Waiting for the bus, gonna read some ghost stories: NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT PT: II BACK FOR BLOOD brings readers another round of horror stories by Indigenous authors. On shelves August 18th from Vintage. Total bonus: I flipped the book over as I was taking this pic and look what I found! So cool.

Just found out the paperback edition of WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES is already going into a second printing and that made me rully rully happy. Thank you @quirkbooks.bsky.social

(Preview)Short Story Collection Panel @claymcleod.bsky.social @clayvermulm.bsky.social @raewilde.bsky.social @richardthomas.bsky.social

Hey, @claymcleod.bsky.social - I just pulled my Morton Salt out to refill my shakers and... well.. I got the shivers. #booksky #bodiesofwork #ifkyk #mortonsaltgirlwillneverbethesame #horrorsky

We'll be chatting with @claymcleod.bsky.social on our Youtube Live Chat tonight at 7:30pm Eastern, come hang out! www.youtube.com/@HorrorMakes... #horror #psychology #podcasts

WHOA!! Right now you can grab the paperback of @datlow.bsky.social's NIGHT & DAY: DREADFUL DARK: TALES OF NIGHTTIME HORROR/MERCILESS SUN: TALES OF DAYLIGHT HORROR for just $4.69!! #booksky #ad #bookdeal #amreading #horror amzn.to/4wZAQ8h

I’m not saying putting me in your anthologies gets you nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, but I’m not-not saying it doesn’t hurt… All I’m trying to say is congratulations to the nominees for this year’s award for Best Edited Anthology.

Took the boyz to the Audible Story House, where we got to listen to our fill of audiobooks. Highlights include 1984 in a surround sound listenatoriumn, a book-bartender serving C-Dawg The Weirdies, and… I, um, may have listened to a little bit of WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES. That book is intense!

Ooh, look what I'm going to! See you there @claymcleod.bsky.social even though I'll probably be too shy to say hi 😆

How did I miss that author Clay McLeod Chapman is coming to my library system on August 26 in support of his upcoming book Devil Inside. Which I immediately registered myself and my wife for and downloaded an egalley of his new book to read!

@thearcparty.com great first episode on Horror TBR with @claymcleod.bsky.social I pre ordered Marion and got me even more juiced about ‘The Other’ and ps…: you better keep Clay’s intro jingle 🤣 have a good weekend guys

He may not know how to roll over, but we’ve trained our dog how to… meerkat.

Wild that it's been almost two years and people still go back and listen to the @scaresshapedus.bsky.social series premiere we did with @claymcleod.bsky.social on SESSION 9. Y'all are cool.

Freaky Friday folk out: QUAINT FOLK by Bitter Karella, out this October from Run For It @bitterkarella.bsky.social

I want to tell you about my new chapbook—“soft flotsam, tender jetsam”—from Rapture Publishing. I really love it. Grief horror served up as a ghost story. Features artwork by Chris Panatier. Limited edition print run of 250, with less than 50 left. Order one while you still can: bit.ly/4dt7VCn

Are You There, Beelzebubba? It’s Me, McLeod: bit.ly/49s90aT

hi north carolinaaaaaaaaaaa

Just finished @claymcleod.bsky.social's upcoming DEVIL INSIDE and have discovered the answer to 'what is Horrormance?' The perfect blend. There's nothing cute or adorable here. Just lust and love and terror, and the yearning hunger that is the playground of both demons and lovers. Bravo, Clay!

HOLY MOLY I JUST FOUND OUT MY SHORT STORY “BACKSLIDING” WAS SELECTED FOR “THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR: VOL 18” EDITED BY ELLEN DATLOW AND I AM LOSING MY MIND A LITTLE OKAY A LOT BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A STORY IN THESE ANTHOLOGIES AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SO I NEED TO EXPRESS HOW HAPPY I AM OK

Have you ever read Tyler Jones? You really should… I’m halfway through his upcoming collection of stories ARSON BY DESIGN and the one I just finished took my breath away (it’s called “The Umpire”). There are those writers who we like to believe are just ours, a hidden treasure to covet. Tyler is one

I like that "horror story about the remaking of a classic horror movie" has become a full-blown genre. (Be sure to check out one of the pioneers of that genre, THE REMAKING by @claymcleod.bsky.social!)

