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ALT Text reads: Some people eat their feelings. But with the main character being a zombie, Emma Osborne’s horror novella Grief Eater (paperback, Kindle) clearly isn’t about someone doing that. Books& Literature Or is it? In the following email interview, Osborne discusses what inspired and influenced this story about queer identity, found family, and which parts of the human body are oh so delicious.

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ALT Red wash background text reads Emma Osborne author of grief eater headshot of author with shaved head and glasses, cover art for grief eater femme person with head thrown back and bloody mouth

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ALT Text Interview Emma Osborne author of grief eater. Headshot author emma osborne head shaved person with glasses, cover art grief eater image of femme person with head flung back and bloody mouth

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ALT ifp logo planet and ring interstellar flight press. Quote this story is dark and tragic and full of female rage and grief. Cover art for book grief eater by emma osborne woman with head thrown back and dark curly hair bloody mouth red background with black flames

ALT Protagonists don’t always need to be alive. Emma Osborne’s Grief Eater begins with the novel’s protagonist rising from the grave and making her way across Australia on a quest for revenge. The fact that writers like K Tidbeck and Cadwell Turnbull have had glowing things to say makes this particular story even more enticing. (Interstellar Flight Press; June 1, 2026)

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