Farewell, Virginia…

My final book for 2025 will be Omar El Akkad’s ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS

Reading Wryly places WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES on her Top 10 Best Books of 2025. Check out the full list here: bit.ly/4sn75fB

Exhausted by the holidays, love my new hoodie from Gibson’s Bookstore. Thank you @ryinwonderland.bsky.social @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social

Really happy to see my upcoming novella BODIES OF WORK pop up on CinemaChord’s Most Anticipated Titles for the First Half of the Year. 2026 is going to be another great year for horror: bit.ly/4p9NPzh @cinemachords.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

Happiest of holidays from the Chap/Sens

happy reading

murry murry

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Proud to be one of the 50!

I did 50 podcast interviews in 2025. I did 0 hours of therapy. Read all about it here: bit.ly/4jgfEVp

Every time I write something new, there’s this moment of trepidation where I worry if I’ve really mucked it all up… I end up holding my breath until the world starts to respond. I’m feeling really fortunate that this is the first review for my novella BODIES OF WORK: bit.ly/4awLyuo

George Dunn says you should read ACQUIRED TASTE. Read his Top Reads of 2025 over at FanFiAddict here: bit.ly/3L5SOCX

Spending the holidays getting all warm and creepy, reading ‘TWAS THE NIGHT by Kevin Johnson. On shelves October 2026. @bookevinjohnson.bsky.social

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New at @bloody-disgusting.com, my list of the best horror books of 2025, featuring @sgj.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, and MORE! bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...

WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES bleeds its way onto Bloody Disgusting’s Best Horror Books of 2025. A truly killer list. Check it out here: bit.ly/48Q5LKq @bloody-disgusting.com

How wild is it to find both WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES and SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE (not to mention WHY I LOVE HORROR) on Capes & Tights’ Books of the Year 2025: This Year’s 25 Unforgettable Books. Feeling really grateful that these stories are finding readers. Check out the full list here: bit.ly/48P5AyY

Can confirm that functionally infinite expanses of bucolic southern Italian sunshine have little to no effect on the giggling, glutinous unease I have after reading 'Nathan Ballingrud's Haunting Horror Recs' by @claymcleod.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/6TTi... My long awaited interview with @claymcleod.bsky.social is live. Clay's book, Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, is on pretty much everyones 2025 Best Of and a great work by and Dad, about a Dad, and for Dads. So much fun to chat with him!

This was such a fun one #booksky

Really fun interview where S.A. offers some great personal supernatural experiences!

Kissing cousins crime and horror fiction snuggle up for our final Fearmongers of 2025, as author S.A. Cosby spins a few true spooky yarns with host Clay McLeod Chapman Apple: bit.ly/4sbpDPB Spotify: bit.ly/4qmixpQ Amazon: bit.ly/4j6P6pi YouTube: bit.ly/3L3zwhJ @blacktopkid.bsky.social

Really lovely to see both ACQUIRED TASTE and WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES on Becky Spratford’s Best Horror Books of 2025. You can check out the complete list here: bit.ly/49nmchj

I’M THE TYPE OF IDIOT WHO DRIVES FOR HOURS JUST TO GO SEE A COOL NEW HORROR BOOKSTORE AND DOESN’T CHECK TO SEE IF THEY ARE OPEN WHY OH WHY SPINELESS READS WHYYYYY

Kissing cousins crime and horror fiction snuggle up for our final Fearmongers of 2025, as author S.A. Cosby spins a few true spooky yarns with host Clay McLeod Chapman Apple: bit.ly/4sbpDPB Spotify: bit.ly/4qmixpQ Amazon: bit.ly/4j6P6pi YouTube: bit.ly/3L3zwhJ @blacktopkid.bsky.social

Setting the holiday mood with WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES by Clay McLeod Chapman. 💙📚

VIRGINIAAAAH

My short story “pick of the litter” originally appeared in Makeout Creek #8 back 2023. The fine folks at this lovely lit journal have collected some of their best works to appear in an uber-paperback edition, featuring over a hundred contributor authors. You can order a copy here: bit.ly/3YElbLL

Book 96 of 2025: "Acquired Taste" by Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social

Worst holiday party ever

Okay so this is just about the coolest ornament ever. I don’t know how Taylor shrunk all of my books and squeezed them in here, but I think it’s probably because she’s a sorceress.

My favorite first reads of 2025—new releases + older books I finally got to. @ramseycampbell.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @almakatsu.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @agustinabazterrica.bsky.social @okokno.bsky.social @ivygrimes.bsky.social #BooksOf2025 #BookSky

Let's do a little Late Night Bar Talk! This week: 🥃 Ryan is enjoying  Ghostland by Edward Parnell and drinking his Lagavulin 16.

feeling festive

👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️ • @pages.from.the.shadows TWELVE DAYS OF BOOKMAS 📚🎅🏻 The holiday season is here, so I had to put a bookish spin on one of its most iconic and, let’s be honest, slightly annoying songs 😅

Hi, Margaret

Man I love @novelnightmares.bsky.social so much, @amberkreu.bsky.social is the best host, and @claymcleod.bsky.social is such a wonderful guest every time. I always end up inspired! ACQUIRED TASTE is an amazing collection, too.

Bookclub with @claymcleod.bsky.social is one of my favorite things to spend an evening doing. Thanks, as always, to @amberkreu.bsky.social for hosting. 🖤

S.A. Cosby just spun some spooky yarns right in time for the holidays. Thank you @blacktopkid.bsky.social

Toniiiiiiiiight @blacktopkid.bsky.social

Heavy metal mushrooms. I’m in @clashbooks.bsky.social

GET YOU SOME

Well deserved. This book hurt my damn feelings.

Have you read this small but mighty novella? If not, you should. Pre-paid Ebook codes in the replies. Happy reading 🖤📚🩸

Congratulations to @claymcleod.bsky.social! KILL YOUR DARLING won novella of the year in the THIS IS HORROR AWARDS!

Gave this one a star in @ala-booklist.bsky.social. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Really happy to hear KILL YOUR DARLING won Novella of the Year over at the This Is Horror Awards. Any time this particular story finds its readers, small as it is, quiet as it is, it just… I don’t know. It means a lot. Truly an honor. Thank you. Check out the other recipients here: bit.ly/4ai89e1

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👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️ • @readingglassespodcast In case you missed it, all of our Best Ofs this year!