3 months. 18 stops. 13 states. 1 author, 1 horrormance novel, zero sleep. The DEVIL INSIDE book tour. Let the devil in. Every single one of us has the devil inside. Ah ah ah.

whu dat

Every single one of us.... #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97807...

The Horror Writers Association has put together some virtual panels for this year’s Stokercon and I got to participate. Huge thanks to Greg and Rob for coordinating and producing a behemoth amount of panels for all to enjoy. You guys are heroes! Thank you for letting me join in the fun.

NY #booksky

I’m so excited, and terrified, to invite you all to the launch of my new horrormance novel DEVIL INSIDE. I’m m lucky to bring out the big guns: Rachel Harrison (PLAY NICE) and Nat Cassidy (WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME) will be joining me for a chat about all things lovey dovey. Tues, August 11th at 7 PM

My mom said I need to read more like @claymcleod.bsky.social 😭🤣

June 10 @ River Oaks Theatre: We'll be screening the original Pet Sematary followed by a panel discussion featuring myself, Kingcast host Eric Vespe and authors Clay McLeod Chapman and Johnny Compton. Keaton Patterson from Brazos Bookstore will moderate the discussion.

2026 Short Story Collection Panel Fermented Fiction and We Bleed Orange & Black bring you a panel of Stoker nominees to discuss the craft of short story collections with Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social Rae Wilde @raewilde.bsky.social Richard Thomas @richardthomas.bsky.social

2026 Short Story Collection Panel Fermented Fiction and We Bleed Orange & Black bring you a panel of Stoker nominees to discuss the craft of short story collections with Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social Rae Wilde @raewilde.bsky.social Richard Thomas @richardthomas.bsky.social

Check out Jonathan's interview with author Clay McLeod Chapman about his latest story collection, Acquired Taste, out in paperback on June 9 from @titanbooks.bsky.social. #horrorsky #booksky #horrorwriters www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/intervi...

i love this

Sometimes I have a hard time reconciling that this is the man who writes about soft shell crab babies

Heavy on the horror? 🙋🏻 Also, nice to see folks acknowledge that just because a book isn’t for them it doesn’t mean that it’s bad. 💙📚🩸

Reader reviews are not for writers. I’m taking 10 of my favorite Goodreads reviews for DEVIL INSIDE (positive, negative or otherwise) and serenading them back. This week is a DNF (still 3 stars!) from Lisi Bee. Really appreciate you giving me a chance, Lisi… DEVIL INSIDE hits shelves 8/11/26!

Rainy Sunday here in Brooklyn, gonna read some ghost stories: SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, edited by Cynthia Pelayo, hits shelves this September, from Primero Sueno Press. Thank you, Tiffany…

Just got my contributor copies for the ALL HALLOWS EVE anthology, edited by Ellen Datlow, and it truly is a beautiful book. The cover is gorgeous, and Christ, look at that list of contributors. I’m really happy with how “treats” turned out, another sad dad story, which I just can’t seem to shake…

Mike D in Brooklyn!

Forget about it, Jake. It’s Possumtown…

Spending the weekend getting unhaunted by Micaiah Johnson’s THE UNHAUNTING. Send help if you don’t hear from me by Sunday. On shelves this October from Putnam Books. @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social

Turning our backyard into a photo studio for the day. New author shots heading your way, compliments of Noah Greenberg

I finally managed to chain down Clay McLeod Chapman for an interview, where we talk about books, comics, movies, horror, inspiration, success, and never giving up: youtu.be/gxcx8kS0pvA

8th grade musical

aaaw moms

Can confirm this crazy ass collection deserves an award

The paperback edition of ACQUIRED TASTE just arrived. 25 stories, all in one book. It got nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, which is really wild. It also includes the Shirley Jackson Award nominated novelette Stay on the Line. @titanbooks.bsky.social

@claymcleod.bsky.social is the silliest and always such a delight during his author talks!!

Book clubs are good for the soul 💙📚 Thank you to @claymcleod.bsky.social and @novelnightmares.bsky.social for hanging out and talking all things Bodies of Work 🦋🦋

Things I did not expect when signing up to edit an academic library journal....one article (University of Albany ) having a shout out to @claymcleod.bsky.social.