3/3: Fundraiser: Death Live!
Death stalks us all, but for one night only, we've got a restraining order. It's a night of horror, tragedy, and comedy as the Moscow River Sharks team with storytellers Clay McLeod Chapman (The Pumpkin Pie Show) and Jennifer Sanders (PIT musical house team THEM) to explore the great beyond.
We won't be coming back. But you will.
Moscow River Sharks—http://mrscomedy.tumblr.com/
(Tom Brennan, Sean Duffy, Sarah Manton, Michael Pasternak, Greta Schwartz, Jane Slater)
Tonight's special guests:
Clay McLeod Chapman—http://claymcleodchapman.com/
Jen Sanders—http://thepit-nyc.com/performer/jen-sanders/
Theater 54, Shelter Studios
244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor
Tickets: $8 (All proceeds go to the Michael DiRoma Scholarship Fund at the Rochester Institute of Technology)
Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/246024012150182/
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3/10: Late Bloomer at the 2012 box[ur]shorts film festival
Our short film LATE BLOOMER is a finalist in the 2012 box[ur]shorts film festival in LA!
Once a year, we take the shorts out of the box and give them to a jury to vote for and determine the best of the best. The finalists are screened up on the big screen at the Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz in Los Angeles during the box[ur]shorts™ Film Festival Awards Night. Besides a strong lineup of short films, the evening features a red carpet, free drinks, Swiss chocolate and much more… Don't miss it!
Screening at the Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz in LA!
Details for the event: http://bit.ly/zWLq51
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3/16: True Story! at The Tank
The Moscow River Sharks return to the Tank on March 16th. Come enjoy a fabulous tale by author Clay McLeod Chapman, then thrill to MRS' improv inspired by that story.
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3/20: Developmental reading for Hornsbical STRANGER
Our musical STRANGER will appear in the York Theatre Company's Developmental Reading Series. We will have two industry-only reading presentations at 2 PM and 7 PM at The Griffin Theatre in The Pershing Square Signature Center on West 42nd Street.
STRANGER
Music and lyrics by Bruce Hornsby. Additional lyrics by Chip deMatteo. Book by Clay McLeod Chapman.
Directed by John Rando. Musical staging by Scott Wise. Musical direction is by Kimberly Grigsby.
The reading cast features Lance Guest (Million Dollar Quartet), Terence Archie (Ragtime), Eugene Barry-Hill (The Magdalene), Lisa Brescia (The Times They Are-a-Changin'), Ken Cavett (Taking Pictures), John Ellison Conlee (The Constant Wife), Riley Costello (Everyday Rapture), Rosa Curry (The Rocky Horror Show), Charles Franklin, Ron Holgate (1776, Kiss Me, Kate), Rachel Bay Jones (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Garrett Long (Bonnie and Clyde) and Karl Warden (La Cage aux Follies).
For more information, please visit: http://strangerthemusical.com
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3/27: Fear-Mongers: Fireside Chats about Horror Films
Fear-Mongers is back! We return to Dixon Place for our 3rd season on March 27th.
Our guests include:
Lloyd Kaufman
(President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of "The Toxic Avenger")
Jack Ketchum
(Author of "The Woman," "Offspring," and "The Girl Next Door")
Jim Mickle & Nick Damici
(Co-writers, director and star of "Stake Land")
Trav SD
(Author of "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous")
Everybody has a horror movie that scared the bejesus out of them as a kid. Every actor has one, too. Part talk-show, part reading-series, Fear-Mongers is an entertaining evening for both horror fans and general spectators alike. Come if you dare…
Tuesday, March 27th at 8 PM
at Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street (btn Rivington and Delancey)
Tickets: $10
For reservations, call: (212) 219-0736
For more info about Fear Mongers, visit us at: http://www.dixonplace.org/html/fearmongers.html
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4/12: “Why Children’s Books”
Hey, Virginia! Did a children's book change your life? Do you have special childhood memories attached to a certain book?
There is a wonderful exhibit coming to Richmond Public Library in April that explores the role of children's books in our lives. "Why Children's Books: Inspiring Generations" will feature essays from many notable Richmonders including Shaka Smart, Michael Rao, Alex Nyerges, Jack Spiro, Mayor Dwight Jones, Tim Kaine, Anne Holton, Jason Mraz, and many more (including me). These essays are personal stories from all over Richmond on children's books that make a real difference. Each story illustrates the power of children's books and their ability to inspire us.
Guess what book I chose from my childhood? Alvin Schwartz's one and only "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark."
The exhibit will be displayed at the Main Library beginning April 12th and will be up until May 29th. The essays will also be available to view at RPL branches during the month of September. "Why Children's Books" was organized by the Friends of the Richmond Public Library, a volunteer-based group that supports library programs across our city.
Richmond Public Library blog post: http://bit.ly/GZyw6H
Richmond Public Library website: http://bit.ly/GZyWtK
Please note: This is a gallery exhibit and not a performance/reading. I will not be at the library. Exhibit will remain up until May 29, 2012.
Richmond Public Library, Main Branch, 101 East Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23219
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4/13: HENLEY in Puerto Rico!
Get ready, Puerto Rico! HENLEY is coming for you…
Our short film will be screening at The 5th Annual Rincon International Film Festival, dubbed "The Most Celebrated Film Festival in Puerto Rico."
From the festival website: "The Rincón International Film Festival is proud to announce the celebration of 5 years of entertaining films! More than a tropical little escape, RIFF brings its audience together, not in stuffy theaters, but at beachfront resort screenings. You mingle with locals, filmmakers, and other film enthusiasts, while feeling the cool ocean breeze and hearing the waves gently sing in the background."
For more info on the festival: http://bit.ly/HMWnnR
...Anybody wanna go to Puerto Rico?
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4/14: HENLEY screens at the 19th James River Film Festival!
Our Sundance-selected short film HENLEY will be screening before fellow Richmond ex-pat Rick Alverson's feature THE COMEDY at the 19th James River Film Festival in Virginia. Team Henley will be on deck for a Q/A—so mama, I'm coming home!
19th Annual James River Film Festival
HENLEY & THE COMEDY
Saturday, April 14th—8 PM
at the Grace Street Theater
934 West Grace Street
For tickets and additional information: http://jamesriverfilm.com/
Craig and I got to guest blog for The Lake Placid Film Forum about our experiences shooting HENLEY. The Kid Who Could Talk To Deer: http://bit.ly/wjEkc8
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5/5: Hostage Song in Chicago!
Bound and blindfolded in a war-torn country, two hostages take refuge in music, memory and each other in the Chicago premier of this provocative indie-rock musical. The New Yorker called it "A high-decibel romantic comedy with a seriously unnerving edge" and Time Out New York called it "A devastatingly poignant, strangely philosophical meditation on salvation that just happens to sport a sick downbeat." Stories and book by Clay McLeod Chapman, music and lyrics by Kyle Jarrow, and directed by Ronan Marra.
Performances run from May 5 to June 9, 2012.
Performing at Signal Ensemble Theatre: http://bit.ly/yfvWhZ
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5/12: Sarah After Hours
A weekend celebration of the Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Program in the West Village. Please join us at the New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher Street, NYC 10014)
8:30 PM: Invited alumni companies & artists perform short works.
(I'll be test-running a new story that'll show my alma mater that I've made something of myself since donning the cap and gown. Maybe.)
For info on the New Ohio Theatre, go to: http://bit.ly/JpmTRv
For info on Sarah Lawrence, go to: http://bit.ly/IebB2l
Tickets: $10. Register online at http://alum.slc.edu/register or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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5/13: COMMENCEMENT in LA
Hanna Cheek will be performing Commencement for ONE NIGHT ONLY in Los Angeles.
Hanna has performed this one woman show for years, touring throughout North America, culminating in a sold out run in NYC. Commencement explores three women as they grapple with fear, grief and ultimately growth that comes in the aftermath of a tragic event.
The Daniel Stern Studio, 2636 South La Cienega Blvd (btn Venice and Washington)
Share some wine, cheese and good old fashioned theatre. This is a one night only engagement, and space is limited. You must RSVP by May 1st to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/348593838531039/
"Commencement will leave you wringing your hands in helpless empathy." —SEE Magazine
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5/24: Raconteurs & Roustabouts!
RACONTEURS & ROUSTABOUTS: Where Culture and Carnival Collide…
Live Music! Author Readings! Side Show Acts!
Singer/songwriter Shayfer James (recently dubbed "new and noteworthy" by i-tunes and featured on MTV.hive.com) tickles his tusks as logging saws sing.
Author/performer Clay McLeod Chapman grinds and kickflips his way through campire stories about kids with corn cob arms.
Circus side show, Honor Amongst Thieves, wolfs down Samaraii swords, juggles (and simultaneously shave with) recently stropped machetes.
Plus Alex Dawson will be reading a brand new story about a Chinese giant and an illustrated boy (with musical accompaniment by Shay Jay).
The Old Franklin School, 491 Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, NJ
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/K4xMMB
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6/2: TNT! (Totally New Theater)
I'll be reading a piece in Marblehead, MA in part of the 4th Annual TNT! 2012—Totally New Theater playwrights retreat. Participants will have staged readings of their 10-minute plays from our afternoon workshops, while I'll come up with something to share.
For more info on the retreat, read here: http://bit.ly/IFH64V
About the retreat: "TNT! 2012 – TOTALLY NEW THEATER!, a new play development retreat for playwrights produced by local playwright Shari Frost at Marblehead Little Theatre, is returning for its fourth annual explosion May 31 – June 3. The weekend will include morning workshops, free time in the afternoon to write, and an evening of ten-minute play readings (free and open to the public) on Saturday, June 2. Playwrights are invited to bring 2-3 works of varying lengths to develop. Clay McLeod Chapman a New York City based writer is returning as the program’s visiting faculty mentor."
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6/8: Soundtrack Series
Five artists—writers, comics, actors and musicians—tell the stories they forever connect with songs from their past. There's the song, the story behind the song, and the story inspired by the song. We're the third one. Dana Rossi hosts.
THE SOUNDTRACK SERIES PROM SHOW!
Friday, June 8th—Doors: 7 PM. Showtime: 8 PM. At (le) poisson rouge (158 Bleecker St)
All stories will be about that most memorable night. Storyslingers spinning tales from the bowels of this American rite of passage are Adam Wade, Cammi Climaco, Diana Spechler, Clay McLeod Chapman, Lindsey Moore Sproul, and Michael Criscuolo.
Afterwards, there will be a dance party and (more) drinking! Come dressed up—there's a photo booth and everything!
For more event info, go to: http://bit.ly/JpnEtA
For info on the Soundtrack Series, go to: http://www.soundtrackseries.com
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6/16: HENLEY at Lake Placid!
Bust out the adirondack chairs! Our short film HENLEY will be screening at The 2012 Lake Placid Film Forum. In part of the "North Country Shorts" program.
Saturday, June 16th at 4 PM at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.
Featuring “Stations” (Michael Fisher), “The Luckiest Man Alive” (Matthew Cortez Temple), “Return to Moose Pond” (Paul Frederick), “Disappearer,” (Vanessa Harris), “Tee’d Off” (Chris Federico) and the award-winning short “Henley” (Craig Macneill).
For more details: http://bit.ly/MqoviV
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6/19-6/27: HENLEY in Japan!
モーテル. That means HENLEY. We're big in Japan! Root for us as we compete in our first international shorts throw-down at the 2012 Short Shorts Film Festival in Tokyo.
We're one of five shorts from the U.S. to compete this year. From the Short Shorts website:
"Short films are an established art form, the "first step" to realizing the dreams of young filmmakers around the world. This festival was inaugurated in Tokyo’s Harajuku district in 1999 to introduce this new and exciting form of moving image to Japan. In 2004 the festival was officially accredited by the Academy Awards®, making our festival Grand Prix winner eligible for nomination in the Short Film Category of the Annual Academy Awards®. For 2012, we received more than 4400 entries from all over the world. 80 films have been selected from 27 countries/regions to screen in official competitions."
For more details: http://bit.ly/JHC6np
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6/19: Fear-Mongers: Fireside Chats about Horror Films
Everybody has a horror movie that scared the bejesus out of them as a kid. Every actor has one, too. Part talk-show, part reading-series, Fear-Mongers is an entertaining evening for both horror fans and general spectators alike. Come if you dare…
Glenn McQuaid (filmmaker, "I Sell the Dead" and "V/H/S") on the art of the anthology film!
http://www.isellthedead.com/
Alan Rowe Kelly (filmmaker, "Gallery of Fear" and "I'll Bury You Tomorrow") discusses the original "Dark Shadows!"
http://www.alanrowekelly.net/
Rob Kuhns previews scenes from "Year of the Living Dead," a new documentary about the making of George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead!"
http://robkuhns.com/
Mac Rogers (playwright, The Honeycomb Trilogy) shares his love for Wes Craven's "The Serpent and the Rainbow!"
http://www.macrogers.org/
Tuesday, June 19th at 8 PM
at Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street (btn Rivington and Delancey)
Tickets: $10
For reservations, call: (212) 219-0736
For more info on Fear Mongers, visit: http://www.dixonplace.org/html/fearmongers.html
Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/162780400399212/
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6/25-6/26: HENLEY in Big Sur!
Our short film HENLEY will be screening at The 2012 Big Sur International Short FIlm Screening Series. The BSISF showcases the best of short films from all over the world.
Shorts come from France, U.K., Ireland, Spain while HENLEY will be repping the states.
The July 25th screening will take place at The Museum of Monterey. The July 26th screening will be at the Henry Miller Memorial Library.
For details: http://bit.ly/Mqqkwl
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6/27: The Talent Show presents: SUMMER CAMP!
Roasting marshmallows, singing songs, best friends for a week, first kisses, packages from home, pranks, panty raids, and that one counselor who was a little too touchy-feely? That’s Summer Camp. The Talent Show returns with another show to entertain and amaze you, and probably make you squirm a little. Mark it on your calendar, start making your friendship bracelets, and pack your childhood insecurities! You’re gonna need ‘em. You say sing-along, I say Joan Crawford in 'Straight Jacket'! Let's call the whole thing camp!
Featuring…
Scout Mistress JOHN "LYPSINKA" EPPERSON!
Hide the marshmallows, it's MIKE ALBO!
The Man from C.A.M.P., MICHAEL R. JACKSON!
Kumbaya, it's MOLLY HAGER!
Jeepers creepers, it's EDGAR OLIVER!
Fireside chatter, CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN! (I'll be reading from REST AREA)
Plus your inimitable hosts, ELNA BAKER & KEVIN TOWNLEY
At littlefield (622 Degraw Street, Brooklyn)
Doors at 7, show at 8. Tickets are a mere $5 plus a small processing fee – advance purchase is highly recommended!
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/O5BDg0
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7/6: HENLEY returns to Rooftop!
Rooftop Films presents a free screening of our award-winning short film HENLEY in part of their New York Filmmakers showcase! One night only in Brooklyn!
Friday, July 6th. Doors: 8 PM. Live music: 8:30 PM. Films: 9 PM. FREE at the Metrotech Commons. For map and film lineup, go to: http://bit.ly/N9wwMu
From the Rooftop website:
"Many of the most innovative films and filmmakers in the world are coming out of Brooklyn. Kicking off our series in Downtown BK, we present daring shorts by local filmmakers. Many of the most innovative films and filmmakers in the world are coming out of Brooklyn. Kicking off our series in Downtown BK, we present daring shorts by local filmmakers. This collection of films includes many that play with form, showing radical new methods of storytelling. Others are astonishingly compact classic narratives. Fittingly for a group of emerging filmmakers, these films focus on coming-of-age, transitory times and places, and finding your place in a bustling world. And while this program offers a trip around the world (and under the sea), it all comes back to the creative vibrancy of New York."
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7/20-7/21: Viva la HENLEY! Screening in Mexico!
Our short film HENLEY has been selected to screen in competition at the Academy Award qualifying Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico. 214 films from 48 countries have been selected and our lil' roadkill entrepreneur Ted Henley is one of them!
Here's our synopsis:
Ted Henley vive con su padre en su motel en un tramo desolado de la carretera. Se gana su mesada recolectando la basura de la carretera. Pero cuando la caja registradora del motel se empieza a vaciar, Ted vuelve su atención a la conquista de una presa mayor.
For more info on the festival, click here: http://bit.ly/LJDGCv
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8/30: LATE BLOOMER screening at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego!
Our short film LATE BLOOMER will be screening in part of the "ALT.PICTURESHOWS" at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego!
Here's what the website says:
"Curated and founded by filmmaker and MCASD Film Curator Neil Kendricks, this special installment of alt.pictureshows features more than 20 intelligent, inspirational, and thought-provoking short films guaranteed to challenge, surprise, and engage adventurous film lovers in search of a true alternative to the usual multiplex experience."
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/PQhNTE
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9/1: Reading of The Penalty at The Kennedy Center
My new play "The Penalty" will be given a developmental reading at The Kennedy Center in part of their 11th Annual Page to Stage Festival.
The Kennedy Center hosts its eleventh annual Page-to-Stage festival, featuring more than 40 D.C.-area theater companies. This three-day event offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.
Here's a synopsis for "The Penalty":
New York City. 1920. A legless beggar pleads with the oncoming foot-traffic for spare change. Barely a nickel comes his way. But what these pedestrians don’t know is—this deformed derelict at their heels is none other than Blizzard, kingpin to the seedy underbelly of the Lower East Side. With an army of dancing girls at his beck and call, Blizzard is hell-bent on executing his master plan: Get his revenge against the prominent doctor who left him in this condition—and against the city that could’ve cared less. Enter the good doctor’s daughter, Sofie, an artist living in the LES. When she asks our vengeful vagrant to pose for a new portrait, completely unaware of Blizzard’s history with her father, the stage is set for a showdown between this trio.
Three people. Four legs. One game of revenge.
Inspired by the novel “The Penalty” by Gouverneur Morris, and its film adaptation written by Charles Kenyon and directed by Wallace Worsley.
"The Penalty" is a commissioned piece by The Apothetae, along with Dixon Place. The Apothetae is a company dedicated to the production of full-length plays about the "Disabled Experience." They have been invited to The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. to workshop four of their new original works at the Page to Stage Festival this coming September.
For more info about the Page to Stage fest: http://bit.ly/MhEbT3
For info on The Apothetae: http://bit.ly/MhEkpQ
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9/4: Horse Trade resident salon
In hopes of promoting this year's Pumpkin Pie Show, I'll be reading at the Horse Trade Theater Group's resident salon on Tuesday. Don't know what I'll be doing just yet, but it should be a blast. Come on out and meet the artists for this year's upcoming season!
