Emma Cole
@editrixemma.bsky.social
Editor@Mira Books (views are my own). Poetry Editor@Orion's Belt Mag. Notes & Queries Editor @JPRS. Rep'd by Danai Christopolou and Lane Heymont. Writing about romance in horror movies, etc. editrixemma.com
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Emma Cole
@editrixemma.bsky.social
· Oct 10
I guess I've been lax at posting over here, but I will try to be better. An intro: I'm Emma, I'm an editor at Harlequin, and in my spare time I'm writing a nonfiction book about romance in horror movies because I love horror. Always happy to answer questions about Harlequin if I can!
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Darlings! If AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION has been on your to-read list but you haven't gotten your copy yet, since it is a (truly stunning) hardcover, 5.99 is the best digital price it'll be! Limited time across ALL digital platforms, @bookshop.org included!
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Sale alert! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC by myself & Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social is on eBook sale across ALL shops!
Also available in lovely hardcover or in audiobook, with both of us narrating!
Examining haunted history & ghost lore through Gothic lit:
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Also available in lovely hardcover or in audiobook, with both of us narrating!
Examining haunted history & ghost lore through Gothic lit:
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
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November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Darlings! If AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION has been on your to-read list but you haven't gotten your copy yet, since it is a (truly stunning) hardcover, 5.99 is the best digital price it'll be! Limited time across ALL digital platforms, @bookshop.org included!
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I rented this movie as a teenager knowing nothing about it and I still sometimes think about it. So weird and unsettling.
On this day in Canadian Horror History, PIN premiered in Montréal in 1988.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I rented this movie as a teenager knowing nothing about it and I still sometimes think about it. So weird and unsettling.
Definitely bought this beer solely because of the name. How could I not? One of my fave shows of all time. The beer is also pretty good.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Definitely bought this beer solely because of the name. How could I not? One of my fave shows of all time. The beer is also pretty good.
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Reminder that you need to experience Jared chapels the first car ballet
Hello everyone here is my favorite story of mine I have ever published www.drabblecast.org/2024/10/28/d...
Drabblecast 495 – Jared Chapel’s The First Car Ballet
Lights! Wheels! Wipers! Curtain! This week, a marvel of machines and carbureted choreography awaits you. Kay Vaindal (she/her) is a coastal ecologist and weird fiction writer. Her work has appeare…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reminder that you need to experience Jared chapels the first car ballet
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This autumn has been much tougher than expected so I’m reopening my books. Need eyes on you query package, manuscript, or someone to discuss all things publishing? Reach out!
More info and rates here: chronovoros.com?page_id=279
More info and rates here: chronovoros.com?page_id=279
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This autumn has been much tougher than expected so I’m reopening my books. Need eyes on you query package, manuscript, or someone to discuss all things publishing? Reach out!
More info and rates here: chronovoros.com?page_id=279
More info and rates here: chronovoros.com?page_id=279
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📣 Important update regarding this CfP: the submission deadline for our Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman" has been extended until 30 November 2025!
🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
#RomanceResearch
🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
#RomanceResearch
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📣 Important update regarding this CfP: the submission deadline for our Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman" has been extended until 30 November 2025!
🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
#RomanceResearch
🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
#RomanceResearch
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COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️
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"These are young men who love without qualification or care for gender norms—time and again Ponyboy observes and remarks upon his brothers’ and friends’ beauty. It’s not sexual, but can be if that’s how you want to read it."—@alishamgl.bsky.social on S.E. Hinton! www.rogerebert.com/features/rig...
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"These are young men who love without qualification or care for gender norms—time and again Ponyboy observes and remarks upon his brothers’ and friends’ beauty. It’s not sexual, but can be if that’s how you want to read it."—@alishamgl.bsky.social on S.E. Hinton! www.rogerebert.com/features/rig...
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bit overwhelmed by the influx of patrons
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thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
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thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
thanks for all the kind words 🖤🥲
thank you to everyone that showed up to support @thedeadlands.com via Patreon
this is how we keep publishing that zine, with your support
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if you want to support us + read great death fiction/poetry/nonfic, here is the link:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/pa...
thank you to everyone that showed up to support @thedeadlands.com via Patreon
this is how we keep publishing that zine, with your support
🙏🏻🖤💀
if you want to support us + read great death fiction/poetry/nonfic, here is the link:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/pa...
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
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November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
bit overwhelmed by the influx of patrons
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
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I signed up for Defector 5 years ago for the sports blogs but I'd keep the subscription just for the (regular and excellent) art criticism. loved this from @barryp.bsky.social: defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
The Eyes Have It | Defector
The eyes got me. Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger isn’t the brightest, or the largest painting in its room—it might be the smallest—but it’s easily the most striking. It called to me from t...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I signed up for Defector 5 years ago for the sports blogs but I'd keep the subscription just for the (regular and excellent) art criticism. loved this from @barryp.bsky.social: defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched:
A weird and kinda bleak Japanese creature feature (that isn't really a creature feature), Hitchcock’s second most unsettling movie, my favorite shaggy dog crime story, and a wildly ridiculous and still somewhat compelling Carpenter film.
A weird and kinda bleak Japanese creature feature (that isn't really a creature feature), Hitchcock’s second most unsettling movie, my favorite shaggy dog crime story, and a wildly ridiculous and still somewhat compelling Carpenter film.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched:
A weird and kinda bleak Japanese creature feature (that isn't really a creature feature), Hitchcock’s second most unsettling movie, my favorite shaggy dog crime story, and a wildly ridiculous and still somewhat compelling Carpenter film.
