Bio
Em Starr is an Australian horror writer. Her work has appeared in/is forthcoming from The NoSleep Podcast, Flash Fiction Online, and publications by Underland Press, Flame Tree Press, and Eerie River Publishing, amongst others. She is currently writing her debut novel, an Aussie retro coastal horror.
Hailing from the beautiful Mornington Peninsula (Boon Wurrung country) Em is a lover of animals, beaches, blossom trees, and bloody good coffee.
Em is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Australasian Horror Writers Association, and the Australian Writers' Guild.
Published Works
official cover art/TOC
coming soon!
Saturday Mourning Television. A Sliced Up Press publication.
Scheduled for release Mar/Apr 2026
Stay tuned for official cover art and TOC!
Feat. Em's short story "Varmint Holes"
Bizarro Circus of Madness. Edited by Riley Odell. Available in paperback and eBook.
Feat. Em's short story "Something Burrowed, Something Blue"
Kozy Krampus. An Underland Press anthology, edited by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito and Mark Teppo. Available in eBook and paperback
Feat. Em's short story "Dead Wood"
Midnight Echo 19. The official magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, edited by Dan Rabarts. Available in eBook and paperback.
Feat. Em's short story "Lemmings"
Fear of Clowns: A Horror Anthology. A Kangas Kahn publication, edited by Kenneth W Cain. Available in eBook, paperback, hardcover and audiobook.
Feat. Em's short story "Clown Heads"
ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids. Edited by Andy Cull and Trevor Henderson.
Scheduled for release Feb 2026.
Preorders available now!
Feat. Em's short story "Plummetus"
Samhain Screams. A Black Beacon Books anthology, edited by Greg Chapman and Cameron Trost.
Available in paperback and eBook.
Feat. Em's short story "Candy Train"
The Earth Bleeds At Night. An Eerie River Publishing anthology, edited by Holley Cornetto. Available in hardcover, paperback and eBook.
Feat. Em's short story "Dolly Rocks"
Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies. An IFWG publication, edited by Deborah Sheldon. Available in paperback and eBook.
Feat. Em's short story "Stale"
The Black Beacon Book of Ghosts. A Black Beacon Books publication. Available in eBook and paperback.
Feat. Em's short story "Red Dirt"
Midnight Echo 18: Cursed. The official magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, edited by J.S. Breukelaar.
Feat. Em's short story "Moulder"
Audio Productions
"And Still I Fly"
The NoSleep Podcast - Ep 11 Season 21
"Down Where It's Wetter"
The NoSleep Podcast - Ep 19 Season 21
"Moulder"
The NoSleep Podcast - Ep1 Season 23
