Emma E. Murray
banner
emmaemurray.bsky.social
Emma E. Murray
@emmaemurray.bsky.social
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
Pinned
Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day
(2025, Apocalypse Party)

Birdie lost everything when her son died. Now, trying to rebuild her life, she has to deal with abusive Russ while a home-invading serial killer is targeting women in her city. Part of all proceeds go to the National DV Hotline.
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
Emma E. Murray is one of the most audacious and fearless authors of transgressive fiction. Exquisite prose coupled with absolutely depraved imagery. This is splendid news!! ❤️
🎉🎉🎉I just signed a contract that I am SO excited about!!!! I can’t tell you much yet, but my favorite novel has found a home! Can’t wait to share more when it’s announced! This is a dream come true!!!!🥹😭🎉
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
All I can say is I signed my contract with our dream publisher the night before Emma was offered hers. We were on the phone crying together in disbelief! I’m so proud of us. ♥️ Especially for Emma and this particular novel. She is the next big thing, I promise you!
🎉🎉🎉I just signed a contract that I am SO excited about!!!! I can’t tell you much yet, but my favorite novel has found a home! Can’t wait to share more when it’s announced! This is a dream come true!!!!🥹😭🎉
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎉🎉🎉I just signed a contract that I am SO excited about!!!! I can’t tell you much yet, but my favorite novel has found a home! Can’t wait to share more when it’s announced! This is a dream come true!!!!🥹😭🎉
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
Out sister magazine—Goblins and Galaxies—just came out with issue #1!

Get your sword and sorcery on here: https://bit.ly/49IRpfy
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When you’re waiting for something and it’s nearly impossible to think about anything else 👀😬🤞
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having the kind of anxious day where I call and get permission from my psych to take extra meds so I don’t have a full meltdown 🙃
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
I just signed the contract for my second novel. This is going to be a big one. More details to come after the New Year, but gosh, I feel lucky as all hell I get to write another one. 🖤
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Eeee something amazing is happening!!! 👀🩵 (vague posting sorry lol)
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
Come for the comics, stay for the horrors—featuring stories by @tmbwrites.bsky.social, @shelleylavigne.bsky.social, @emmaemurray.bsky.social, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @ericraglin1992.bsky.social, @gordonbwhite.bsky.social, me, and lots more amazing authors from @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social! 😱🫣
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
You’re def going to want this one!!! And I’m so proud to have my story “Corpus” included 😊🖤
Time to preorder your copy of TALES OF SLEY HOUSE 2025! Contributors got a sneak peek and I can tell you this is such a fun idea and they did it SO WELL! One thing we can all stand to have a little more of these days is fun and this anthology delivers.

www.sleyhouse.com/product-page...
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
In case anyone is interested, here's the panel I moderated last month with @brianmcwriter.bsky.social, John Lynch, @emmaemurray.bsky.social, and Kristopher Tirana. Spooktastic 2025: Is That Blood on the Page?
Spooktastic 2025: Is That Blood on the Page?
YouTube video by Framingham Public Library
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
My currently reading. Only 14 more books til I reach my goal of 100 for the year! Stand out so far is @emmaemurray.bsky.social ‘s The Drowning Machine And Other Obsessions. Really beautiful, poignant, and graphic writing—one of my favorite combinations. 🌊💚
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
What did @emmaemurray.bsky.social say about Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces? "An excellent collection that I highly recommend to anyone who loves weird horror [...] Beautifully written prose meets disturbing imagery in this collection." #weirdhorror
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/shak...
Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces paperback | Cursed Morsels Press
Budget cuts drive a burned-out humanities professor to master the art of annihilation. A girl on the verge of a transformation seeks out a new member for her isolated, inhuman family. A glitching brai...
www.cursedmorselspress.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It’s my 8th wedding anniversary 😊🖤 I still think we had one of the most fun weddings ever with trivia, a food truck, ice cream sandwiches instead of cake, health and mana “potions,” and my bouquet made of pages from Emma 🖤
October 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since some people were interested, here’s some of my favorite pages from my novel WIP idea/planning/vibe scrapbook I finally finished 🖤🤍🖤

I’ve been falling in love with this story while drafting and I think I can mold it into something really special 😊

🌙Art horror x liminal spaces x dream horror🌙
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Nothing like the anxiety of meeting your new therapist 🙃
October 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
I’ll cut to the chase: just like all your favorite authors, I’m offering editing and writing coach services. So yeah, pitch incoming!

But first I wanted to talk a bit about my writing journey and WHY these services can help. (THREAD)
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This review!!!! 😭🥹🖤 thank you!!!!
📕💀🌳New review! 🌳💀📕

Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day by @emmaemurray.bsky.social @apocalypseparty.bsky.social

"A shining masterpiece of the transgressive horror genre, forcing the reader into an uncomfortable examination of the complexities of domestic abuse and the courage of survival."
Review: Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day by Emma E. Murray | FanFiAddict
The return of horror's new transgressive star Synopsis Birdie lost everything when her son died. Now, on track to rebuild her life, she has to evade he ...
fanfiaddict.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
Yessss I'm psyched to be signing at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social on November 2nd with the amazing @beaujohnson44.bsky.social ! It's the release of THE LONG, LOW WHISTLE from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and I hope you'll come hang out!!
September 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
AHHH!!! We have a date for the audiobook of Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day!!!
April 28th!!!

So excited to have Tantor Audio producing my very first audiobook!!!! With the wonderful Veronica Fox and Matt Godfrey narrating!!!
September 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I can’t believe it’s been a whole month since Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day came out!!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who has read, reviewed, hyped, and recommended this book that is so close to my heart.

And if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s a perfect read to start autumn!🍁
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Emma E. Murray
Map card reveal for 🌬️🌊⚙️A RIVER FROM THE SKY 🌬️🌊⚙️

April 21, 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social

If you preorder A RIVER FROM THE SKY and fill out the form in my bio, you can get a map card illustrated by @dlbowman76.com !!
September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM