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Emily Hughes

  • Editor and Writer, Freelance
  • Horror Writer and Editor, Jump Scares
Northampton
As seen in: NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE - Horror and Dark Fantasy Story Podcast (Audiobook | Short Stories), Medium, The New York Times, BuzzFeed, Slate, Substack, Thrillist, Vulture, Screen Rant, Reactor and
Covers:  Sci-fi, horror, fantasy, science, general nerdery, offbeat or weird fiction

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Emily Hughes’s Biography

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Editor of UnboundWorlds.com; lover of cats, horror, puns, sci-fi/fantasy. Occasional bylines here and there.

Emily Hughes’s Journalist Portfolio

21 of the Best Horror Books by Women - Unbound Worlds

21 of the Best Horror Books by Women - Unbound Worlds

Look at most lists of heavyweight horror authors and you're bound to notice a trend - they're mostly men. Kin…

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The Movie Version of 'Annihilation' Isn't an Adaptation – It's a Transformation

The Movie Version of 'Annihilation' Isn't an Adaptation – It's a Transformation

How much can you change something before it's a different creature? The novel asks that question, and the mov…

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So You're A Man With An Opinion About Feminism And #YesAllWomen

So You're A Man With An Opinion About Feminism And #YesAllWomen

If you were on Twitter last weekend, you probably noticed the #YesAllWomen trending topic. The hashtag's purp…

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Winter Is Coming: Snowbound Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books For Winter Nights

Winter Is Coming: Snowbound Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books For Winter Nights

Halloween is over, we've turned the clocks back, and it's getting dark earlier and earlier. Regardless of wha…

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#SpecPride: Celebrating Pride With Our Favorite Queer SFF Characters

#SpecPride: Celebrating Pride With Our Favorite Queer SFF Characters

Science fiction and fantasy have grappled with social issues for as long as genre fiction has existed, but, w…

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She’s an Aimless Gamer. Her New Job: Pilot This Brain-Dead Man.

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By Emily Hughes
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She’s an Aimless Gamer. Her New Job: Pilot This Brain-Dead Man. In Paul Tremblay’s new A.I. dystopia, “Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep,” an experimental technology gives its heroine control over somebody else’s body. Credit...Jérôme Berthier Emily C. Hughes is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of “Horror for Weenies” and a co-founder of the horror magazine Darker Times.
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Diabolical Motherhood

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By Emily Hughes
| Defector Verified
On June 25, 1976, three and a half years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the U.S., The Omen hit theaters. Most viewers remember the high-drama deaths—by impalement, decapitation, hanging—or the creepiness of Harvey Spencer Stephens’s young Damien, or Gregory Peck’s commanding gravitas. But I always remember poor Kathy.
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A Lush, Unnerving Ghost Story That Unfolds in Rural Japan

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By Emily Hughes
| The New York Times Verified
A Lush, Unnerving Ghost Story That Unfolds in Rural Japan In “Japanese Gothic,” a 21st-century college student and a 19th-century samurai find themselves occupying the same house. Credit...Hokyoung Kim Emily C.
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