Emma Osborne 🇵🇸
@redscribe.bsky.social
Horror/fantasy writer. Aurealis and Aust Shadows finalist. In Uncanny, Nightmare, PodCastle, Hometown Haunts etc. GRIEF EATER forth. at Interstellar Flight Press. CW16. SFWA. Queer. They/them 🏳️🌈👻
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Thrilled that my novella THE BEAST YOU’VE MADE OF ME is being published by @interstellarflight.bsky.social!! I can’t wait for you to read my queer zombie revenge story! 🖤✨
https://magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/acquisitions-from-the-2022-horror-novella-submissions-call-681162f2308f
https://magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/acquisitions-from-the-2022-horror-novella-submissions-call-681162f2308f
Ok so as there is another book coming out with this title we have updated mine to GRIEF EATER 🖤
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This is what modern slavery looks like
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This is what modern slavery looks like
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By my count there will only be one (1) trans character on all of the major networks and streaming services as of January 2026.
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
By my count there will only be one (1) trans character on all of the major networks and streaming services as of January 2026.
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I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
The Submission Grinder
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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Speaking of, I'm $8,089 away from calling it quits on my fundraiser.
PACIFICALLY, to avoid getting stranded at clinic/births like yesterday due to my bank account, I need a car to keep this sacrifice from being all for naught.
If you got it like that it would be an immense relief.
PACIFICALLY, to avoid getting stranded at clinic/births like yesterday due to my bank account, I need a car to keep this sacrifice from being all for naught.
If you got it like that it would be an immense relief.
Oh Hai 👋🏿
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Speaking of, I'm $8,089 away from calling it quits on my fundraiser.
PACIFICALLY, to avoid getting stranded at clinic/births like yesterday due to my bank account, I need a car to keep this sacrifice from being all for naught.
If you got it like that it would be an immense relief.
PACIFICALLY, to avoid getting stranded at clinic/births like yesterday due to my bank account, I need a car to keep this sacrifice from being all for naught.
If you got it like that it would be an immense relief.
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Also once again ARCHIVE YOUR WORK!!
The internet is not as permanent as you think, especially when it comes to your writing. PrintFriendlyPDF is a free Chrome extension that makes archiving super easy!
The internet is not as permanent as you think, especially when it comes to your writing. PrintFriendlyPDF is a free Chrome extension that makes archiving super easy!
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Also once again ARCHIVE YOUR WORK!!
The internet is not as permanent as you think, especially when it comes to your writing. PrintFriendlyPDF is a free Chrome extension that makes archiving super easy!
The internet is not as permanent as you think, especially when it comes to your writing. PrintFriendlyPDF is a free Chrome extension that makes archiving super easy!
After seeing that “do you believe in ghosts” post I would LOVE to hear your ghost stories!!
I have a friend who used to work in a bar that was haunted. Chairs would fly around, knives would spin in the kitchens. Spooked them out real good.
I have a friend who used to work in a bar that was haunted. Chairs would fly around, knives would spin in the kitchens. Spooked them out real good.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
After seeing that “do you believe in ghosts” post I would LOVE to hear your ghost stories!!
I have a friend who used to work in a bar that was haunted. Chairs would fly around, knives would spin in the kitchens. Spooked them out real good.
I have a friend who used to work in a bar that was haunted. Chairs would fly around, knives would spin in the kitchens. Spooked them out real good.
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
Friends! LP is the real deal. Please support if you can! @lpkindred.bsky.social
Please help @lpkindred.bsky.social stay in school in these difficult times. He's a great person who's had a rough go and deserves all the good things.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Friends! LP is the real deal. Please support if you can! @lpkindred.bsky.social
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Please do not feed personal information to chatGPT. Please do not tell it where you work and live and how to get money from you.
They know that TurboTax is easier than doing it by hand and cheaper (mostly) than going to an accountant.
That accountant had to sign ethical standards. ChatGPT can’t.
They know that TurboTax is easier than doing it by hand and cheaper (mostly) than going to an accountant.
That accountant had to sign ethical standards. ChatGPT can’t.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Please do not feed personal information to chatGPT. Please do not tell it where you work and live and how to get money from you.
They know that TurboTax is easier than doing it by hand and cheaper (mostly) than going to an accountant.
That accountant had to sign ethical standards. ChatGPT can’t.
They know that TurboTax is easier than doing it by hand and cheaper (mostly) than going to an accountant.
That accountant had to sign ethical standards. ChatGPT can’t.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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Do not under any circumstance link your financial data with ChatGPT and DEFINITELY don’t take its tax advice.
Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Do not under any circumstance link your financial data with ChatGPT and DEFINITELY don’t take its tax advice.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Incredible news!!!! Fuck yes Nora!!!!
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Incredible news!!!! Fuck yes Nora!!!!
GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
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I haven’t posted in a while, but now back after deleting my X in Sept. I’m a writer, poet, & anthropologist of heritage. My piece in @aljazeera.com on the destruction of Palestinian heritage & archeology as a mechanism of power says all you need to know about my views
🏺 An extremely important article from @morganvl.bsky.social about archaeology’s complicity in the current genocide of Palestinians and why archaeologists - and the organisations that claim to represent them - must speak up and refuse to stay neutral. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Why archaeologists must speak up for Gaza
Archaeology is often a mechanism of power. As such, its scholars have an obligation to speak up against oppression.
www.aljazeera.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I haven’t posted in a while, but now back after deleting my X in Sept. I’m a writer, poet, & anthropologist of heritage. My piece in @aljazeera.com on the destruction of Palestinian heritage & archeology as a mechanism of power says all you need to know about my views
I have a new project on the go and, thanks to the new Florence album Everybody Scream it appears to be Picnic at Hanging Rock meets Yellowjackets (with a dash of Supernatural). I’m PRETTY THRILLED
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I have a new project on the go and, thanks to the new Florence album Everybody Scream it appears to be Picnic at Hanging Rock meets Yellowjackets (with a dash of Supernatural). I’m PRETTY THRILLED
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
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If you wouldn’t want a random stranger in the street chatting intimately with your child, don’t give your child an AI toy
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If you wouldn’t want a random stranger in the street chatting intimately with your child, don’t give your child an AI toy
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Thanks for saving me 60 bucks on Anno 117, Ubisoft.
Disclosing AI use days before release is the new "patch in microtransactions after release" tactic huh.
Disclosing AI use days before release is the new "patch in microtransactions after release" tactic huh.
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thanks for saving me 60 bucks on Anno 117, Ubisoft.
Disclosing AI use days before release is the new "patch in microtransactions after release" tactic huh.
Disclosing AI use days before release is the new "patch in microtransactions after release" tactic huh.
This is actually terrifying because my day job is in policy. I write it and do a tonne of consultation. The amount of academic staff - associate professors and professors etc - who argue with things that don’t exist in the text (or do! And they miss it!) is wild
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is actually terrifying because my day job is in policy. I write it and do a tonne of consultation. The amount of academic staff - associate professors and professors etc - who argue with things that don’t exist in the text (or do! And they miss it!) is wild
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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the folks at Neon let me see Keeper. here's what i'm allowed to tell you about the new one from Osgood Perkins (full review coming this week):
I've Seen 2025's Most Secretive Horror Movie – Here's What We Can Reveal
#Keeper is going to keep you up at night.
movieweb.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the folks at Neon let me see Keeper. here's what i'm allowed to tell you about the new one from Osgood Perkins (full review coming this week):