I rarely get to see, celebrate people's wins, and get inspired to write more. And got some books, too.

ARCs and finished copies of books: it turns gruesome at night, Our Cut of Salt, Tatratea, Headlights, Hunting by the River, Morsel, The Red Winter, Lethal Kiss, The Henchperson's Guide to Unionizing, The Need, Marion.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Pretty sure this peony is going to open while I'm at StokerCon and I'm a tiny bit sad about it.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The very kind folks at Beacon commissioned the artist who did the cover of Love Never Dies to screenprint posters of the cover art. They sent me #1 of the run. Framed and mounted next to my desk. Obsessed. The artist is Dan McCarthy, he is awesome.

Framed screenprinted illustration of Love Never Dies. Black background with bright red oval at the centre. Two skeletons looking at each other and white daisies over top of them.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ben is not on Bluesky, so I'm going to post for him. The Gravity of Us is a radically hopeful, beautiful, compelling queer love story set against the backdrop of space exploration. There's mystery and romance and labour organizing (!) and SO. MUCH. YEARNING. I love it so much and I hope you do too!

Book cover reveal for The Gravity of Us by Ben Bonnema. The cover is a blue background with the title at the top. the illustration features two men holding hands, looking out a window toward an alien landscape. The sky above holds a portal to another world.
The quote at the top of the book cover says "If we're not brave at the end of the world, then will we ever be?"

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I've mentioned it before but my husband works for a film distributor and as such he often brings movies home for me. Today we got home and he pulled out a copy of the new Arrow 4k of Nightbreed from his bag! I love this movie and I'm so excited to watch it again.

Me holding a copy of the Arrow 4k limited edition of Clive Barker's Nightbreed.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Haven't done a #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched in a bit. Sam Raimi's latest which I wanted to like more than I did; an absolutely batshit weird dog detective short film; classic Harryhausen stop motion; and one of the most gorgeous films I've ever seen: Black Narcissus.

Letterboxd last four watched:Black Narcissus, Clash of the Titans, Who Killed Rover?, Send Help

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My husband brought home two Indonesian horror movies last night which I've never seen: Mystics in Bali and Queen of Black Magic. He mostly picked them up because my parents live in Bali but I'm looking forward to checking them out!

Blu-ray copies of Mystics in Bali and Queen of Black Magic.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

If nothing else, no one can ever say I do things halfway. I'm so in love with my book cover that I ordered custom fabric and sewed up a dress. Then I got a tattoo inspired by the illustration.

Me in my backyard, wearing a dress printed with my book cover illustration.

Me in my backyard showing off the Fibre Mood Judy Dress I sewed up in customer black and red fabric based on my book cover illustration.

Tattoo on my outer right forearm based on the illustration on my book cover. Two skeletons looking at each other with a film reel at the bottom, and a bouquet of flowers at the top.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My husband brought home a Fire & Ice for me today! Packaging looks fantastic.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I guess now that StokerCon is less than a month away I should mention that I'll be there again this year. I'm taking pitches so I'll be at the pitch session Q&A, then I'm moderating a panel about editing featuring a fabulous group of panelists. Hope to see you there!

My StokerCon schedule: Friday @10am: Pitch Session Panel
Friday @3pm: Editing as an Art Form (moderating)

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

One of the things I wanted to do when I sold my book was to get a tattoo commemorating it. Even better, the cover illustration is amazing so today I'm getting a tattoo based on the cover design. Stay tuned, I am stoked!

Sketch based on the cover of Love Never Dies: an oval frame with two skeletons facing each other, with flowers coming out of the Mir mouths like speech bubbles. There's a film reel at the bottom of the sketch. Drawn by Steven James at Epoch Tattoo in Hamilton.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I planted peonies three years ago, and last year I got one flower but this year I might get three. Elated.

My peony plant, which looks like it might have three flowers coming this year!

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I had planned to recreate this photo at the top of the thread for my official author photo, and so far it is not going great...

Me standing next to a brick wall holding a very precariously balanced stack of horror/romance movies and laughing because I'm trying to stop them from toppling over.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched: mostly good (The Wicker Man was excellent on the big screen) and one terrible Bond movie.

Letterboxd last four watched: Michael Clayton, Live and Let Die, The Wicker Man, Never Say Never Again.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

My husband works for a movie distributor, so we have a LOT of physical media (which is why I wrote a book about romance in horror movies called Love Never Dies). Here are a few I talk about in the Monster Romance chapter: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Possession, and Candyman.

Physical copies of movies I talk about in the Monster Romance chapter of my book: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Possession, and Candyman. The movies are sitting on my skull and flower tablecloth.