A weird and kinda bleak Japanese creature feature (that isn't really a creature feature), Hitchcock’s second most unsettling movie, my favorite shaggy dog crime story, and a wildly ridiculous and still somewhat compelling Carpenter film.
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Okay FINE I made a graphic
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Okay FINE I made a graphic
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I spent lots of time chatting with the Nazi bot on Nazi dot com and giving ad revenue to the world’s richest Nazi in order to create these screenshots that you’ll hate. Enjoy
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I spent lots of time chatting with the Nazi bot on Nazi dot com and giving ad revenue to the world’s richest Nazi in order to create these screenshots that you’ll hate. Enjoy
The last time I used this mug my kid emptied the dishwasher and stashed it in a different place, so I was glad to find it again this morning for my coffee.
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The last time I used this mug my kid emptied the dishwasher and stashed it in a different place, so I was glad to find it again this morning for my coffee.
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Have you read Good Boy yet? Krampus is nipping at your heels to grab a copy straight from our online bookshop 😈
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Have you read Good Boy yet? Krampus is nipping at your heels to grab a copy straight from our online bookshop 😈
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...
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Still on a Bluesky hiatus but popping by because the cover for my next novel, THE INTRIGUE, has now been revealed. Jacket design Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde. This noir about a con artist sifting through lonely hearts ads is out July 2026. Pre-order now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760821...
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Still on a Bluesky hiatus but popping by because the cover for my next novel, THE INTRIGUE, has now been revealed. Jacket design Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde. This noir about a con artist sifting through lonely hearts ads is out July 2026. Pre-order now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760821...
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
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reading @hazelzorn.bsky.social 's 'reef mind,' for a second time, and i'm struck at how beautiful it is.
it's language is elegant and understated but manages to be both beautiful and furiously ugly, when needed.
it echoes buth diane seuss and rachel carson while still feeling novel and so... now.
it's language is elegant and understated but manages to be both beautiful and furiously ugly, when needed.
it echoes buth diane seuss and rachel carson while still feeling novel and so... now.
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
reading @hazelzorn.bsky.social 's 'reef mind,' for a second time, and i'm struck at how beautiful it is.
it's language is elegant and understated but manages to be both beautiful and furiously ugly, when needed.
it echoes buth diane seuss and rachel carson while still feeling novel and so... now.
it's language is elegant and understated but manages to be both beautiful and furiously ugly, when needed.
it echoes buth diane seuss and rachel carson while still feeling novel and so... now.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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We're having a sale! Get your first month of Aftermath for just $1.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We're having a sale! Get your first month of Aftermath for just $1.
aftermath.site/aftermath-vide...
aftermath.site/aftermath-vide...
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Just a reminder that:
1. House of Idyll is a rock star Horror book
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2. It has lyrics and liner notes, plus this banger of a song
🦄
3. A signed special edition is available from Books-A-Million in the US and @forbiddenplanet.bsky.social in the UK
1. House of Idyll is a rock star Horror book
🎸
2. It has lyrics and liner notes, plus this banger of a song
🦄
3. A signed special edition is available from Books-A-Million in the US and @forbiddenplanet.bsky.social in the UK
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just a reminder that:
1. House of Idyll is a rock star Horror book
🎸
2. It has lyrics and liner notes, plus this banger of a song
🦄
3. A signed special edition is available from Books-A-Million in the US and @forbiddenplanet.bsky.social in the UK
1. House of Idyll is a rock star Horror book
🎸
2. It has lyrics and liner notes, plus this banger of a song
🦄
3. A signed special edition is available from Books-A-Million in the US and @forbiddenplanet.bsky.social in the UK
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A GAME IN YELLOW is on BookPage's "10 best sci-fi, fantasy & horror novels of 2025" and I'm very sickos.jpg about it right now 🤩💛
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A GAME IN YELLOW is on BookPage's "10 best sci-fi, fantasy & horror novels of 2025" and I'm very sickos.jpg about it right now 🤩💛
If you're planning to use "Smart" Search at @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social to search for agents and editors, I'd say don't, since they're using AI. It's wildly inaccurate and says I'm explicitly looking for projects I am absolutely not looking for, wasting everyone's time.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you're planning to use "Smart" Search at @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social to search for agents and editors, I'd say don't, since they're using AI. It's wildly inaccurate and says I'm explicitly looking for projects I am absolutely not looking for, wasting everyone's time.
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We've been running around like crazy & completely forgot..
WE TURNED 2 YESTERDAY!!
We're so happy to have given some writers their very first horror byline, we're proud to support &spotlight historically marginalized creatives in the horror genre.
Thanks for the support, y'all!
WE TURNED 2 YESTERDAY!!
We're so happy to have given some writers their very first horror byline, we're proud to support &spotlight historically marginalized creatives in the horror genre.
Thanks for the support, y'all!
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We've been running around like crazy & completely forgot..
WE TURNED 2 YESTERDAY!!
We're so happy to have given some writers their very first horror byline, we're proud to support &spotlight historically marginalized creatives in the horror genre.
Thanks for the support, y'all!
WE TURNED 2 YESTERDAY!!
We're so happy to have given some writers their very first horror byline, we're proud to support &spotlight historically marginalized creatives in the horror genre.
Thanks for the support, y'all!