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Craig Clevenger

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Writer. Library staffer. I do all my own stunts. "The Contortionist's Handbook" forthcoming 01/14/25 from Datura Books. "Mother Howl" already forthcame in 2023, also from Datura.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Jan 14

It's alive.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 19m

Thanks for this... Richard Matheson is an under appreciated legend.

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 2d

This book. Goddamn. Seventy-five pages in and it's already on a (very) short list of 'do not read right before I go to sleep' books. Get this one, stat. @danielkraus.com

Cover image of "Whalefall" by Daniel Kraus, showing a whale swimming upward and about to swallow a lone diver. Bonus alt text: the only other books in my "do not read right before bedtime" are all by Brian Evenson.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 3d

"...In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 3d

"He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us..

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world...

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury...

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 3d

"He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers...

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance...

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 3d

"...He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good...

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people...

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 3d

We celebrate the signing of this document annually. But here we are.

"...But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government...

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 7d

It's October, so it's officially The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (not that other holiday), so I'm kickin' off a new thing at the library. Come on down and let's hash it out over @sgj.bsky.social and #TheBuffaloHunterHunter.

Saturday, October 18th, 1-2pm, Goleta Valley Community Center.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 9d

Cheers, Craig.

Craig Wallwork @craigwallwork.bsky.social · 9d

If a book allows you a reprieve for just a moment from world chaos, crack that spine and fall into the pages. Here’s a few writers that might take your mind to other places… @craigclevenger.bsky.social
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 11d

For the briefest flash, I thought the mini-thumbnail of this was your leg with a new tattoo. My immediate thought was, "I didn't think Steven had any tattoos but yeah, this one tracks."

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 11d

Philadelphia could be a shining city on a hill for this tactic

Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 11d

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 16d

An image of Frank the Bunny from the film, "Donnie Darko." Superimposed is the date: September 23, 2025

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 20d

He's the only horror writer to give me legit nightmares. I have sworn revenge... someday I hope to write something that returns the favor. But he's set the bar really high.

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks for this. Brian Evenson is masterful.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 22d

"They fed our novels to the machine without asking if we wanted to be the voice of skynet."

will7christopher.substack.com/p/highway-64

highway 64

the trail of tears is a flat circle

will7christopher.substack.com

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 26d

therumpus.net/2014/01/26/t...

The Sunday Rumpus Fiction: Vapor Trail - The Rumpus

"There’s days I think I’ll burn a year in Hell for every night Maria woke her momma and me, wanting to sleep with us, and I told her no, took her back to her room." Acclaimed novelist Craig Clevenger ...

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Sep 8

Back home from New Orleans #Bouchercon and just rolled a trinket shop voodoo doll in catnip and threw it to the little beasts. Now waiting to see if someone out there spontaneously rips open.

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Turns out the cafés in New Orleans frown on it when you motorboat their pastries in public. But you get it, right? #Bouchercon2025

Photo of a traditional New Orleans beignet heavily dusted with powdered sugar. And damn... they are tasty.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Sep 2

Security gave me this li'l scarlet letter to carry through airport screening. Sorta like a coupon for a free pat-down and a side-eye. And the extra time in line meant I got to hear my name over the airport PA for the boarding gate. Not quite the win that it sounds like. But I'm in NOLA. #Bouchercon

Red TSA flyer that reads: REAL ID - The ID you presented is NOT REAL ID-compliant.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hey y'all, I'll be at Bouchercon this coming week. Hit me up.

Bouchercon 2025, New Orleans

Real or Imagined: Supernatural Elements in Crime Fiction

Panel discussion with Dennis K. Crosby (M), Dale W. Berry, Hunter Burke, Craig Clevenger, J.B. Garner and Chelsea Conradt

Thursday, September 4th, 9am, Salon E, Floor 3

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Aug 30

Hardware Store Clerk: Help you find something, sir?
Me: Um... yeah... ant poison?
Clerk: Aisle 10. That's Death Row.

Another reason to support small, local businesses.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Aug 15

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill

In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

bookriot.com

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · Aug 14

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks for this... added, as well.

Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · Aug 10

Turns out maybe this book's gonna have a long, slow burn after all... #MotherHowl

Caleb @calebjcook.bsky.social · Aug 9

A gritty crime novel about the underbelly of society? A critique of The System? A dark tale of the weird and supernatural? A character study about family, identity, and the struggle to connect with a sense of purpose and meaning larger than oneself? This book is all of the above, and it rules.

The cover of Mother Howl, a book by Craig Clevenger

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