Shauna O'Meara
@shaunaomeara.bsky.social
Screenwriter 🇦🇺
Science fiction / horror / thrillers
Love 70s and 90s films.
Soundtrack lover.
https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/writer-c9bc3b3d3-97305
Aurealis/Ditmar/NKH awards
Launchpad Finalist / Script Pipeline Runner-up
2024 SBS EWI recipient
Science fiction / horror / thrillers
Love 70s and 90s films.
Soundtrack lover.
https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/writer-c9bc3b3d3-97305
Aurealis/Ditmar/NKH awards
Launchpad Finalist / Script Pipeline Runner-up
2024 SBS EWI recipient
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Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/
Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th!
(Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/
Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th!
(Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)
Editor's Desk: 2025 Readers' Poll Finalists by Neil Clarke
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/
Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th!
(Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/
Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th!
(Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)
The bedroom row halfway through episode 8 of The Beast in Me is off the charts. Matthew Rhys is outstanding in this show as are Claire Danes and Brittany Snow.
Highly recommend this.
#filmsky #scriptsky
Highly recommend this.
#filmsky #scriptsky
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The bedroom row halfway through episode 8 of The Beast in Me is off the charts. Matthew Rhys is outstanding in this show as are Claire Danes and Brittany Snow.
Highly recommend this.
#filmsky #scriptsky
Highly recommend this.
#filmsky #scriptsky
As an Australian, this thread is so informative. I don't know a lot about Bad Bunny, but this performance looks like it was superb.
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 5:11 AM
As an Australian, this thread is so informative. I don't know a lot about Bad Bunny, but this performance looks like it was superb.
The Life of Chuck is gorgeous. Telling the story in reverse makes the dreamy opening act hit you right in the heart.
I cried so much during this film. For the wonder of Us. The miracle that is our one life; our lived-in internal world that is its own kind of universe... while we are here.
#filmsky
I cried so much during this film. For the wonder of Us. The miracle that is our one life; our lived-in internal world that is its own kind of universe... while we are here.
#filmsky
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The Life of Chuck is gorgeous. Telling the story in reverse makes the dreamy opening act hit you right in the heart.
I cried so much during this film. For the wonder of Us. The miracle that is our one life; our lived-in internal world that is its own kind of universe... while we are here.
#filmsky
I cried so much during this film. For the wonder of Us. The miracle that is our one life; our lived-in internal world that is its own kind of universe... while we are here.
#filmsky
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They don't tell you when you do your 8th grade report on #Jupiter that you'll spend the rest of your life reacting to Jupiter news like you've got some special connection. Like, Jupiter?! Oh, I went to school with her.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / John Downing)
February 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
They don't tell you when you do your 8th grade report on #Jupiter that you'll spend the rest of your life reacting to Jupiter news like you've got some special connection. Like, Jupiter?! Oh, I went to school with her.
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
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CHOTINER: And the pizza place, what’s it called?
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
September 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CHOTINER: And the pizza place, what’s it called?
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
So glad to see Marty Supreme at the cinema!
This film is a total banger of escalating stakes and drive and black-as-coal hilarity. Every time you think the circumstances can't get worse and that Marty is at the end of his options, it finds another gear. Great acting. Fine ending. So good.
#filmsky
This film is a total banger of escalating stakes and drive and black-as-coal hilarity. Every time you think the circumstances can't get worse and that Marty is at the end of his options, it finds another gear. Great acting. Fine ending. So good.
#filmsky
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 AM
So glad to see Marty Supreme at the cinema!
This film is a total banger of escalating stakes and drive and black-as-coal hilarity. Every time you think the circumstances can't get worse and that Marty is at the end of his options, it finds another gear. Great acting. Fine ending. So good.
#filmsky
This film is a total banger of escalating stakes and drive and black-as-coal hilarity. Every time you think the circumstances can't get worse and that Marty is at the end of his options, it finds another gear. Great acting. Fine ending. So good.
#filmsky
Incredible night right now. Laying in bed watching auroras form and reform out the window.
These ones are visible to the naked eye, silver-green, candle-soft, flickering and twisting before the solar storm like something trying to catch fire over and over again within the cosmos.