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks btn 1st and Ave A)
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10/2: Tales from Beyond the Pale!
Glass Eye Pix, the fiercely independent film company behind STAKE LAND, THE INNKEEPERS and I SELL THE DEAD, in association with Clay McLeod Chapman’s FEAR-MONGERS: FIRESIDE CHATS ABOUT HORROR FILMS, is taking its successful audio dramas TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE out of the studio and onto the stage.
Journey beyond the pale the first four Tuesdays in October as Fessenden and Co. present a double-bill of original genre stories featuring live foley and sound effects by a team of audio artisans, performed by the very special voice talents of Sean Young, Michael Cerveris, Vincent D'Onofrio, James LeGros, Mark Margolis and many more!
My radio play "LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON," featuring Larry Fessenden and Vincent D'Onofrio, will be performed on October 2nd, alongisde Joe Maggio's "The Ram King."
Tuesday, Oct 2nd at 9:30 PM (doors open at 9 PM)
at Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street (btn Rivington and Delancey)
Tickets: $10
For reservations, call: (212) 219-0736
For more info on Tales, visit: http://talesfrombeyondthepale.com/
For more info on Fear Mongers, visit: http://www.dixonplace.org/html/fearmongers.html
Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/162780400399212/
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10/11-10/14: HENLEY at the 2012 New Hampshire Film Festival
Our short film HENLEY will be screening at the 2012 New Hampshire Film Festival.
Here's what the website has to say: "The New Hampshire Film Festival takes place each fall the weekend after Columbus Day in Portsmouth, NH. Our mission is to support the art of filmmaking and to present the best in recent independent cinema from the region, nation and world. NHFF unites professional filmmakers and screenwriters with industry experts, students, educators, and film lovers for an inspiring, four-day celebration of independent film through panels, workshops, screenings, and networking events."
For more info on the fest, click here: http://bit.ly/UE17Td
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10/15: Reading at Told!
I'll be reading my story "ascending the stairway" at this month's edition of TOLD!
Here's what the website says: "TOLD is a monthly storytelling show hosted by This American Life's Seth Lind. Each month New York's best performers take the stage to tell true stories related to a central theme. A special guest provides interludes to glue the evening together into a collective experience."
For more info and tix, click here: http://bit.ly/POzG49
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10/25-10/27: The Pumpkin Pie Show: Halloween All-Stars!
‘Tis the season for The Pumpkin Pie Show! This year, Horse Trade Theater Group (Heidi Grumelot, Artistic Director, Erez Ziv, Managing Director) will present a 3-night only all-star event, featuring the mono-perversities of Clay McLeod Chapman with performances by downtown diva Hanna Cheek (Sovereign), Abe Goldfarb (Bastard Keith), Brian Silliman (The Particulars), and Kevin Townley (Goodbar)! Vengeful bridesmaids, peek-a-booing pedophiles, and pumpkin lovin’ are all on the menu for this year’s show!
This year's stories include:
JOHNNY PUMPKINSEED (performed by Chapman): The tall tale of Johnny Appleseed gets a Halloween spin with this ode to pumpkin humping…
PLAYING DOCTOR (performed by Silliman): A routine checkup gets out of hand when this doctor decides to share his reasons for going into medicine…
CUL-DE-SAC DESCENDING (performed by Townley): "A 29-year-old pedophile posed as a 12-year-old boy for two years and attended an Arizona school for four months… even convincing two men who had been looking for boys on the internet that he was a minor and getting them to pretend to be his relatives."—News.com, 2007
THE WET ECHO (performed by Goldfarb): A turn of the century explorer stumbles upon the discovery of a lifetime: The clitoris.
BRIDESMAID (performed by Cheek): A woman gives a toast at her little sister's wedding, only to reveal a little more than the newlyweds bargained for…
THREE NIGHTS ONLY! October 25th, 26th and 27th at 8 PM. At UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place, btn 1st Ave and Ave A, NYC)
For tickets and other info, go to: http://bit.ly/OxY49H
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11/8: HENLEY screens in Wilmington, North Carolina!
Our short film HENLEY will be screening in part of the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina! About Cucalorus: "Cucalorus is a non-competitive festival focused on supporting innovative artists and encouraging creative exchange. The festival is held each November in historic downtown Wilmington, North Carolina with screenings of 150 films from around the world." For a full schedule, click here: http://bit.ly/REJiCs
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12/9: HENLEY screens in Alaska!
Our short film HENLEY will be screening at the Anchorage International Film Festival.
We are a part of the "Expectations" program. The website says: "The Anchorage International Film Festival is a 501(c)3 organization founded in 2001 and committed to independent filmmaking. Hundreds of volunteers, filmmakers, artists, sponsors, partners, and supporters make it possible to put on a two-week event every December."
Their tagline rocks: "Films Worth Freezing For."
For more on the fest, click here: http://bit.ly/Yzdq74
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1/9: Comic Release: Avengers
Marvel Universe AVENGERS: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #10
Written by TODD DEZAGO & CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
Art by CHRISTOPHER JONES & LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by KHOI PHAM
• When the loathsome Leader attacks NYC with an army of Monsters, the Avengers get ready for the fight of their lives, but it's the Astonishing Ant Man who holds the key to saving the day!
• That techno-terror Ultron seizes control of the Vision to attack Avengers mansion – but the Vision will show Ultron that his you can't reprogram a superhero!
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1/28: 15-Second Plays anthology release party
Book release party for the 15-Seconds Play anthology curated by The Debate Society. At Swift Hibernian Lounge (34 East 4th St): http://www.swiftnycbar.com/
Join us for drinks and readings from contributors! Free admission. This was a special collaboration with friends: Annie Baker, Mike Batistick, Adam Bock, Joshua Conkel, Jason Craig, Lisa D’Amour, Ann Marie Healy, Kyle Jarrow, Lally Katz, Kristen Kosmas, Kirk Lynn, Clay McLeod Chapman, Itamar Moses, Donna di Novelli, Sylvan Oswald, Reggie Watts.
Books will be on sale at a discount.
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2/1: Raconteurs & Roustabouts in Dirty Jersey!
Raconteurs & Roustabouts returns! Where Culture & Carnival Collide! Shayfer James, Clay McLeod Chapman, Honor Amongst Thieves, Mike Edison & more! Live & Inside!
Get there early and watch the H.A.T. side show upchuck fifteen foot flumes of flame into the blue black sky outside the theatre! Then stay for the carnie stories, the haunted diddies about side show sins, the rockabilly and ragtime, the samarai sword swallowing and the whirling power drill insertion.
For more info, go to: http://mad.ly/0ba673
The Union County Performing Arts Center, 1601 Irving Street, Rahway, New Jersey 07065
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2/6: Comic Release: Ultimate Spider-Man Digest Vol 2
By day, he's Peter Parker, mild-mannered high-school student. But by night, he's the Ultimate in super heroics: Spider-Man! See Spidey take on a parade of fiendish foes - including the Trapster, the Wrecker, the Big Wheel and ... a dragon!? Plus, Spider-Man becomes the most hated hero in NYC until one fantastic save shows him who his true fans are! Then, when Halloween goes haywire, can Spidey stop the costumed chaos - and save Peter Parker's greatest enemy from being held hostage in a hostile high school haunting? Finally, Spider-Man is outmatched when he takes on a new team of seasoned villains!
COLLECTING: Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man issues #5-8.
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2/7: HENLEY screens in Scotland!
Our short film HENLEY has been invited to screen at the 2013 Glasgow Film Festival! I've also gotten word that the McLeod clan just officially revoked my kinship.
Here's what the festival website has to say: "At Glasgow Film Festival audiences mingle with local filmmakers and talent from around the world. We present four heady days of competition screenings, retrospectives, masterclasses, live performances, parties and awards. The 6th edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival runs from 7-10 February 2013 and promises to be a friendly and feverish celebration of all things short and filmic."
For more info on the fest, click here: http://bit.ly/XVZKUC
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3/11: Commencement/Pumpkin Pie Show: RIP Red Room
The Pumpkin Pie Show bids a bittersweet farewell to one of the theatres it grew up in: Horse Trade's very own beautiful shoebox… The Red Room.
In a double-bill of some of our greatest hits, we pay our respects to one of our earliest venues in NYC sadly going the way of all those beautiful black boxes in the sky.
At 7 PM, Hanna Cheek will bring her no holds barred performance of COMMENCEMENT. See the show SEE Magazine says "... will leave you wringing your hands in helpless empathy."
At 8:30 PM, we will burn down the very walls of this theatre with our final Pumpkin Pie Show in the space. Nothing will be left of the stage once we're done. Watch us perform stories that got the neighbors calling the police. With performances by Chapman, Hanna Cheek, Abe Goldfarb, and special surprise guests from Pumpkin Pie Show's sordid past.
The Red Room, 85 East 4th Street, btn 2nd and 3rd Ave. Directly above the KGB Bar.
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3/20: The Penalty at The Lark
The Lark Play Development Center is hosting a private read-through of The Penalty written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Based on the novel "The Penalty" by Gouverneur Morris, and its film adaptation, starring Lon Chaney, written by Charles Kenyon and directed by Wallace Worsley.
