Emma Osborne 🍉

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Horror/fantasy writer. Author of GRIEF EATER. Aurealis and Aust Shadows finalist. In Uncanny, Nightmare, PodCastle, Hometown Haunts, Wastelands 3 etc. Clarion West. SFWA. Queer. They/them. No AI 🏳️‍🌈👻

11:43 4 Teams '72 ج |. • barnesandnoble.com Anna • Verified Reviewer ** I am in pain. Five stars. 06/20/26 I HAVE BEEN CHEWED UP. I HAVE BEEN SPAT OUT. I HAVE BEEN LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH COVERED IN BLOOD, TEARS, AND MY OWN POOR LIFE CHOICES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. There are books you enjoy. There are books you love. There are books you recommend when someone asks for a good read. And then there are books that become your entire personality for an uncomfortable amount of time. Grief Eater is not a book to me anymore. It is a disease. A curse. A religious text. A creature living in my ribcage that occasionally wakes up at 3 A.M., shakes me violently by the shoulders, and screams, "REMEMBER THE ZOMBIE ROAD TRIP? REMEMBER THE GRIEF? REMEMBER HOW MUCH WE CRIED?" YES. I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE SECOND. THIS WAS MY THIRD READ. A RE-READ. A RE-RE-READ. A JOURNEY I ENTERED WILLINGLY WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS BOOK WAS GOING TO DRAG ME BEHIND A MOTORCYCLE MADE OF TRAUMA AND BODY HORROR. AND IT Back to Top T SOMEHOW IT GOT ME HARL every emotional landmine was buried. I had the
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GRIEF EATER by Emma Osborne
Grief Eater by Emma Osborne (cover by Dante Luiz)
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11:43 四 Dear Ms. Osborne, My name is Alice Rizzi, and I'm the organizer of the Antwerpen Book Club, a community of engaged readers who appreciate bold, emotionally powerful stories that challenge perspectives and spark meaningful discussion. We recently came across Grief Eater, and we were immediately struck by its raw intensity and its unique approach to exploring grief, trauma, and identity through the lens of horror. Kristina's transformation and her journey through rage, loss, and the search for belonging presents a haunting and thought, provoking narrative that stands out within the genre. Our members are particularly interested in stories that use speculative or horror elements to explore real human experiences. The novel's exploration of grief, found family, and the complexity of forgiveness offers a compelling opportunity for deep discussion about how people process pain, identity, and healing. We would be honored to feature Grief Eater in on innamina Antiarnan Dank, Mlih ~ Reply → Forward
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PRAISE FOR GRIEF EATER "Grief Eater is a scathing rebuke. And yet it has so much heart. Every line of Osborne's gorgeous prose is a knite that cuts like a balm. Lyrical constantly surprising, essential—Griet Later takes a familiar genre and transtorms it into something entirely new." -Cadwell Turnbull, award-winning author of the Convergence Saga "This story will not spare you. It will reach into your chest and eat your heart. Usborne writes with brutal clarity about abuse and betrayal, about the queer joy and chosen family that will help you survive it. About how love and a quest for vengeance can be strong enough to move the dead. I've never read anything like it." —K Tidbeck, author of Amatka and Jagannath. "Grief Eater is an embodied, sensory experience: screaming, snarling grier; monstrous hunger; the desire for answers that can only be found in blood. Horror at its finest, as glorious, gory relief and release." —Angela Meyer, author of Moon Sugar "Soaked in blood and loss, Grief Eater is a bittersweet tale that is redolent with the transformative closure that comes after confronting painful trauma. A visceral and unflinching read!" —Suzan Palumbo, author of Skin Thief: Stories and Countess ISBN 978-1-953736-59-8 90000 Cover Art by Dante Luiz www.interstellarflightpress.com INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT PRESS 9 781953 736598
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