Clay McLeod Chapman
@claymcleod.bsky.social
Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
I LOVE LA: The Devil is coming to Los Angeles, folks! I’ll be chatting with Mallory O’ Meara (Reading Glasses & Reading Smut podcast) at The Ripped Bodice LA. Monday, August 17th at 7 PM. Bring a loved one! Register here: bit.ly/4ahSHxD @readingsmut.bsky.social
The NY Times asked a bunch of bestselling authors what they thought were the ten best thrillers of the 21st century, and for some reason Riley Sager suggested my novel WHISPER DOWN THE LANE is one of them. I never want to take for granted how it feels to have someone you admire champion your work…
August's horror shopping list is live! feat. new books from @claymcleod.bsky.social @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social @okokno.bsky.social @apthayer.bsky.social @shanehawk.com @kaileepedersen.bsky.social @adamcesare.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social & more! readjumpscares.com/2026/08/04/a...
All the New Horror Books Coming in August 2026
August 2026’s new horror books, featuring titles from Donyae Coles, Jennifer McMahon, Chuck Wendig, Kailee Pederson, Clay McLeod Chapman, Jonathan Janz, and more!
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I’VE GOT A BOOK LAUNCH AT THE STRAND IN ONE WEEK: bit.ly/4ebO5LT
Listen, if you've never been to an event where Clay is, you need to fix that yesterday.
Clay McLeod Chapman@claymcleod.bsky.social · yesterdayNext week I’m starting my book tour for DEVIL INSIDE. Fourteen stops in August. Here are most of them: 8/11: NYC at The Strand 8/12: NJ at Word Books 8/13: MA at Brookline Booksmith 8/14: MA at An Unlikely Story 8/15: NH at Gibson’s Bookstore 8/17: CA at Ripped Bodice LA
Next week I’m starting my book tour for DEVIL INSIDE. Fourteen stops in August. Here are most of them: 8/11: NYC at The Strand 8/12: NJ at Word Books 8/13: MA at Brookline Booksmith 8/14: MA at An Unlikely Story 8/15: NH at Gibson’s Bookstore 8/17: CA at Ripped Bodice LA
THURSDAY NIGHT Join us LIVE on The Scares That Shaped Us YouTube channel for a chat with @claymcleod.bsky.social about his new book DEVIL INSIDE and his favorite possession horror movies! 8 p.m. Eastern! Details below.
Super cool to see DEVIL INSIDE pop up on Bloody Disgusting’s Most Anticipated Horror Books of August. Thank you, Matthew. Believe me, I’ve got some stretch marks from writing this book. Read the full list here: bit.ly/4fBEnmT
Ooooooh thank you Candlewick Press for sending me Moniza Hossain’s BAD THINGS HAPPENED HERE. Can’t wait to get my middlegrade horror on! @candlewickpress.bsky.social @monizahossain.bsky.social
Next week! NY #booksky
Clay McLeod Chapman@claymcleod.bsky.social · 2d agoNext week is the book launch for DEVIL INSIDE at The Strand Bookstore. Rachel Harrison and Nat Cassidy will be joining me to chat about the book. If you’re in NYC and looking for something to do, it would mean a lot to me if you joined us. You can register here: bit.ly/4ebO5LT
Next week is the book launch for DEVIL INSIDE at The Strand Bookstore. Rachel Harrison and Nat Cassidy will be joining me to chat about the book. If you’re in NYC and looking for something to do, it would mean a lot to me if you joined us. You can register here: bit.ly/4ebO5LT
Book 172: Acquired Taste - Clay McLeod Chapman 📖🍽️🍼🦷👶🥕🍝🔨💙📚🩸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An absolute killer collection of short fiction from the unhinged imagination of Clay McLeod Chapman. Each story another disturbing foray into the macabre; A gleeful variety of dark, nasty, abominable, slimy, gut-churning stories.
HEY OBLONG BOOKS RACHEL HARRISON CJ LEEDE NAT CASSIDY AND ME THINK YOU HAVE AN AMAZING HORROR SECTION
Every year Black Shuck Books picks one American author for their SOMETHING PECULIAR anthology, edited by Steve Shaw, featuring the weirdest of weird fiction, and this year they picked me. I got to explore my fear of free little libraries in my story… wait for it… FREE LITTLE LIBRARY: bit.ly/4w6yTFn
An obscenely belated happy book birthday to Isaac Butler and his most recent THE PERFECT MOMENT: GOD, SEX, ART AND THE BIRTH OF AMERICA’S CULTURE WARS… Truly looking forward to reading this.
My Twitter account has been hacked and now I no longer have control. This is embarrassing for a lot of reasons, primarily that I still have a twitter account… but if you are there and you receive a DM from me asking you to click on a link, please don’t do it. It’s not me. I fell for it. Apologies.
DEVIL INSIDE “is equal parts creepy and clever, with a happily ever after that’ll make your toes curl.” Thank you Fangoria for putting DEVIL INSIDE on your “10 New Horror Novels To Add To Your Summer Reading List.” Check out the complete list here: bit.ly/4xeQb4i @fangoria.bsky.social
One week from tonight, Clay McLeod Chapman and I go live on The Scares That Shaped Us YouTube. It's the first livestreamed show I've ever done, so if you're even vaguely interested and you've got the time, please do show up. We're gonna have a good time.
The Scares That Shaped Us@scaresshapedus.bsky.social · 6d agoIN. ONE. WEEK. Join us LIVE on The Scares That Shaped Us YouTube channel as Friend of the Show @claymcleod.bsky.social takes us through crafting his new book DEVIL INSIDE and his favorite demonic possession movies! August 6 at 8 p.m. Eastern! Bring your questions for Clay!
NEW YORK HORROR LIBRARIANS 4-EVA (thank you, Kate and Allison)
I need to listen whenever I hear word of mouth spread. I don’t know much about Chloe Lauter’s THE FLAYED MAN, but people whose opinion I trust have been speaking rather rapturously about it. That’s what we should be doing, right? When the world tells you it loves a book, you give it a shot?
Got to hang with Lowell Greenblatt at Forbidden Planet to celebrate his book NIGHTMARE AUTOPSIES: A RETURN TO ELM STREET. Lowell deep dives in aaaaaall of Elm Streets. Even part six, Freddy’s Dead, which I almost defend. Almost. If you haven’t picked up a copy, you definitely should!
You can face Hell. But can you escape unscathed from The Mosh Pit of Earthly Delights? We're excited to share an excerpt from @claymcleod.bsky.social's horror romance Devil Inside!
Read an Excerpt From Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman - Reactor
A man who’s back from the dead meets a woman who’s from somewhere even worse…
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Wanna read an excerpt of DEVIL INSIDE? The lovely folks at Reactor Magazine want to see if you can survive The Mosh Pit of Earthly Delights: bit.ly/4w3hYDD
IN. ONE. WEEK. Join us LIVE on The Scares That Shaped Us YouTube channel as Friend of the Show @claymcleod.bsky.social takes us through crafting his new book DEVIL INSIDE and his favorite demonic possession movies! August 6 at 8 p.m. Eastern! Bring your questions for Clay!
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Oli A. White@childdog.bsky.social · 6d agoI once told @claymcleod.bsky.social that 'What Kind of Mother' was a tale so skin-crawling that you could SMELL it, and that's the kinda shit I want to put you through as well. Get dark. Get nasty. Just be meaningful with it, but that's an extremely basic tenet of horror anyway.