This is a private event.
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4/5: Reading at Stampede Lab!
I've been invited to participate in Elephant Run District's upcoming Stampede Lab, a "...curated evening of indie theater works, where artists from Off Off’s heritage mix with the people making it happen today." Here's what the website says:
"3 downtown theater companies present up to 15 minutes of soon-to-be produced pieces. Smart, daring, funny, challenging, raw and focused. In between there are short interviews, conversations and trivia. No lame talk-backs, no excruciating soap boxes and no rambling work. The Chain Theatre in LIC is a brand new performance space, and Elephant Run District is thrilled to welcome them into the indie community with a Stampede featuring some of the best and brightest people working today."
I'll be test-running a new story that might (or might not) make it into this year's Pumpkin Pie Show. You may be the ones to decide this story's fate, so come hear if it's any good…
The Chain Theatre is located at 21-28 45th Road, LIC, steps from the 7 Train and close to the G, E & M Trains. Show begins at 8pm. Admission is freeeeeeee.
For more info, click here: http://elephantrundistrict.org/stampedelab/
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4/9: Reading at Rutgers!
I’m going to be a guest at Rutgers U. Creative Writing: Middle Grade & YA Fiction!
The class examines excerpts from several contemporary and classic novels with pre-teen protagonists that possess a proven appeal to readers of all ages, such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Colin Meloy’s Wildwood, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit; Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Phillip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, and…
…HOMEROOM HEADHUNTERS!
Sort of. I’ll be talking all about The Tribe and all the havoc they create. Can’t wait!
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4/18: Play reading in Idaho!
Company of Fools' newly commissioned piece by Clay McLeod Chapman who wrote last year's spine-tingling Commencement will have its first workshop in April as part of The Center's Home Front, a multidisciplinary project exploring the effects of war.
Tabitha Miller has been granted the capacity to communicate with the spirits of those soldiers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Or so she says…
Featuring Hanna Cheek and Denise Simone.
Company of Fools presents a reading of:
Guiding Light by Clay McLeod Chapman
April 25, 7PM. FREE
The Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Sponsored in part by Kathy Abelson, Castellano-Wood Family, Tim Mott, Priscilla Pittiglio
For more info, go to: http://bit.ly/YHIiNs
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5/1: Comic Release: Avengers Digest Vol 3
Earth’s Mightiest action bounds off Disney XD and into your hands! Faced with a meteorite zooming toward Earth, only Ms. Marvel can save the day! Black Widow and the Wasp team up to take down Dr. Doom! When the Leader attacks with an army of monsters, Ant-Man holds the key to victory! Ultron seizes control of the Vision, but the android will prove you can’t reprogram a hero! Captain America must fight the deadly Nightmare in his own dreams! It’s a battle of mythic proportions as Thor takes on Hercules, the Prince of Power! When Captain America hulks out, only Bruce Banner can help him! Thor and the Avengers show Loki what it means to be a brother! No need to wait for Sunday morning — grab the Avengers’ adventures today!
COLLECTING: Marvel Universe Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes issues #9-12.
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5/4: HENLEY at the Stanley Film Festival!
Our short film HENLEY screens at the 1st annual Stanley Film Festival at the Stanley Hotel in Fort Estes, Colorado! Part of Shorts Program II.
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/Z6v0hU
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5/4: CO: Reading at the Stanley Film Fest/Estes Valley Library!
Clay McLeod Chapman will be reading from his new novel at the 1st Annual Stanley Film Festival. The SFF showcases classic and contemporary independent horror cinema all set at the haunted and historic Stanley Hotel in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado.
This is a FREE family friendly event in partnership with the Estes Valley Library: 335 Elkhorn Avenue, Estes Park, CO, 80517
For more info, go to: http://bit.ly/17paGfi
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5/4: The Pumpkin Pie Show at The Stanley Film Festival!
The Pumpkin Pie Show comes to the 1st Annual Stanley Film Festival in Estes Park, Colorado. The Stanley Hotel served as the source of inspiration for the Overlook, the haunted hotel at the center of Stephen King's class The Shining…
Part ghost story-telling session, part boxing match, part shamanistic ritual, author Clay McLeod Chapman's The Pumpkin Pie Show has established itself over the last two decades as the bastard love-child of Artaud and Poe. Packed with enough emotional intensity to feel like a rock concert rather than just spinning a yarn, the Pumpkin Pie Show is pure campfire stories for adults…
For more info on the festival, click here: http://bit.ly/Z6uUXA
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5/7: Book Release: Homeroom Headhunters
At long last! The long-awaited release of book one in The Tribe Trilogy… Homeroom Headhunters! Pick it up at your local bookstore or here at Amazon: http://amzn.to/VdhauD
School is in session, and today's lesson is how to stay alive. Spencer Pendleton better take notes. He'll have to learn the Law of Claw and Fang to survive not just the bullies, but those who bully the bullies: the Tribe, a group of academic headhunters who don't play by anyone's rules except their own. They live off cafeteria food and wield weapons made out of everyday school supplies. They've made Greenfield Middle their hunting ground… and they're looking for new blood.
With a darkly candid sense of humor, author Clay McLeod Chapman reveals the wilder side of middle school, where students embrace their inner animal and go native.
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5/9: NYC: Book release paaaaaaaartay!
It’s time! Time to throw down! Time to raise the roof! Time to party haaaaaaaard!
New York’s uh-mazing BOOKS OF WONDER is hosting a release party for HOMEROOM HEADHUNTERS and you’re totally going to want to be there. Come hear Clay McLeod Chapman read from the book, stick around for nibbles and libations, and get branded by THE TRIBE before the night is through with your very own temporary tattoo.
And if anyone from the front row ends up losing their head during the reading, well… it’s just not a book release party until there’s at least one decapitation, right?
6 PM at Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th Street, NYC, 10011. FREEEEEEE
For more info, click here: http://www.booksofwonder.com/
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5/18: VA: Reading at the Twin Hickory Public Library!
Writer Clay McLeod Chapman, well known for his stories and shows for grown-ups, is bringing out a new book for teens, Homeroom Headhunters, book one in the “Tribe Trilogy.” Clay is a truly fantastic story-teller. He’ll also talk about what it’s like to be a writer. Books will be available for sale and author signing at the end of the visit.
Twin Hickory Public Library, 5001 Twin Hickory Road Glen Allen, VA 23059
For more info, go to: www.henricolibrary.org
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5/19: VA: Reading at Chop Suey Books!
Clay McLeod Chapman returns to Richmond! For the first time in a million years, he will be reading in his hometown from his new book. You should really, really be there. Really.
Chop Suey Books, 2913 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23221
For more info, go to www.chopsueybooks.com
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5/20: VA: Reading for the Boys & Girls Club!
Clay McLeod Chapman will be reading from Homeroom Headhunters for the Petersburg Boys & Girls Club. This is a private event.
Blanford Academy, 816 E. Bank Street, Petersburg, VA, 23803
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5/21: VA: Reading & Meeting & Greeting!
Clay McLeod Chapman will be reading at the coolest venue in Petersburg — Sycamore Rouge! Get your copy of HOMEROOM HEADHUNTERS first from the author himself and have him sign your new book! Also receive an SOL-based study & activity guide to accompany the book as you read!
$15 for kids (includes book & study guide). Free for parents. Open to the public.
at Sycamore Rouge, 306 N. Sycamore Street, Petersburg, VA, 23803
For more info, click here: http://www.sycamorerouge.org/
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5/21: VA: Reading at the Petersburg Public Library!
People of Petersburg! Homeroom Headhunters is coming your way! Get ready for a reading/book-signing with Clay McLeod Chapman.
For more info, go to: http://www.ppls.org/
At the Petersburg Public Library
137 S. Sycamore Street
Petersburg, VA 23803
And it's freeeeeeeee!
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6/1: MA: Reading at Wit and Whimsy Books!
Clam chowder! Fresh lobster! And HOMEROOM HEADHUNTERS! Come hear me read at Marblehead’s very own Wit and Whimsy Books. It’s gonna be wicked awesome! For more info, click here: http://witandwhimsybooks.com/
Wit and Whimsy Books: 60 Atlantic Avenue, Marblehead, MA, 01945
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6/4: True Story at The PIT!
New York's best storytellers bring their real life stories to stage in True Story. Each story will inspire the True Story Players to create a wholly improvised piece of theatre.
This month's storyteller is Clay McLeod Chapman (The Pumpkin Pie show, The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters)
This month's TRUE STORY PLAYERS are Langston Belton (Grounds for Divorce), Tom Brennan (Walter), Cathleen Carr (The Scene), Sean Duffy (Headgear), Geoff Grimwood (THEM), Meredith Hackman (Headgear), Monique Moses (Heist) and Julia Morales (C. Monster)
Featuring GILDA
Gilda is Martha Cipolla, Steph Garcia, Frankie Johnson, Amanda Nicastro, Nikki Plyem, Maura Ruth, Greta Schwartz, and Jane Slater
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/536984669674101/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
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6/8: Courtelyou Library Friends
The Courtelyou Library Friends Local Author Series
Clay McLeod Chapman will read from his new YA/middle-grade novel Homeroom Headhunters. After practically burning down his last school, Spencer wants to keep out of trouble at Greenfield Middle but between attacks from the school bully and being recruited by the wild tribe of dropouts hiding in the building, Spencer seems headed for permanent detention.