Movies I watched for Love Never Dies graphic. Black background with movie posters for Creature from the Black Lagoon, Possession and Candyman, as well as the cover of my book, Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

If you see this, quote with a picture of you in glasses (pretty much every photo of me for the last 20ish years)

A photo of me standing in my backyard. I've got shoulder-length curly blonde hair and square, wire framed blue glasses. I'm wearing a knitted blue short-sleeved sweater with the words "A David Lynch film" written on the front.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies, which is about exactly that, romance in horror movies from early days to recent stuff. Come out September 29: www.beacon.org/Love-Never-D...

Cover for my book Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies. Black background and two skeletons in an embrace on a red oval.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I think this is the first time I get to do this: my book Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies comes out September 29 and the cover was revealed today!

Cover for Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies, featuring two skeletons in love talking in flowers against a bright red cameo. Decorating the edges are popcorn buckets, film reels, and bones.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I'm finally allowed to reveal the cover for my book! This is Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies. It's coming from @beaconpress on September 29. Isn't it beautiful? Dan McCarthy is the artist and Louis Roe is the designer.

The cover of my book Love Never Dies. A black background with a bright red cameo in the centre that holds two skeletons facing each other. Their mouths are open and it looks like the dialogue coming out of their mouths is in the form of white daisies. The cameo is surrounded by decorations featuring film reels, popcorn buckets, and bones. The title Love Never Dies is at the top and my name is at the bottom.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

It took us a long time to get here with a bunch of train delays today, but Edinburgh is a pretty fantastic city.

Walking in Edinburgh near the National Gallery.

Getting ready to climb about 100 spiral stairs to get to our airbnb; walking through a little alley.

View from one of the windows where we're staying, lots of houses/building very close together.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It's Women in Horror Month, so I'm posting some horror movies directed by women. I talk about these (and a bunch of other movies!) in my upcoming book, Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies. Movies: Near Dark The Invitation Jennifer's Body Lisa Frankenstein Fresh

A graphic with some movie recommendations for Women in Horror Month, featuring movies I discuss in my book Love Never Dies. Five movie covers show up on a black background with vivid red film strip graphics and a mockup of my book cover. The movies are: Near Dark, The Invitation, Jennifer's Body, Lisa Frankenstein, and Fresh.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Sometimes (okay, most of the time), my job is pretty great. I have read this book probably six or so times by now (not including its previous iterations) but holding it in my hands is pretty awesome.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Sorry if you follow me on multiple socials because I am obsessed with this sweater I made so I am posting everywhere. Made for the upcoming Nine Inch Nails show in Hamilton with lyrics from Running off Hesitation Marks.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I don't think Ben is here, so I can't tag him, but I am super excited to be working with him on this beautiful, defiantly hopeful novel.

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report
The Gravity of Us
By Ben Bonnema
Imprint: Mira
Ben Bonnema's The Gravity of Us, a queer love story set within a secret astronaut training program program on a remote island, following two young men whose fight for humanity's future will take them to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, to Emma Cole at Mira, by Lucy Carson at The Friedrich Agency (world).
Film/tv: Rich Green at The Gotham Group.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Movies from my husband today (Double Impact is for him, The Straight Story and Excalibur are for me)

Three movies on 4k on my couch: Double Impact, The Straight Story, and Excalibur.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Got Volume 6 today! Collection complete.

Sphere paperback edition of Clive Barker's Books of Blood volume 6.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Went to Hamilton's Sharp Words today... Bought some books and listened to some great panels!

Four books on my dining room table: As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories; You Will Speak for the Dead by R.A. Busby; Ally Is a Vern by Rose LeMay; and The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed.

Sharp Words panel on romance, featuring Noelle Allen, Anuja Varghese, Sue Carter, and Brianna Wodabek.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched: an abysmal disco movie but the rest of the week was pretty good.

Letterboxd last four watched: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Airplane!, 54

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched: my fave soundtrack of 2025 in a terrible movie, two quiet bangers, and a movie that disintegrated every ounce of respect and appreciation I had for it with the final 10 minutes or so.

Letterboxd last four watched: The Running Man, Babe, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Tron: Ares.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The only appropriate shirt for today. A lot of people think the weirdness is the point of Lynch's work, but I think it's the truth that is the most important thing. I love the sincerity with which he approached everything. Do some art today. Tell someone they set your socks on fire. Love something.

Me, a forty something woman with a bunch of curly hair, standing in my snow-covered backyard. I'm wearing a blue knit sweater with the words "A David Lynch film" knit in white across the front and a black and white striped cotton haori-style cardigan over top. I'm looking to the right.

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