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!
Regardless of whether you agree with him or not (I generally do), Walter is simply one of the best film critics around. This is fabulous.
FFC review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
ZERO STARS/****starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winsletscreenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silverdirected by James Cameron by Walter Chaw I think, for white ...
filmfreakcentral.net
December 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Regardless of whether you agree with him or not (I generally do), Walter is simply one of the best film critics around. This is fabulous.
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Dark Days with Ray Walton starts off with a scorching noir that quakes with anxiety, discomfort and mania….the darkness can do that sometimes.
Now on #NightTideMag 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/12/22/d...
Now on #NightTideMag 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/12/22/d...
DARK DAYS WITH RAY WALTON – NIGHT 1: KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
Dark Days with Ray Walton starts off with a scorching noir that quakes with anxiety, discomfort and mania….the darkness can do that sometimes.
nighttidemag.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Dark Days with Ray Walton starts off with a scorching noir that quakes with anxiety, discomfort and mania….the darkness can do that sometimes.
Now on #NightTideMag 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/12/22/d...
Now on #NightTideMag 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/12/22/d...
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You can get your copy of Abigail's story (and 10 other rage-filled and wrath-fueled tales) by buying direct from us:
fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...
We're also available pretty much everywhere books are sold online!
#horrorlit #rage #shortstories #indie #horror
fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...
We're also available pretty much everywhere books are sold online!
#horrorlit #rage #shortstories #indie #horror
December 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You can get your copy of Abigail's story (and 10 other rage-filled and wrath-fueled tales) by buying direct from us:
fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...
We're also available pretty much everywhere books are sold online!
#horrorlit #rage #shortstories #indie #horror
fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...
We're also available pretty much everywhere books are sold online!
#horrorlit #rage #shortstories #indie #horror
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
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Fucking useless organization.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Fucking useless organization.
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Forgot to include "Horror And Romance In Films: The Perfect Marriage" from the brilliant @editrixemma.bsky.social !
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/hor...
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/hor...
Horror And Romance In Films: The Perfect Marriage - House of Gamut
One of the best things about being a book editor is spending time talking to folks about what they love to read, watch, and listen to. After all, since I’m trying to acquire projects that will resonat...
www.houseofgamut.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Forgot to include "Horror And Romance In Films: The Perfect Marriage" from the brilliant @editrixemma.bsky.social !
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/hor...
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/hor...
Grateful to my husband for not only getting me a copy of the Possession 4K, but also for giving it to me ahead of Christmas so I don't have to unwrap it in front of my mother-in-law and explain the plot.
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Grateful to my husband for not only getting me a copy of the Possession 4K, but also for giving it to me ahead of Christmas so I don't have to unwrap it in front of my mother-in-law and explain the plot.
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100 BEST HORROR MOVIES & THRILLERS OF 2025
My massive year-end list is here. It’s a roundup encompassing all the best in found footage, slashers, revenge, queer horror, and more.
Picks include Good Boy, Horror in the High Desert 4, and MANY MORE!!!
🔗 bsidesbadlands.com/100-best-hor...
My massive year-end list is here. It’s a roundup encompassing all the best in found footage, slashers, revenge, queer horror, and more.
Picks include Good Boy, Horror in the High Desert 4, and MANY MORE!!!
🔗 bsidesbadlands.com/100-best-hor...
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
100 BEST HORROR MOVIES & THRILLERS OF 2025
My massive year-end list is here. It’s a roundup encompassing all the best in found footage, slashers, revenge, queer horror, and more.
Picks include Good Boy, Horror in the High Desert 4, and MANY MORE!!!
🔗 bsidesbadlands.com/100-best-hor...
My massive year-end list is here. It’s a roundup encompassing all the best in found footage, slashers, revenge, queer horror, and more.
Picks include Good Boy, Horror in the High Desert 4, and MANY MORE!!!
🔗 bsidesbadlands.com/100-best-hor...
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My most anticipated books of 2026 featuring new releases from @pfracassi.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @scribeofhades.bsky.social It is going to be a great year!
readingwithmyeyes.com/2025/12/18/m...
readingwithmyeyes.com/2025/12/18/m...
Most Anticipated Books in 2026
Most Anticipated Books in 2026 This is one of my favorite times of the year when I can speculate on my most anticipated books of the next year. I have selected 20 books that have sparked my interes…
readingwithmyeyes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
My most anticipated books of 2026 featuring new releases from @pfracassi.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @scribeofhades.bsky.social It is going to be a great year!
readingwithmyeyes.com/2025/12/18/m...
readingwithmyeyes.com/2025/12/18/m...
Love to see it!
Book Riot lists DEVIL INSIDE as one of their Most Anticipated Books of 2026. Thank you, Emily and Liberty! Check out the killer list here: bit.ly/4pLLsnm @bookriot.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Love to see it!
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"Lay off CEOs instead": Game Awards protesters fed up with the show and the state of the industry
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"Lay off CEOs instead": Game Awards protesters fed up with the show and the state of the industry
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
aftermath.site/game-awards-...
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched:
A bleak view of marriage, a bleaker view of the not-so-distant future, an old-time adventure story with great special effects, and a not-too bad serial killer movie with great shark footage but a kind of middling final girl.
A bleak view of marriage, a bleaker view of the not-so-distant future, an old-time adventure story with great special effects, and a not-too bad serial killer movie with great shark footage but a kind of middling final girl.
December 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched:
A bleak view of marriage, a bleaker view of the not-so-distant future, an old-time adventure story with great special effects, and a not-too bad serial killer movie with great shark footage but a kind of middling final girl.
A bleak view of marriage, a bleaker view of the not-so-distant future, an old-time adventure story with great special effects, and a not-too bad serial killer movie with great shark footage but a kind of middling final girl.
A really great thread celebrating indie presses.
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A really great thread celebrating indie presses.
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Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
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It’s my birthday today. What a day to read and review my books. Don’t know where to start? Check them out on anthonyengebretson.com
ANTHONY ENGEBRETSON
Creepy. Weird. Macabre. Magical.
anthonyengebretson.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s my birthday today. What a day to read and review my books. Don’t know where to start? Check them out on anthonyengebretson.com
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good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
readingtheend.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
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THE WRITHING, VERDANT END IS OUT TODAY!!!!!!
Need some weird weird eco-horror in your life?
Then look no further than this little split collection from @ericraglin1992.bsky.social, @tiffmorris.bsky.social, and me!!!
Need some weird weird eco-horror in your life?
Then look no further than this little split collection from @ericraglin1992.bsky.social, @tiffmorris.bsky.social, and me!!!
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
THE WRITHING, VERDANT END IS OUT TODAY!!!!!!
Need some weird weird eco-horror in your life?
Then look no further than this little split collection from @ericraglin1992.bsky.social, @tiffmorris.bsky.social, and me!!!
Need some weird weird eco-horror in your life?
Then look no further than this little split collection from @ericraglin1992.bsky.social, @tiffmorris.bsky.social, and me!!!
I love this article! The intersection between horror and romance is something I care about very much and this is such a fascinating piece that touches on many of the similarities in these two genres.
(You can read more about my thoughts on horror and romance when my book comes out next year!)
(You can read more about my thoughts on horror and romance when my book comes out next year!)
I was honored to be interviewed alongside comrade-in-Christmas Steven R. Monroe for this article by Jim Hemphill for @indiewire.com all about horror filmmakers who also make holiday movies...and the commonality between the two seemingly disparate genres! Read!
www.indiewire.com/features/int...
www.indiewire.com/features/int...
The Director of Your Favorite Slasher May Also Be Behind Your Favorite Hallmark Holiday Rom-Com
Steven R. Monroe ("I Spit On Your Grave") and Michael Verrati ("A Halloween Trick") talk about moonlighting as Hallmark Christmas rom-com directors.
www.indiewire.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I love this article! The intersection between horror and romance is something I care about very much and this is such a fascinating piece that touches on many of the similarities in these two genres.
(You can read more about my thoughts on horror and romance when my book comes out next year!)
(You can read more about my thoughts on horror and romance when my book comes out next year!)
Requiem for a Dream. (There are probably lots, but I loathe this movie very much.)
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Requiem for a Dream. (There are probably lots, but I loathe this movie very much.)
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
My husband is rewatching 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and I will take these slightly wonky practical squid effects over digital every single time (and it goes without saying that even the silliest special effects are a gazillion times better than AI slop).
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My husband is rewatching 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and I will take these slightly wonky practical squid effects over digital every single time (and it goes without saying that even the silliest special effects are a gazillion times better than AI slop).
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Day 1 of 10 sharing #LibFaves25 (only horror titles edition).These are not in any specific order.
THE STARVING SAINTS by @caitlinstarling.com might have flown under your radar, but it has stayed with me all year.
transfixing, highly unnerving, 3 povs. More:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
THE STARVING SAINTS by @caitlinstarling.com might have flown under your radar, but it has stayed with me all year.
transfixing, highly unnerving, 3 povs. More:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The Starving Saints
From the nationally bestselling author of The Luminous …
www.goodreads.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Day 1 of 10 sharing #LibFaves25 (only horror titles edition).These are not in any specific order.
THE STARVING SAINTS by @caitlinstarling.com might have flown under your radar, but it has stayed with me all year.
transfixing, highly unnerving, 3 povs. More:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
THE STARVING SAINTS by @caitlinstarling.com might have flown under your radar, but it has stayed with me all year.
transfixing, highly unnerving, 3 povs. More:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...