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Emma E. Murray
@emmaemurray.bsky.social
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Award-winning horror writer. She/her. 🩷💜💙
Rep: literaryclara.bsky.social

🐌Crushing Snails
😈When the Devil
💧The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions
🩸Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day

Website: EmmaEMurray.com
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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · Dec 10
I am beyond excited to have this book with Shortwave!!!! Described by a reader as “Melancholia if it was an episode of Black Mirror,” y’all are going to love this one! I can’t wait!!!!!
shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · Dec 10
New Title Announcement! 🎉

SEAFOAM SHALLOWS from @emmaemurray.bsky.social, in which a family checks into a luxury euthanasia resort to avoid the societal collapse at the end of the world, before realizing there's no way out of the resort and the world might not end after all...
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melodyemcintyre.bsky.social
Back with another SSBA Finalist Spotlight!

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Today, it's Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social author of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree!

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Carson Winter - A Spectre is Haunting Greentree - SSBA Horror Finalist
Hello again! Slight schedule change on the SSBA posts. Last time, I promised 1 every Sunday, but instead I got sick and missed one. The curr...
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January 25, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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Back cover art for @santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's ALICIA IS IN THE BASEMENT by @jennacha.bsky.social, alongside lovely words from our buds @emmaemurray.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social

Preorders are coming later on, but you can subscribe to our 2026 Book Club NOW:

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Art featuring a human in unassuming clothing curled in a fetal position, hovering over a barren landscape against a sickly green sky. Cover Copy: One summer afternoon, Santi and Maria's daughter disappears without a trace from a public park. A fruitless investigation passes, the agony only serving to tear Santi’s life and family further apart. Months go by, and Santi finally stumbles upon a clue: it is hardly a name, barely a whisper, but it is enough to reveal a haunting legacy and unleash an entirely new kind of horror upon the despairing young father: “He Who Does Not Speak With Children.”
January 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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interrobangbus.bsky.social
hello friends & enemies of bsky. could use some extra freelance work if anybody has any good leads. any website or magazine writing, or perhaps developmental and copy editing. I'm experienced in both areas! hit me up. maxboothiii@gmail.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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cursedmorsels.bsky.social
Have you checked out our recent release yet? @emmaemurray.bsky.social recommends it "to anyone who enjoys eco-horror and grotesque but beautiful prose." Check it out!
Image depicts QR code and the cover of The Writhing, Verdant End, which shows a skeleton clutching binoculars while ghoulish animals writhe in the foreground. Top text says, "Grab your copy of our newest Weird ecohorror nightmare at https://www.cursedmorselspress.com" Bottom text is a five-star review of The Writhing, Verdant End by Emma E. Murray: "Such a wonderful first read of the year! Farrenkopf's weird, emotional journey through a Barkeresque nightmare future is brilliant and I'll certainly be revisiting. The short stories that follow by Morris are equally mesmerizing, with absolutely stunning descriptions and the ability to bond you to characters so quickly before breaking your heart. Raglin's contribution provides some much needed bits of levity while also keeping you on edge and turning pages to find out what will happen. Highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys eco-horror and grotesque but beautiful prose."
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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undertakerbooks.bsky.social
Congrats to our nominees!

@emmaemurray.bsky.social @erikmchatton.bsky.social @chazzaroo.bsky.social @robgrim.bsky.social @chloe-york.bsky.social @leonardolam.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
Just signed something EXCITING!!! 👀🎉🖤
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
Nothing makes me so nervous as getting feedback from a beta reader lol idk why! 😅
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
Distracting myself from the world by making my husband take an early lunch break to make out with me while we watch Cronenberg's Crash 🖤
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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probablyharmless.bsky.social
So living with my parents abruptly became unsafe (mentally/emotionally) and I'm leaving ASAP. I have somewhere to go, but it's out of state. I'm packing now but I have to register my car before I go and that's $500. Anything helps. 🫀

Venmo: probablyharmless
PayPal: theohillwriter at gmail
January 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
And I could say 🎶ooOOOoooOOOoo
As if everybody here would know what I was talking about
I mean everybody here would know exactly what I was talking about
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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undertow.bsky.social
Writers! Vol. 2 of 'The Best Weird Fiction of the Year' is open to your submissions. Please adhere to the guidelines.

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GUIDELINES (Please read carefully) NOTE: I receive over 2,000 submissions per call. Only writers whose work is selected for the volume will receive a response. Thanks for understanding. This is a reprint fiction anthology, to be published later this year, 2026. I am seeking material first published last year, in 2025. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2025 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2025. To repeat—this volume is for stories originally first published in 2025. We are not accepting previously unpublished stories, or stories published prior to 2025 in any form. Stories between 500 and 17,499 words are considered. Please check with your publisher if you are uncertain about the reprint rights to your work. Stories created with or assisted by Generative AI, in any way, are ineligible and will not be considered. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text. Writers can send in their work using the form below only. Do not e-mail your story. You can send up to three (3) stories, but each must be sent separately. Ensure your byline and e-mail address are on the manuscript. NOTE: The submission form does not like any strange characters—asterisks, parenthesis, hashtags, etc.—in the form fields. Please use text and numbers only. Deadline for all material is February 28. Payment is a small $25 U.S. honorarium and 1 copy each of the print and electronic editions.
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
Trying to cut 300 more words from a story that is already so short 🥲
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
Trying to finish reading 3 more books before the new year 🖤
December 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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edcrockerbooks.bsky.social
📚😱 INDIE PRESS HORROR BOOKS RELEASED THIS YEAR THAT ARE LEGALLY* REQUIRED READING 😱📚

*My post, my laws

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December 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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seizethepress.bsky.social
We're reopening to submissions on January 1st.

Writers, ready your most depressing, unnerving, dislocating, horrible stories.
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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therightsfactory.bsky.social
Deal Announcement! ✨📚

We’re thrilled to share that #SEAFOAMSHALLOWS by Emma E. Murray has sold to #ShortwavePublishing for publication in early 2028.

Congratulations to @emmaemurray.bsky.social and her agent, Clara Chuiton, on this chilling, visionary deal.
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
My story “Mercy” is on the latest episode of The NoSleep Podcast!!! 🎉🥳🖤
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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emmaemurray.bsky.social
I am beyond excited to have this book with Shortwave!!!! Described by a reader as “Melancholia if it was an episode of Black Mirror,” y’all are going to love this one! I can’t wait!!!!!
shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · Dec 10
New Title Announcement! 🎉

SEAFOAM SHALLOWS from @emmaemurray.bsky.social, in which a family checks into a luxury euthanasia resort to avoid the societal collapse at the end of the world, before realizing there's no way out of the resort and the world might not end after all...
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
I am beyond excited to have this book with Shortwave!!!! Described by a reader as “Melancholia if it was an episode of Black Mirror,” y’all are going to love this one! I can’t wait!!!!!
shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · Dec 10
New Title Announcement! 🎉

SEAFOAM SHALLOWS from @emmaemurray.bsky.social, in which a family checks into a luxury euthanasia resort to avoid the societal collapse at the end of the world, before realizing there's no way out of the resort and the world might not end after all...
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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shortwavebooks.bsky.social
New Title Announcement! 🎉

SEAFOAM SHALLOWS from @emmaemurray.bsky.social, in which a family checks into a luxury euthanasia resort to avoid the societal collapse at the end of the world, before realizing there's no way out of the resort and the world might not end after all...
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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robertarjoyan.bsky.social
Getting physical copies of my writing never, ever gets old. So thankful “Give Me Wings” took flight in MONSTROUS ANGELS, edited by @arwyns.bsky.social. Order your copy and meet Arlo Pearson, that filmmaker who went to Armenia in search of a musical monk but found instead a murderous mystery.
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
"Staggeringly brutal and as painful as poking at an exposed nerve. As much as it hurts, I know I’ll be visiting it again and again." @emmaemurray.bsky.social, CRUSHING SNAILS

@santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's ALICIA IS IN THE BASEMENT is part of our 2026 Book Club!

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Jenna Cha's haunting cover art: in a sickly smoky green barren wasteland, a monolithic head emerges from the ground, spilling countless desiccated corpses from its mouth, a glowing light in the back of its throat; a single figure hovers beside the head, curled in a fetal position
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
emmaemurray.bsky.social
If you liked Crushing Snails, this is a must-read!!!
tenebrouspress.bsky.social Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · Dec 9
"Staggeringly brutal and as painful as poking at an exposed nerve. As much as it hurts, I know I’ll be visiting it again and again." @emmaemurray.bsky.social, CRUSHING SNAILS

@santiagoeximeno.bsky.social's ALICIA IS IN THE BASEMENT is part of our 2026 Book Club!

Print+eBook or eBook-only options⬇️⬇️
Jenna Cha's haunting cover art: in a sickly smoky green barren wasteland, a monolithic head emerges from the ground, spilling countless desiccated corpses from its mouth, a glowing light in the back of its throat; a single figure hovers beside the head, curled in a fetal position
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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emilyhughes.bsky.social
the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
2026’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM