The exterior of the Rialto Theater in NYC, decorated for the New York premiere of the Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur horror classic CAT PEOPLE Tourneur was BOTD in 1904

It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list! acwise.net/what-have-yo...

@acwise.bsky.social is collecting people's eligibility posts for awards this year, which is such a lovely idea. Here's my little list of nonfiction.

ICYMI I am very open to writing gigs anywhere (but the place I just quit obviously) that pays their writers in a timely fashion. Horror is my preference, but I have done other genres before.

My full blurb is a lot longer and I wanted to share it: I think Rascal has crafted a story here that is really wonderful, and could be placed alongside This Is How You Lose the Time War as a blueprint for a compelling, propulsive, gorgeous epistolary novel.

Happy Pub Day to @claymcleod.bsky.social and SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE. You can read Clay's thoughts on approaching his YA horror debut at my newsletter right now! matthewjacksonwrites.com/guest-post-s...

Mostly I keep my crafty stuff on Instagram (where I am also EditrixEmma), but I made a coat and that is a big undertaking so I'm going to celebrate it everywhere. (The pattern is the Poppy Coat by The Fabric Store, in blue wool blend fabric with red kasha lining.)

I have a new interview about RAKESFALL up at Reactor! In which I am quite verbose reactormag.com/author-inter...

Today on the newsletter, we have our *first ever* guest post, as @claymcleod.bsky.social explains his approach to his YA debut SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE, in bookstores tomorrow! matthewjacksonwrites.com/guest-post-s...

For non-subscribers, here's a gift: For the next 30 days, Aftermath subscriptions for new readers are on sale at $1 for your first month: aftermath.ghost.io/11-06-2025...

The best thing about Frankenstein discourse is that it's really cemented how much I don't care about other people's opinions on art. "Frankenstein is too much of a villain." "Inland Empire doesn't make sense." "Cat People isn't scary enough." If I love a movie I just don't care if you don't like it.

If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...

I've made @thomasha.bsky.social's original novelette "Uncertain Sons" - from his debut collection - available to read for those catching up on year-end reading, for awards eligibility and recommendations. Enjoy! We appreciate your kind consideration. undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons

I'm not sure how many times I've watched The Wizard of Oz but it has never gotten old.

I loved this so much and I wholeheartedly agree, it is a book that transforms you. I read it months ago and still think of it all the time. Absolutely beautiful and weird and excellent.

Getting to talk to writers is so inspiring and I love that I get to do it all the time. Some insights I've gathered over the last couple years up on my blog today: editrixemma.com/writing-tips...

I love this, and I miss reading to my kids, who are teenagers reading their own books.

COVER REVEAL 🐦‍⬛THE DAYTIDE COMETH🐦‍⬛ DAYTIDE is BLACK METAL WIZARD OF OZ in an illustrated, hardcover edition with an introduction by @pfracassi.bsky.social and an original poem from @carolinehardaker.bsky.social. From: @rapturepublishining.bsky.social www.rapturepublishing.com/product/dayt...

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched: Haven't done this in a few weeks because of baseball and The Lowdown (great show by the way). But I have watched a few things this week: Beatty is as charismatic as ever, disappointing sequels and remakes, and the most glorious adaptation of Frankenstein.

We are watching a behind the scenes about Mr. Arkadin, which is great, except for Bogdanovich reminding me yet again how good a friend he was to Orson Welles. (I know Peter is a great director. But I do not care, because I find him to be the most insufferable storyteller.)

We have a number of exciting upcoming releases from authors who also have new titles coming soon with other publishers... Here's a thread of some great new books you should pick up from other presses while waiting for these authors' new Shortwave titles!

oh my gosh, bad hand books is republishing no gods for drowning by hailey piper! i really loved this book - have the og paperback - and i was astonished to find it was already out of print late last year. huge recommend if you enjoy weird fiction, noir, fucked up pantheons, etc

One of my kids requested more Hitchcock films in our diet so we just watched NOTORIOUS and I can't believe I hadn't read this Criterion essay from @angelicabastien.bsky.social until now: www.criterion.com/current/post... Great piece on a great movie!

I got to talk to Walter Mosley today, so my day is going exceptionally well.

It's award eligibility season! Here's a list of everything I've published in 2025. This is also my first year of eligibility for the Astounding Award! 💫 Follow the thread below for links and info on my stories. Or see my website/linktree in my bio. 🔗 DM me for copies. 👩‍💻 Thank you for reading! 🙏

Orion's Belt is a great team, please apply if you're interested!

Come and study with me! Call for doctoral proposals in the field of Romance and/or Erotica at Falmouth University: www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd...

I first discovered Clive Barker's Books of Blood when I was 18, visiting family in England. Found a weird little bookshop and bought volume 1 (and a Discworld book), and proceeded to have my mind blown. Finally got the matching edition of volume 2 today, just missing number 6.

blogged about watching criterion 24/7 while working which is singlehandedly saving my mental health from ruin aftermath.site/i-owe-my-wor...

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

RIP Diane Ladd. Love her in Wild at Heart, a movie I appreciate even more every time I watch it.

Well, shit — a killer new horror bookstore in NYC got flooded and damaged by hurricane remnants. Help is needed if you can. Please share! www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

I always love seeing people's awards eligibility posts to remind me of things I haven't had a chance to read yet, so I thought I'd post my very first one! Just a couple of articles, I'll link them here: reactormag.com/the-90s-goth... nighttidemag.com/2025/03/21/s...

Just want to say thank you to everyone who has spread word of Caden and I's upcoming TCM appearances. We're very excited about it. Love y'all <3

really wish you used alt text on your cool posts so all cool people could appreciate your cool posts 🥲

once more for the people in the back: nobody is asking or expecting you to subscribe to anything. that's...weirdo behaviour. sub to whatever you want, your favourites, all of them, one site, no sites. just like you did with magazines (a market we are essentially returning to, minus the paper cost).

🚨 #NightTideMag Monthly Macabre: Cannibal Horror has bite! Women are told to starve: of food, of sex, of self. But what if hunger is holy? Through Bones and All, In My Skin, and more, Megan Kenny devours the politics of appetite and autonomy. 👻📽️ nighttidemag.com/2025/10/31/c...

SOFT TARGETS has never looked better! @editrixemma.bsky.social models @carsonwinter.bsky.social’s Wonderland-nominated New Weird Horror novel in style 🖤☠️ Cover art by @blackyshep.bsky.social

I don't have four movies watched to post today (baseball took over my tv) but I have me dressed as four books I love instead, enjoy! Read these: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Hemo Sapiens by Emily A. Weedon The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan Soft Targets by Carson Winter

This is so good and I love all of Emily's recommendations! Gothic is one of my faves and I especially love the way it has grown in different ways in modern horror.

Wholeheartedly agree! These movies are great, and there's also Companion, Heart Eyes, Together, The Woman in the Yard, The Monkey, Bring Her Back, Heretic...horror in 2025 is so exciting.

Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.

Didn't expect to hear the organ player at Dodgers Stadium to break out the Twin Peaks theme but I love it.

Done.

We published some bangers this year. Hope you got your weird on. Well, I'm sure you did. Thanks to everyone for your support. undertowpublications.com

It's our work Halloween party today but I also have a ton of meetings so I'm channeling Coop rather than getting too bloody or anything.

I'm filled with butterflies and beaming with pride to announce FIRST IN FRIGHT: THE FANGORIA COMPENDIUM, a hard-cover, full-color book that details the history of Fango, the publication I've loved all my life. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

Four books to get to know me (the formative books, rather than more recent ones)

Glad to have a copy of King Sorrow at my desk today, but a little daunted by the prospect of lugging this enormous tome on my commute.