At the Courtelyou Library, 1305 Courtelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY 11226
For more info, go to: http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou
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6/14-6/29: The Penalty!
New York City. 1920. A legless beggar pleads with the oncoming foot-traffic for spare change. Barely a nickel comes his way. But what these pedestrians don’t know is—this deformed derelict at their heels is none other than Blizzard, kingpin to the seedy underbelly of the Lower East Side. With an army of dancing girls at his beck and call, Blizzard is hell-bent on executing his master plan: Get his revenge against the prominent doctor who left him in this condition—and against the city that could’ve cared less.
3 People. 4 Legs. 1 Game of Revenge.
The Penalty features an ensemble cast, integrated with able-bodied and actors with disabilities with songs by composer Robert M. Johanson (Nature Theatre Of Oklahoma's Life and Times Episodes 1-4). The Penalty is inspired by the novel of the same name by Gouverneur Morris, and its film adaptation, starring Lon Chaney, written by Charles Kenyon and directed by Wallace Worsley.
Written by CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN. Directed by KRIS THOR. Music and Lyrics by ROBERT M. JOHANSON and CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN. Commissioned by DIXON PLACE & THE APOTHETAE.
TICKETS: $15 (advance), $18 (door), $12 (stu / sen) or TDF
Six performances only! Fridays and Saturdays, June 14th-29th at 7:30 PM.
Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street, NYC, 10002
For more info, click here: http://www.dixonplace.org/html/Penalty_Jun13.html
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6/15-6/16: COMMENCEMENT in Tasmania!
The University of Tasmania's student directed festival will be presenting a two-night only production of Commencement.
The third-year Bachelor of Contemporary Arts Theatre students of the Tasmanian College of the Arts (Inveresk) are very proud to present 2013's Student Directed Festival: The Dark Side of the Room. Bringing you plays from playwrights well-known, well-loved, home-grown and local, this is an exciting event in Launceston's Performing Arts scene, with twenty plays being performed in seven exciting seasons, spanning four whirlwind weeks at the Annexe Theatre, Inveresk.
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/19HaWHz
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6/20: Hostage Song in Florida!
Arts Garage Summer Tune-Up series is a new initiative of The Theatre at Arts Garage to provide the greater Delray Beach community with an immersion into the newest work in American musical theatre being written today. If you are a musical theatre fan, but are tired of a constant diet of the old “war-horses,” and have been wondering what our best and brightest young musical theatre talent has been creating, these four new musicals, performed in a play-reading concert format, with scripts in hand, will illuminate the innovative musical and playwriting styles that are coming from the minds and imaginations of these extraordinary playwright/composers.
Linda and Robert Schmier, Executive Producers
HOSTAGE SONG, Thu, 7:30pm, 6/20/13 ($15-20)
by Clay McLeod Chapman & Kyle Jarrow
In this remarkably original rock musical, a man and woman are blindfolded and bound. Jennifer is a journalist who was kidnapped at a check-point. Jim is a contractor working for the Pentagon. We are never told exactly when or where the events take place, but the details strongly suggest a current conflict involving America. Slumped in an empty cell, Jennifer and Jim pass the time by playing games or exchanging reminiscences about their families and the turbulent circumstances that have brought them together.
Tickets are $15-$20 in advance, $5 more at the door.
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/10KU3Ux
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6/20: Funny Story at Brooklyn Brewery
Tom Shillue's FUNNY STORY. Comics. Writers. Stories. Laughs. Renowned storyteller and handsome beer-lover Tom Shillue brings his talents to the Tasting Room as the host of Funny Story, a comedy show with a beautifully simple premise: tell us your best story.
At the Brooklyn Brewery. 79 North 11th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249.
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6/25: Book Release: Breakfast On Mars
Breakfast On Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays. Edited by Rebecca Stern and Brad Wolfe. Your favorite authors take a stab at the dreaded essay assignment!
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7/10: Dead Darlings!
I'm going to blow the dust off of something really, really awful for this event.
Dead Darlings is a “monthly show in which writers perform their beloved dead darlings- cut, killed or otherwise dead material that is resurrected in the perfect venue- the beautiful upstairs salon of Judson Memorial Church!”
Come see comics Liam McEneaney and Kathy Salerno, memoirist Kambri Crews and playwright/screenwriter Clay McLeod Chapman read their weirdest and worst!
at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC
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7/16: Reading at Chop Suey!
Richmond! He's baaaaaaaaaack… On Tuesday, July 16th at 6 pm, Chop Suey Books will host a reading by Clay McLeod Chapman. Clay will be reading from The Tribe: Headroom Headhunters, the first volume in a trilogy about a group of wily middle schoolers who have abandoned their homes to live in a make-shift community above the ceiling in their middle school. Clay always provides a lively and engaging reading, so make sure you come early to get a front seat to the ensuing mayhem. FREE!
Chop Suey Books: 2913 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA, 23221
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9/6-9/7: Soundtrack Series in Austin, TX!
Austin! I'm coming for you! I'll be reading in Texas for the very first time in part of the Soundtrack Series for two nights in a row!
The Soundtrack Series has been featured in the New York Times, BUST, NY1, “Above and Beyond” in the New Yorker, a Critic’s Pick in Time Out New York, a Gothamlist Event of the week, and included among the “Best Events and Things to Do in NYC” by CBS News New York. Performers and writers get on the mic to tell the hilarious or heart wrenching stories and memories they forever associate with a song from their past. We all love music. But The Soundtrack Series celebrates just how much we all live music.
At the Rollins Studio Theater at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, TX 78740.
For ticket info, click here: http://thelongcenter.org/
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9/13: Listen to Tales from Beyond the Pale Season 2 online!
GLASS EYE PIX’s Acclaimed Genre Audio Dramas “TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE” Returns With Season Two, Launching Nationwide on Friday September 13th…
Glass Eye Pix, the maverick prolific production company responsible for a vast slate of captivating independent genre movies including THE LAST WINTER, I SELL THE DEAD, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, STAKE LAND and THE INNKEEPERS, announces the wide release of the highly anticipated second season of their sensory rich genre audio dramas TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE via the online store at http://www.talesfrombeyondthepale.com.
Having previously released 10 studio-recorded TALES for Season One, co-creators Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid decided to up the ante and stage a second season of TALES before a live audience at the performance venue Dixon Place in downtown New York City. TALES season two delves even further beyond the pale with eight explosive tales to tickle your fancy and curdle your blood.
Inspired by the classic radio shows of Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and Orson Welles, each TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE is a half hour downloadable audio program chillingly brought to life by the extraordinary vocal talents of Sean Young, Vincent D’Onofrio, Mark Margolis, James LeGros, Michael Cerveris, Kate Lyn Sheil, and Jonny Orsini, to name just a few.
Hosted by Glass Eye Pix CEO Larry Fessenden, each thirty-minute episode is written and directed by one of today’s horror auteurs including Joe Maggio (BITTER FEAST), Clay McLeod Chapman (HENLEY), Jeff Buhler (THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN), Ashley Thorpe (THE DEMON HUNTSMAN), Kim Newman (ANNO DRACULA), Glenn McQuaid (I SELL THE DEAD), Simon Barrett (YOU’RE NEXT), and Larry Fessenden (BENEATH).
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9/21: NJ: Raconteurs & Roustabouts!
Another thrilling edition of Raconteurs & Roustabouts returns to New Jersey! A vaudevillean variety show that puts acclaimed writers together with celebrated musicians, award-winning film shorts, and astonishing side show acts.
Featuring international bestselling authors Arthur Phillips (The Tragedy of Arthur, The Egyptologist) and Lev Grossman (The Magicians, The Magician King); freakcentric fabulists Clay McLeod Chapman (The Pumpkin Pie Show; Hostage Song) and E.B. Hudspeth (The Resurrectionist); folk noir outlaws Arlan Feiles (Weeds Kill the Wild Flowers) and Wesley Stace (FKA John Wesley Harding; Wesley Stace); and confounding carnies The Amazing Traveling Circus Side Show with Daniel Danson Hanson (of Oddities fame) and his breathtaking Cabinet of Curiosity. Plus a surprise film short. Hosted by Alex Dawson, resident ringmaster for the late Raconteur (labeled “an avant garde, guerrilla street theater emporium” by The New York Times). Books & CDs on sale at event. Additional guests may be added; line-up subject to change.
At the Hamilton Stage, Union County Performing Arts Center , 1601 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ 07065.
For more info, click here: http://www.ucpac.org/
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9/28: Alexandria Story Festival!
The 4th Annual Alexandria Story Festival
T.C. Williams High School
3330 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302
As always, the Alexandria Story Festival is a FREE event for children and their families.
Wright to Read is a charity that recruits, screens, trains and supports volunteers who tutor elementary students in reading and provide a mentoring relationship. Wright to Read started serving Alexandria students in 1979 and continues to promote literacy in Alexandria through our tutoring and mentoring programs and special events such as the Alexandria Story Festival.
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10/10-10/26: The Pumpkin Pie Show: BOOGEDY BOO
Horse Trade Theater Group proudly presents their annual Halloween tradition, THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: BOOGEDY BOO with brand new spine tingling stories by Clay McLeod Chapman (Hostage Song at The Kraine; The Penalty at Dixon Place) and performances by Chapman, Hanna Cheek (Mac Rogers’ Sovereign; Goodbar with Waterwell), and Pumpkin Pie newcomer Ana Asensio (Medea ́s Get Some Issues at the 2012 United Solo Festival) with noir-infused musical interludes by Shayfer James.
The show will play at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) October 10-26, Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. Tickets ($18; $15 students and seniors) are available by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or online at http://bit.ly/1bIHRyw.
The Pumpkin Pie Show returns with a fresh slice of brand new campfire tale telling. In true Halloween spirit(s), this year’s show tackles a whole bevy of everyday horrors, including a case of post-partum depression that quickly descends into Edgar Allan Poe-style madness, possessed hair extensions, haunted vinyl, masturbating in the middle of a Broadway matinee of Phantom of the Opera, and much, much more literary depravity.
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10/23: The Tribe comes to DC!
Look who's going to be on a panel at the best independent bookstore in the DC/Virginia area? THE TRIBE is coming to Hooray for Books just in time for Halloween!
I'll be taking part in an author panel called “Strange & Scary Schools,” alongside Nathan Kotecki (Suburban Strange) and Jessica Spotswood (Born Wicked).
Hooray for Books: 1555 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. For more info, click here: http://www.hooray4books.com/
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10/27: KGB Bar Reading: Halloween Horror Night!
Halloween Horror Night: Clay McLeod Chapman & Sarah Langan
FREE at the KGB Bar: 85 East 4th Street btn 2nd and 3rd Ave
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. He is the author of rest area, a collection of short stories, the novel miss corpus, and the new middlegrade series The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters. He teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University.
SARAH LANGAN is a three-time Bram Stoker award winner. Her short story “The Lost” won the Bram Stoker Award in 2008 and her novels, The Missing and Audrey’s Door won in 2007 and 2009. Sarah grew up on Long Island and went to college in Waterville, Maine, where she published her first story, “Sick People”. She got her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her influences include Russell Banks, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Kelly Link, Somerset Maugham, Lorrie Moore, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, Eudora Welty, the films of Ingmar Bergman and Will Ferrell, all media relating to Rodney Dangerfield, the movie The Jerk, and the band The Eels. In addition to writing novels, she is also pursuing her Master’s in Environmental Health Science/Toxicology at New York University.
The KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction Series showcases the finest in contemporary fiction from new and emerging writers.
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10/31: Dandy Darkly’s Variety of the Damned 2
Manhattan's haunted host of cruel and unusual cabaret, Dandy Darkly, returns to Dixon Place for his annual Halloween variety extravaganza—Dandy Darkly's Variety of the Damned 2!
Joining Dandy will be the raucous rock n' rolling glamour-puss Killy Mockstar Dwyer! The lithe and limber lothario, Johnny Panic! The fabulous fabulist Matthew K. Johnson! The gravity-defying exquisite aerialist Lea McGowan! The alabaster boylesqueer Lewd Alfred Douglas! Horror storyteller Clay McLeod Chapman! And a macabre multimedia invocation by Arch Cape (Rachel C. Blumberg)
And as always a brand new, boner chilling creation by yours ghouly—Dandy Darkly… THE BLOODMOTHER! An infernal, maternal mystery exploring the cult of pop culture and one immaterial ghoul's frantic quest for internet relevance via rapid reinventions.
Performance is Halloween Night, October 31st at 10:30. Audience is encouraged to dress for the occult occasion! Tickets are $20 ($15 IN ADVANCE OR IN COSTUME on Halloween night.) Call the Dixon Place box office for tickets at 212-219-0736.
Twice named “one of five things to do this week” in Time Out New York, Dandy Darkly's variety shows are a collaborative showcase for downtown New York's next generation of cabaret superstars.
Scare you there! xoxo DD
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12/18: Amazing Spider-Man hits the shelves!
Amazing Spider-Man #700.4 hits the shelves! Pick up your own copy (or ten copies) just in time for Xmas! A young boy must learn he can’t rely on super heroes like Spider-Man to stand up against bullies in 12 O’CLOCK HIGH by Clay McLeod Chapman (AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES) and Javier Rodriguez (DAREDEVIL)
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1/10: Sky Pony @ Prototype Fest
As part of the second annual Prototype Festival, Sky-Pony will present four themed nights of performance inspired by the FOUR HUMORS of the Classical World. Friday Jan 10 @ 11pm Melancholic! Special guest Hanna Cheek performing a piece by Clay McLeod Chapman From the Greeks up through the Elizabethans, western culture believed different bodily fluids were linked to fundamental personality types. There was the Melancholic (heartbroken and yearning: Jan 10), the Sanguine (pleasure-seeking and joyous: Jan 11), the Phlegmatic (thoughtful and reflective: Jan 12), and the Choleric (hot-tempered and vengeful: Jan 13). We’ll serve up four unique sets on four consecutive nights, each inspired by one of these humors. Yeah, it’s kind of a weird idea. But isn’t that what you’ve come to expect from Sky-Pony? January 10-13, 2014 Four Nights / Four Humors At the Prototype Festival HERE Arts Space 145 Ave of the Americas, NYC Tickets $20 For more info, click here: http://www.fabulousentourage.com/SkyPony/gigs.html
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1/13: Commencement in NYC!
Horse Trade Theater Group's audience is young, diverse, hip, artistic, and plugged in! Come see some of the best indie theatre of the year, back by popular demand for a limited time only! Horse Trade's 2014 Encore Series will feature performances by Hanna Cheek in Clay McLeod Chapman's Commencement.
Hanna Cheek plays three women drawn together in the grim aftermath of a high school shooting-the mother of the shooter, one of the shooter's victims, and the mother of that victim. It is a deep exploration of the lives of three women that, according to SEE Magazine “... will leave you wringing your hands in helpless empathy.”
Mon 1/13 @ 7 PM at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery). Tickets ($3-$18) are available online at http://www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/1bmBM9j
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1/26: ALA Midwinter Meeting
January 26, 2014. 9 AM to 5 PM
At the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
I’ll be signing books at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. If you’re in Philly and want to get your copy of Homeroom Headhunters signed, come on out! I’ll be hanging out at The Library of Virginia’s exhibition booth all day Sunday.
For more info, click here: http://alamw14.ala.org/
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1/29-2/1: Hostage Song in Wisconsin!
Hostage Song returns! This time in Madison, Wisconsin. Music Theatre of Madison strives to challenge, educate and enrich by performing lesser known pieces that illustrate unique issues, ideas and subject matter.
Music and Lyrics by Kyle Jarrow. Book by Clay McLeod Chapman. Directed by Catie O'Donnell.
In an unspecified time and place, Jim and Jennifer are hostages, blindfolded and awaiting their fate. In an effort to distract themselves from their inevitable doom, they invent a life together beyond prison walls. As the reality of their demise becomes clearer, the fantasy becomes more vivid. Stunning rock music leads the story forward as the two grapple in the dark for the last bit of love they will ever know.
MTM's production will be only the fourth staging of this musical, but in New York and Chicago it has been deemed “breathtaking”, “haunting” and “devastatingly poignant.” HOSTAGE SONG is not to be missed, for it takes the unconventional musical, and MTM, to a whole new level.
January 29-February 1, 2014
The Frequency, 121 W. Main St.
For more info, click here: http://www.mtmadison.com/hostage-song.html
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3/4: Grace’s Smile
Join us for a one night performance of 8 stories from the book “Rest Area” by Clay McLeod Chapman. These stories are a roller-coaster ride of emotions that are dark, humorous, edgy and haunting. Hold on tight as you are taken on a journey as a father waits for his daughter at a rest area to an adventurous carnival ride that never ends to a deaf woman's sexual experience on a bus…and more.
As you enter NO VACANCY the impressively restored 1902 Victorian home you are surrounded by dark wood paneling, red velvet banquets, a fireplace and the sense that spirits are lurking around every corner. Grab a drink and settle into the garden-style courtyard as the DJ and live musician set the tone for the night.
We have gathered an ensemble of directors for each story and an ensemble of actors each telling these tales.
Directors: Christina Taylor Harris, Marjo-Riikka Makela, Nathan Kornelis, Will Pellegrini. John Pick, Jessica Silvetti. Ethan Kogan. Mike Jones. Andrew Wheeler
Starring: Scott Harris. Jack Turner. Molly O'Neill. George Ketsios. Elizabeth Prestel. Brian Kavanaugh. Marcos Menendez. Taylor Coffman, Anna Giles. Cameron Dye, Hillary Baack
Produced by: George Ketsios / pushstop 1635 productions
Music/DJ: Patrick Belton / Dub Gypsy
Tuesday, March 4th at 8 PM
at No Vacancy: 1727 N. Hudson Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
For tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/571956
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3/6: New play at STICKY
Next up in Sticky at Beauty Bar…
10 minute plays
because anything that can happen can happen in a bar
Thursday, March 6th
7:30 pm, $10 tix avail until 02/15, then $15: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/575101
Beauty Bar
249 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
7 short plays by: Brooke Berman, Clay McLeod Chapman, Libby Emmons, Samantha Jones, Eduardo Machado, Corey Pajka and Kelly Stuart
performances and direction by: Ali Ayala, Michael Domitrovich, Libby Emmons, John Fico, Kevin R. Free, Barrie Gelles, Amina Henry, Brandon Jones, Samantha Jones, Rebecca Lally, Eduardo Machado, David Marcus, Jimmy Pravasilis, Lindsay Torrey
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4/1: Homeroom Headhunters in paperback!
Book one of the Tribe trilogy is now out in paperback! Pick up your softbound copy today!
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Nine Signs of the Times
NINE SIGNS OF THE TIMES
A theater festival to benefit the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's education programs
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe presents Nine Signs of the Times, a festival of new short plays and monologues by celebrated dramatists. The festival features nine compelling new works about life transitions and the pivotal moments that shape our identities. Proceeds from the festival will benefit the Cafe's literacy and afterschool programs, which serve thousands of students from disadvantaged communities.
Playwrights include: John Guare, Laura Shaine, Daniel F. Levin, Neil LaBute, Clay McLeod Chapman, Halley Feiffer, Quincy Long, Caridad Svich and Daniel Gallant.
With THE WET ECHO written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Performed by Abe Goldfarb
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and $12 for students with ID. For more info, click: http://www.nuyorican.org/nuyorican-poets-cafe/theater-performances
At the Nuyorican Poets Cafe: 236 East 3rd Street, NYC 10009
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4/22: Camp Cannibal hits the shelves!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the bookstore… The Tribe returns! Camp Cannibal, the second installment in the Tribe trilogy, hits the shelves in hardback.
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4/26: Camp Cannibal in Coloradooooooooo!
Event especially for ages 10 and up. Held in conjunction with the Stanley Film Festival.
Author Clay McLeod Chapman will read from his newest book for middle-school “Camp Cannibal.” This is the brand-new second installment of his three-part trilogy “The Tribe”.
The “Tribe” series has been called a “comic 'Lord of the Flies' for the modern era.” This special author event is free and open to all.
Hosted and sponsored by the Estes Valley Library: http://www.evlcalendar.org/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=13184
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4/30: CAMP CANNIBAL BOOK RELEASE PARTY!
It is time to partaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
We will be celebrating the release of THE TRIBE II: CAMP CANNIBAL at the infamous KGB Bar. Come hear me read from the new book and maybe a little from the first as well.
Wednesday, April 30th from 7 to 9 PM. Books will be sold at the event.
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street btn 2nd and 3rd Avenue
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/1hLnbDb
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5/1: The All Ages Show: RU’s 1st Annual YA & Juvenile Fiction Conference
Presented by Rutgers University & The Writers House.
Featuring Lev Grossman (The Magicians), Catherynne Valente (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland), Aaron Starmer (The Riverman), and Clay McLeod Chapman (The Tribe), among others.
Readings/Signings/Panel.
In addition to readings/signings by the above guests, the conference will discuss and debate the controversies surrounding books that defy easy categorization (considering questions like: What exactly is a children’s book? Can a book be too smart for kids? Shouldn’t grownups read grownup books?).
FREE & open to all!
Plus complimentary Starbuck coffee & baked goods throughout the event!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Readings
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Meet & Greet/Signings
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM Panel/Audience Q&A
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Signings
Note: The RU Barnes & Noble is pretty palatial. Their event area is on the second floor in front of a giant clock window (with the green of the RU campus behind); it's all very Hugo Cabret.
LEV GROSSMAN is a novelist and journalist, notably the author of The Magicians and The Magician King. He is a senior writer and the head book critic for Time Magazine. Grossman has written for The New York Times, Wired, Salon.com, Lingua Franca, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, The Wall Street Journal, and The Village Voice. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle and as the chair of the Fiction Awards Panel. In writing for Time, he has interviewed Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, and J.K. Rowling. He wrote one of the earliest pieces on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. “The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. Hogwarts was never like this.”George R. R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones. Visit him at levgrossman.com
CATHERYNNE VALENTE is a Tiptree–, Andre Norton–, and Mythopoeic Award–winning novelist, poet, and literary critic. Her novels have been nominated for Hugo, Haiku WorldCup Fantasy, and Locus Awards. In 2011, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making debuted at #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Its sequel, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, was featured at #5 on Time Magazine’s Best Fiction of 2012 list. She is a regular panelist on the multiple Hugo Award winning podcast SF Squeecast. “A mad, toothsome romp of a fairy tale—full of oddments, whimsy, and joy.” Holly Black, author of Doll Bones, and the Spiderwick Chronicles. Visit her at catherynnemvalente.com.
AARON STARMER is a novelist, notably the author of the acclaimed YA novel, The Riverman. His works is dark and sophisticated and often compared to that of Neil Gaiman. Visit him at aaronstarmer.com.
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN is an adult and middle grade novelist, playwright, screenwriter, performer, and freelance writer for Marvel Comics. Described as a “tattletale psychiatrist turned rodeo clown” by author Tom Robbins, Chapman has spent the past decade in New York theaters reinventing the art of the campfire tale with his critically acclaimed Pumpkin Pie Show, a rigorous session of theatrical tale telling. He’s been called “hauntingly poetic” by Time Out New York and “intense…gripping, often unnerving,” by the New York Times. He’s been compared to William Faulkner by The Village Voice and The Scotsman, Scotland’s leading newspaper, called him “Stephen King transformed into a punk, preacher poet.” He’s currently finishing up book three of his dark, middle-grade trilogy, The Tribe (Disney), described as “Fight Club meets The Boxcar Children.” His screenplay, The Boy, (based on his short film, Henley) is presently in production with Elijah Wood's production company, The Woodshed. He teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.
More details soon.
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5/3: Twin Hickory Public Library
Writer Clay McLeod Chapman returns to talk about the newest book in his Tribe series, Camp Cannibal. Clay is a truly fantastic story-teller! He’ll read from the book and talk about what it’s like to be a writer. Books will be available for sale and signing at the end of the visit.
At the Twin Hickory Public Library, 5001 Twin Hickory Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059
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5/3: Reading at Chop Suey Books!
Author and former Richmonder Clay McLeod Chapman returns to read from The Tribe: Camp Cannibal, his follow-up to last year’s young adult survival tale The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters. The new book follows Spencer to Camp New Leaf, the secluded camp for “troubled” boys where he once again encounters the ominous Tribe that got him expelled from school. If you’ve seen Clay at Chop Suey before, you know this is sure to be a great reading!
Free and open to the public. For more info, click here: http://www.chopsueybooks.com/
Chop Suey Books, 2913 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23221
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5/5: Black Males Emergent Readers
To celebrate the release of the book two in the The Tribe series, Camp Cannibal, Clay McLeod Chapman is coming to RPL to read and lead a writing workshop just for you! To follow, there will be gaming and a potluck dinner. We’ll also be kicking off our Black Males Emergent Reader (BMER) program! So much fun in one night! For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/OhjPAF
At the Richmond Public Library, 101 East Franklin Street, Richmond , VA 23219
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5/8: Reading in Bethesda, Maryland!
Maryland! The Tribe is coming for yoooooou! Batten down the hatches, Bethesda!
At the Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD 20814
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/1lYdjLz
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5/11: Books of Wonder: Terrific Teens Panel
Don’t miss these terrific authors as they deliver their latest titles for teen readers!
JOHN COREY WHALEY Noggin
JAMES HOWE Also Known as Elvis
CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN The Tribe Book 2: Camp Cannibal
VINCE VAWTER Paperboy
For more info, click here: http://www.booksofwonder.com/event.php?id=208
At Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
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5/27: Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker: The One and Only
Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker: The One and Only hits the shelves!
It's a celebration of the world's greatest super hero as some of Marvel's most talented creators spin tales of the original Spider-Man: Peter Parker! With a blizzard crippling New York City, Spider-Man must protect the city - but Aunt May's life is in danger! What is the Black Lodge? And how has Spider-Man been trapped there, surrounded by his deadliest foes? Spider-Man teams up with his old flame the Black Cat to bust an international art thievery ring! A young boy learns that he can't rely on super heroes like Spider-Man to stand up against bullies! Spidey and the Human Torch must stop an apocalyptic future by fighting - the Fantastic Four?!
COLLECTING: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 700.1-700.5
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5/27: TinyRhino’s Indoor/Outdoor Summer Music Festival
TinyRhino is The Theatrical Drinking Game. It is also UglyRhino’s take on the ten-minute play festival. Every month we commission six playwrights to write new plays, each including the same five dramatic elements. If you join us for TinyRhino, you’ll be given a list of these elements. They might show up at any time, in any order, and with any frequency. When they do show up, do you know what that means?! DRINK!
This month, we are excited to present TinyRhino’s Indoor Outdoor Summer Music Festival! Come grab a drink (or two or three) and cheers to six brand new plays that will make you wish you were at and/or wish you never have to go to Coachella.
PLAYWRIGHTS
Maite Alvarez & Matt Sobel
Clay McLeod Chapman
Julia Izumi
Nicole Silverberg
Gabe Weissman & Brian Reno
Alex Wyse
When: Tuesday, May 26th at 8pm
Where: Littlefield - 622 Degraw Street, Brooklyn
Cost: $10 includes one FREE beer
For more info, click here: http://uglyrhinonyc.com/event/tinyrhinos-indoor-outdoor-summer-music-festival/
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Bay Ridge Library Workshop
Bay Ridge Library workshop
June 14 @ 12:00 pm - June 15 @ 2:00 pm
Author Visit: Clay McLeod Chapman
Brooklyn’s own Clay McLeod Chapman, author of “The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters” and “The Tribe: Camp Cannibal” will read from his books and lead a writing exercise.
