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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
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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.
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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
Exciting things are happening!!! 👀😁
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Looking for some emergency work to cover some bills. I design book covers for indie science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors. $100 ebook, $200 for ebook and print. PLEASE DM ME for any questions or information!

Reposting repaid in ETERNAL LOVE <3
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This was seriously some of the best gumbo I’ve ever had! Thank you again @maeisafraid.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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
🎉🎉🎉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
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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
Eeee something amazing is happening!!! 👀🩵 (vague posting sorry lol)
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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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.

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October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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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
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October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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