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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1h

Packed house at The Twisted Spine tonight! I can’t thank Becky enough for letting me be a part of this wonderful collection and to be her conversation partner. Everybody pick up a copy of WHY I LOVE HORROR! @raforall.bsky.social

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1h

I need to take a break because I’m running out of ideas

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Lane Heymont @laneheymont.bsky.social · 1h

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 3h

So at tonight’s book event with Becky Spratford about essay collection WHY I LOVE HORROR, The Brooklyn Chainsaw Massacre’s own Salamiface made an appearance. ONE BRAVE READER ATE MY FACE! Only at The Twisted Spine! Thank you, Jo, for the nibble. @raforall.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 2h

This dude abides

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 2h

Initiated @allymalinenko.bsky.social into the concept of "Clayhem" tonight.

If it keeps catching on we're gonna put it on a t-shirt, @claymcleod.bsky.social.

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 3h

So at tonight’s book event with Becky Spratford about essay collection WHY I LOVE HORROR, The Brooklyn Chainsaw Massacre’s own Salamiface made an appearance. ONE BRAVE READER ATE MY FACE! Only at The Twisted Spine! Thank you, Jo, for the nibble. @raforall.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 5h

mama always warned me to watch out for vans with no windows

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 6h

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Horror Impact Report: From Ryan Coogler to Lisa Dreyer to Osgood Perkins, Variety Stakes Out the Top in Genre Films and TV

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 7h

Sam I yam with green beans and spam @rebelsam94.bsky.social

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 10h

Nomnomnom

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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 11h

Up next 📚🩸

#booksky
@claymcleod.bsky.social

Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman pictured from my couch with our skeleton guest and their dog in the background

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 11h

I always knew me, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, and @claymcleod.bsky.social would wind up on Page Six because of our shenanigans. Thankfully, we look goooooood in these photos.

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 11h

Holy shit, we’re in Page Six! Look at that: bit.ly/4mYEedx @natcassidy.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social @pagesix.com

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 12h

Sooooo I think I need someone to talk me out of this: Tonight I’m doing a book event that dovetails into a screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I thought it might be fun to dress up like Leatherface, but damn those masks are expensive. I went ahead and made… Salamiface. Should I go through with it?

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 14h

Signed editions of ACQUIRED TASTE are available in the US and UK nomnomnom order here:

Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/3Jv53bl
BAM: bit.ly/3WpKiRg
UK: bit.ly/4gXB5cF

Nomnomnom @titanbooks.bsky.social nomnomnom

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 14h

Nomnomnom

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Trey Weller @treyweller.bsky.social · 15h

#Booksky Spooktacular Day 9: For all I hear @claymcleod.bsky.social is a pleasant guy, you wouldn’t know it by reading his collection Acquired Taste. These are NASTY pieces of work, infectious little parasites whose vivid imagery burrows into you (complimentary). Read it, then take a shower after.

Cover of Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman, depicting a hand holding an axolotl

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 17h

I wanna give a shout out to Neil McRobert whose debut GOOD BOY releases today. If you know Neil, you know he’s championed the hell out of every horror author working today, thanks to his podcast Talking Scared… so when I had the good fortune of reading his novella early, I jumped: bit.ly/4gYY72y

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1d

“Why are we drawn to fungal horror? Is it because a part of us understands how powerful fungi can be? Do we both fear and long for that kind of connection that mycelial networks create?” Leticia Urieta writes about sporror at Reactor, including GHOST EATERS: bit.ly/48QeVH6 @reactorsff.bsky.social

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1d

Things are getting fungy over here

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1d

Love it

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1d

Blows my absolute mind: bit.ly/46XLPDg #GhostEaters

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1weirddogmom.bsky.social @1weirddogmom.bsky.social · 1d

Serenade Clay for an ARC #booksky

Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1d

My new YA sci-fi horror novel SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE invades shelves in ONE MONTH.

To celebrate the countdown, I’m giving away three ARCs!

All you gotta do is record yourself singing a snippet of a particular tune… DM or post your clips & I’ll select 3 lucky readers… @getunderlined.bsky.social

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1d

I can try!

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 1d

I am fan-girling so hard!

Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 2d

Me, Grady Hendrix, Rachel Harrison and Victor LaValle got to celebrate the release of Becky Spratford’s WHY I LOVE HORROR essay collection at The New York Public Library with 300 people and it was genuinely heartwarming.

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