#aurora
These ones are visible to the naked eye, silver-green, candle-soft, flickering and twisting before the solar storm like something trying to catch fire over and over again within the cosmos.
#aurora
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Incredible night right now. Laying in bed watching auroras form and reform out the window.
These ones are visible to the naked eye, silver-green, candle-soft, flickering and twisting before the solar storm like something trying to catch fire over and over again within the cosmos.
#aurora
These ones are visible to the naked eye, silver-green, candle-soft, flickering and twisting before the solar storm like something trying to catch fire over and over again within the cosmos.
#aurora
No Other Choice is an excellent film. Left me sitting in the cinema with the same feelings of tragic bittersweetness that Parasite did. It's so thematically rich in its discussions of work-force automation and downsizing and the impact on the worker. Will be thinking about it for a while.
#filmsky
#filmsky
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
No Other Choice is an excellent film. Left me sitting in the cinema with the same feelings of tragic bittersweetness that Parasite did. It's so thematically rich in its discussions of work-force automation and downsizing and the impact on the worker. Will be thinking about it for a while.
#filmsky
#filmsky
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From Sesame Street
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
From Sesame Street
First time watching Casino as an adult (I used to watch this so much as a teen - to the point of quoting it) and oof!
The Shakespearean rise and fall of it. Everyone hoisted by their own hubris and greed (and bad luck and stupidity too). I forgot how chilling the deaths at the end were.
#filmsky
The Shakespearean rise and fall of it. Everyone hoisted by their own hubris and greed (and bad luck and stupidity too). I forgot how chilling the deaths at the end were.
#filmsky
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
First time watching Casino as an adult (I used to watch this so much as a teen - to the point of quoting it) and oof!
The Shakespearean rise and fall of it. Everyone hoisted by their own hubris and greed (and bad luck and stupidity too). I forgot how chilling the deaths at the end were.
#filmsky
The Shakespearean rise and fall of it. Everyone hoisted by their own hubris and greed (and bad luck and stupidity too). I forgot how chilling the deaths at the end were.
#filmsky
YES!!
Huge congratulations for Rose Byrne (fellow Aussie!!) She has been so good for so long. I'm so happy for her!
Huge congratulations for Rose Byrne (fellow Aussie!!) She has been so good for so long. I'm so happy for her!
Rose Byrne has won Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy for ‘IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU’ at the Golden Globes
See the full winners list: bit.ly/GlobeWins26
See the full winners list: bit.ly/GlobeWins26
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
YES!!
Huge congratulations for Rose Byrne (fellow Aussie!!) She has been so good for so long. I'm so happy for her!
Huge congratulations for Rose Byrne (fellow Aussie!!) She has been so good for so long. I'm so happy for her!
The Sikh Volunteers do amazing work, and have turned up to provide meals during some of our worst natural disasters.
If you want to provide some material help to those impacted by the Victorian bushfires, this is one group you can support.
If you want to provide some material help to those impacted by the Victorian bushfires, this is one group you can support.
Victoria is in need. Sikh Volunteers Australia are seeking donations to assist with delivery of meals etc to help bushfire affected areas in Victoria. Donate if you can spare a couple of dollars... sikhvolunteersaustralia.org
Sikh Volunteers Australia Inc.
Sikh Volunteers Australia Inc.
sikhvolunteersaustralia.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The Sikh Volunteers do amazing work, and have turned up to provide meals during some of our worst natural disasters.
If you want to provide some material help to those impacted by the Victorian bushfires, this is one group you can support.
If you want to provide some material help to those impacted by the Victorian bushfires, this is one group you can support.
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Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
My state cinema has a booking system that lets you see which seats are booked for which sessions (it's probably how most cinema booking systems are?) It's fun to trawl and see what's doing well.
Anyway: The Housemaid and Song Sung Blue are where it's at. And Anaconda just sold out a 6.30pm seating.
Anyway: The Housemaid and Song Sung Blue are where it's at. And Anaconda just sold out a 6.30pm seating.
