Emily C. Hughes
@emilyhughes.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award-winning horror bitch. Writer, critic, listmaker. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Reactor, Vulture, Slate, & more. She/her. 🍉
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Emily C. Hughes
@emilyhughes.bsky.social
· Dec 10
2025’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2025, featuring an array of slashers, ghosts, vampires, cults, monsters both human and otherwise, and all manner of nebulous eldritch terrors.
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GOOD MORNING the 2025 horror list is LIVE! repost to destroy a TBR: readjumpscares.com/2025s-new-ho...
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I wrote about Chuck Schumer newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Chuck Schumer Needs To Go
The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I wrote about Chuck Schumer newrepublic.com/article/2029...
two things can be true:
1) your physical appearance is not reflective of your soul, your morality, or your worth
2) kim davis has really gotten the face she deserves
1) your physical appearance is not reflective of your soul, your morality, or your worth
2) kim davis has really gotten the face she deserves
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
two things can be true:
1) your physical appearance is not reflective of your soul, your morality, or your worth
2) kim davis has really gotten the face she deserves
1) your physical appearance is not reflective of your soul, your morality, or your worth
2) kim davis has really gotten the face she deserves
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incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
okay how do you keep track of books you loan out to friends? (if you are a dedicated "NEVER LEND BOOKS" person I respect you but I do not need to hear from you rn)
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
okay how do you keep track of books you loan out to friends? (if you are a dedicated "NEVER LEND BOOKS" person I respect you but I do not need to hear from you rn)
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If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
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Saying “reading books in public is performative” is a very quick and simple way to communicate to me that you are a stupid little pig I do not need to listen to and in that sense I appreciate it
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Saying “reading books in public is performative” is a very quick and simple way to communicate to me that you are a stupid little pig I do not need to listen to and in that sense I appreciate it
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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My friend Sama'a and her family need us now as winter approaches. Gaza City is still in ruins, and food is scarce and expensive. Please give what you can.
gofund.me/db56c7ce3
gofund.me/db56c7ce3
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My friend Sama'a and her family need us now as winter approaches. Gaza City is still in ruins, and food is scarce and expensive. Please give what you can.
gofund.me/db56c7ce3
gofund.me/db56c7ce3
solidarity forever with the Quirk Union; zero solidarity, respect, or understanding for management’s decision to ratfuck the entire staff (union and non!) out of their livelihoods.
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
solidarity forever with the Quirk Union; zero solidarity, respect, or understanding for management’s decision to ratfuck the entire staff (union and non!) out of their livelihoods.
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
“don’t put it in the newspaper that she hurt my feelings!”
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“don’t put it in the newspaper that she hurt my feelings!”
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This is a parody account. This is not a real quote.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is a parody account. This is not a real quote.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
THIS IS SO EVIL I WANT TO SCREAM
Trump administration demands states "undo" efforts to provide full SNAP payouts for November amid court battle
Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of "catastrophic impact"
President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
THIS IS SO EVIL I WANT TO SCREAM
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
once again reminded that hitting the discover feed on here means fielding replies from the most joyless people alive
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
once again reminded that hitting the discover feed on here means fielding replies from the most joyless people alive
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I *need* to know who Vince Gilligan’s romantasy consultant was for Pluribus
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I *need* to know who Vince Gilligan’s romantasy consultant was for Pluribus
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Frankenstein (2025)
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Frankenstein (2025)
Frankenstein (2025)
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Frankenstein (2025)
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zohran: good morning rama my wife
rama: hello mamdani
rama: hello mamdani
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
zohran: good morning rama my wife
rama: hello mamdani
rama: hello mamdani
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like how little do you think of americans that “daily videos of masked men terrorizing children and tearing families apart” is an issue you don’t touch because you think you’re going to lose on it. that’s insane
again find it bizarre that national dem leaders avoid the topic of ICE even on here but have time to congratulate an unpopular former speaker on their retirement from insider trading at 85
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
like how little do you think of americans that “daily videos of masked men terrorizing children and tearing families apart” is an issue you don’t touch because you think you’re going to lose on it. that’s insane
time to revisit some emily lore: I used to run social for PRH, and my now-husband used to run social for Melville House, and sometimes we would banter and flirt from our respective professional accounts (it was the early days of ~weird brand twitter~ and our bosses weren't watching too closely)
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
time to revisit some emily lore: I used to run social for PRH, and my now-husband used to run social for Melville House, and sometimes we would banter and flirt from our respective professional accounts (it was the early days of ~weird brand twitter~ and our bosses weren't watching too closely)
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If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.
woke up spicy about tv this morning apparently!
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
woke up spicy about tv this morning apparently!