January 9, 2026 at 3:37 AM
My state cinema has a booking system that lets you see which seats are booked for which sessions (it's probably how most cinema booking systems are?) It's fun to trawl and see what's doing well.
Anyway: The Housemaid and Song Sung Blue are where it's at. And Anaconda just sold out a 6.30pm seating.
Anyway: The Housemaid and Song Sung Blue are where it's at. And Anaconda just sold out a 6.30pm seating.
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin
this is why teaching history feels so important to me right now.
The thing I always come back to is how many people never despaired against longer odds, and how arrogant it would be to put myself above them.
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin
I hope Amy Madigan and Sally Hawkins go head to head for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars (I'd love an all-villain line up). Two insanely good horror performances (Weapons and Bring Her Back) and both strangely aligned (a big year for villains taking hair samples).
#filmsky #scriptsky #horror
#filmsky #scriptsky #horror
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I hope Amy Madigan and Sally Hawkins go head to head for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars (I'd love an all-villain line up). Two insanely good horror performances (Weapons and Bring Her Back) and both strangely aligned (a big year for villains taking hair samples).
#filmsky #scriptsky #horror
#filmsky #scriptsky #horror
Amazing medical thread.
Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Amazing medical thread.
Wow. Train Dreams is such a film for the soul.
To try to describe the experience of it is kind of to undercut it, but for me it spoke to the melancholy beauty of the aloneness some people have where they notice people in detail as they kiss off their lives before drifting away once again
#filmsky
To try to describe the experience of it is kind of to undercut it, but for me it spoke to the melancholy beauty of the aloneness some people have where they notice people in detail as they kiss off their lives before drifting away once again
#filmsky
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Wow. Train Dreams is such a film for the soul.
To try to describe the experience of it is kind of to undercut it, but for me it spoke to the melancholy beauty of the aloneness some people have where they notice people in detail as they kiss off their lives before drifting away once again
#filmsky
To try to describe the experience of it is kind of to undercut it, but for me it spoke to the melancholy beauty of the aloneness some people have where they notice people in detail as they kiss off their lives before drifting away once again
#filmsky
Dangerous Animals is a very solid thriller. With sharks.
Jai Courtney is absolutely in his element here, getting to use his real accent. As for the Direction, I was already a fan of Sean Byrne's work with The Loved Ones (a messed-up horror in the vein of Misery) so this is another win.
#filmsky
Jai Courtney is absolutely in his element here, getting to use his real accent. As for the Direction, I was already a fan of Sean Byrne's work with The Loved Ones (a messed-up horror in the vein of Misery) so this is another win.
#filmsky
January 5, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Dangerous Animals is a very solid thriller. With sharks.
Jai Courtney is absolutely in his element here, getting to use his real accent. As for the Direction, I was already a fan of Sean Byrne's work with The Loved Ones (a messed-up horror in the vein of Misery) so this is another win.
#filmsky
Jai Courtney is absolutely in his element here, getting to use his real accent. As for the Direction, I was already a fan of Sean Byrne's work with The Loved Ones (a messed-up horror in the vein of Misery) so this is another win.
#filmsky
So far, I have watched a film every day for 2026, while drafting my latest outline.
Tonight is a double-header: Cure for Wellness followed up by Dangerous Animals (a film I have been bursting to see ever since I saw the trailer). Australian murdery shark action! Let's do it!
#filmsky #scriptsky
Tonight is a double-header: Cure for Wellness followed up by Dangerous Animals (a film I have been bursting to see ever since I saw the trailer). Australian murdery shark action! Let's do it!
#filmsky #scriptsky
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 AM
So far, I have watched a film every day for 2026, while drafting my latest outline.
Tonight is a double-header: Cure for Wellness followed up by Dangerous Animals (a film I have been bursting to see ever since I saw the trailer). Australian murdery shark action! Let's do it!
#filmsky #scriptsky
Tonight is a double-header: Cure for Wellness followed up by Dangerous Animals (a film I have been bursting to see ever since I saw the trailer). Australian murdery shark action! Let's do it!
#filmsky #scriptsky
Great to see.
‘SINNERS’ has won Best Original Screenplay at the Critics Choice Awards.
January 5, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Great to see.