For more info, click here: http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/bay-ridge
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6/18: Books On Broad
“BOOKS ON BROAD” FEATURING CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN | Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Time: 5:30 PM–7:30 PM
With its darkly candid sense of humor, Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters reveals the wilder side of middle school, where students embrace their inner animal and go native.
Reception (wine and cheese) 5:30–6:30 PM, book talk 6:00–7:00 PM, and book signing 7:00–7:30 PM.
Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
Phone: 804.692.3500
For more info, visit: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/booktalks/
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James River Writers: Creativity Toolkit
Creativity Tool Kit: A Master Class with Clay McLeod Chapman. The author of Tribe: Homeroom Headhunter will offer a fun workshop examining creativity and how to jump-start yours. Hands-on instruction will leave you with concrete take-aways for defeating the blank page!
June 19; 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., with an hour break for lunch, not included
St. John’s Church Parish Hall
2401 E. Broad Street
$60 for JRW members
$100 for non-members.
- See more at: http://www.jamesriverwriters.org/creativity-toolkit-master-class-with-clay-mcleod-chapman#sthash.Qs1tvoKG.dpuf
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Books on Market: Author Spotlight
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Hostage Song in London!
The European premiere of a new musical
“I've spent the entire week watching old home movies. All of Jim's birthday parties. Trips to Disney Land. Trips to the beach. Christmas dinners. Anniversary parties. All the way back to our prom. What I don't have is his beheading. None of the networks will send me a copy, no matter how much I beg. Even if he is my husband – no one will let me see.”
The European premiere of Clay McLeod Chapman and Kyle Jarrow’s indie rock musical Hostage Song. Hostage Song is a subversive, high-velocity Off-Off Broadway indie rock musical from New York artists Clay McLeod Chapman and Kyle Jarrow. In an unspecified time and place, Jim and Jennifer are hostages, blindfolded and awaiting their fate. In an effort to distract themselves from their inevitable demise, they forge a relationship while trying to let go of the images of their loved ones. As the reality of their predicament becomes clearer, the fantasy becomes more vivid. Stunning rock music propels the story forward as the two take refuge in music, memory and each other, grappling in the dark for the last bit of love they will ever know.
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/Ptqd8u
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PLAY/DATE in NYC
3-Legged Dog announces the premiere of PLAY/DATE, an immersive theatrical experience that plays out on social media and in live performance, featuring one act plays by seventeen different playwrights including Greg Kotis (Urinetown), Clay McLeod Chapman (The Pumpkin Pie Show), Chad Beckim (And Miles to Go). Conceived by Blake McCarty, directed by 3LD Creative Director Michael Counts.
Opening Night: Wednesday, July 16 at 8:00 PM.
Sunday - Wednesday at 8 PM
at Fat Baby, 112 Rivington Street (btn Essex and Ludlow Street)
Tickets: $30 for general admission; $50 for reserved table seating.
Tickets are available by calling Ovationtix at 866-811-4111 or visiting http://www.3ld.org
I wrote three vignettes for this show. Should be fun. There's booze! “Love at first sight, blind dates, late night hook-ups, and ugly break-ups (among other dramas of dating life in NYC) unfold in this one-of-a-kind theatrical experience comprised of short plays about love and relationships set throughout Fat Baby's three levels. The production encourages audience members to interact with characters, grab drinks, and commiserate with other patrons as they choose what to watch and which stories to follow.”
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Lovecraft in the Cemetery!
OBSCURA SOCIETY NYC: LOVECRAFT IN BROOKLYN - A MOONLIT MAUSOLEUM READING
Join us at historic Green-Wood Cemetery for an intimate reading of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook, followed by cocktails in the Suydam family mausoleum.
For tickets and info, click here: http://bit.ly/1mbzvPP
Once a resident of nearby Brooklyn Heights, Lovecraft used his surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods as the setting and inspiration for some of his most celebrated and macabre writings. Monday, July 21, the New York Obscura Society cordially invites you to join us for a candle-lit reading of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook in its entirety. We'll be navigating our way through historic Green-Wood's winding pathways and elaborate memorials by lantern light, featuring several of the cemetery's most atmospheric locations along the way. Our evening exploration will culminate with a private cocktail reception by the Suydam mausoleum, typically locked and off-limits to the public.
Featuring local authors and enthusiasts of all things esoteric Clay McLeod Chapman and Bess Lovejoy along with historian Mitch Waxman and craft cocktails provided by the East Village's soon to be opened Lovecraft Bar, join us for an exclusive opportunity to see some of Green-Wood's most dramatic and rarely accessed burial spaces while indulging in the writing of one of horror literature's greatest authors in the very cemetery grounds he once walked.
THIS IS A SMALL, INTIMATE EVENT AND TICKETS WILL SELL FAST.
Monday, July 21, 8 - 10:30pm
Tickets: $60. Cocktails will be included in the ticket price.
We'll be meeting at 8pm at Green-Wood Cemetery's west entrance, located at the intersection of 9th Avenue and 20th Street, Brooklyn, NY. This is not the main entrance associated with the cemetery, please check your directions before heading out. There will be no admittance through the cemetery's 5th Avenue entrance.
Please be on time, the gates will be locked behind us shortly after our arrival and will remain locked until the conclusion of our event.
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10/1: Edge of Spider-Verse #4!
Edge of Spider-Verse #4 hits the shelves! Featuring “I WALKED WITH A SPIDER.” You will not want to miss this one, guys. Pick up a copy wherever comics are sold!
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10/15: An Evening at the Poe Museum
Virginia Festival of the Book Presents “An Evening with Clay McLeod Chapman”
Join author Clay McLeod Chapman for an evening of reading and performance. After the reading, he will be signing copies of his books.
October 15th—6 to 8 PM at The Poe Musem, 1914 E Main Street, Richmond, Virgina
FREE: For more info, click here: http://www.poemuseum.org/event/2014/12/02
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The Pumpkin Pie Show: SEASICK
HORSE TRADE PRESENTS A FRIGID NEW YORK PRODUCTION OF
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: SEASICK
STORIES BY CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
MUSIC BY KYLE JARROW
PERFORMANCES BY CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN, HANNA CHEEK, ABE GOLDFARB, BRIAN SILLIMAN & KATIE HARTMAN
OCTOBER 16 - NOVEMBER 1 @ UNDER ST. MARKS IN NYC
Join Clay McLeod Chapman, performers Hanna Cheek (Sovereign), Abe Goldfarb (I Hope They Serve Beer on Broadway), Brian Silliman (Kill Shakespeare), and Katie Hartman (Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting) with musician Kyle Jarrow (Sky Pony) as they celebrate Halloween with the 17th annual Pumpkin Pie Show!
At UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A)
October 16-November 1, Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM.
Tickets ($18/$15 students & seniors) are available online at http://www.horseTRADE.info or by calling 1-888-596-1027.
Come sail the high seas with The Pumpkin Pie Show! An outbreak of norovirus quickly spreads through the passengers and crew onboard a luxury cruise-liner, cutting short this sunny sojourn through the tropics. The foundation of civil society quickly deteriorates as the ship veers far off course and the number of ill passengers rises… leaving one family to fight for their survival onboard this sun-and-blood drenched cruise into madness.
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11/14-11/15: The Pumpkin Pie Show in Richmond!
Theatre Gym at the Virginia Rep Center (114 W. Broad Street)
PRESENTED BY MODLIN ARTS AND CAROL PIERSOL AND THE 5TH WALL THEATRE
STORIES BY CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN | PERFORMED BY CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN AND HANNA CHEEK
Friday, November 14, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
“With the trembling voice of Vincent Price and the sinister presence of Boris Karloff, Clay McLeod Chapman… uses the macabre to explore the humanity of his characters and reveal an almost spiritual side to the horrific. ” – The New York Times
Celebrating its second decade of performances, The Pumpkin Pie Show is a literary fist in the face. Part storytelling session, part boxing match, part shamanistic ritual, The Pumpkin Pie Show has established itself as an all-points artistic hodgepodge of theatre and literature. The goal is to strip away the extraneous periphery of sets and costumes to put laser focus on the text and the performance itself, conjuring up an atmosphere of “creating something out of nothing,” as well as focusing on the ethereal connective tissue between the one telling the story and the audience.
For more info, click here: http://modlin.richmond.edu/events/modlin-arts-presents/pumpkin-pie-show.html
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2/12: Jabberwock Club reading!
JABBERWOCK CLUB
THURSDAYS @ TORN PAGE
A salon evening hosted by Hugo Perez
Featuring conversations, readings, performances, and improvisations on the evening’s theme because that is what civilized people do when they gather. These gatherings will follow Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, “either to please or to educate” (“aut delectare aut prodesse est”).”
FEBRUARY 12
On the theme of “SPECIAL CASES OF LOVE”
When it comes to love, you may think you’ve heard it all, but those who attend “SPECIAL CASES OF LOVE” are guaranteed to hear a few things they haven’t heard before from our FEATURED GUESTS:
STEFANIE IRIS WEISS, author of Eco-Sex: Go Green Between the Sheets and Make Your Love Life Sustainable, will reflect on 21st century aspects of love.
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN, creator of storytelling session THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW and author of “rest area” and “miss corpus” will share a tale of dark love.
French songstress FLOANNE will share a love song or two.
Poet KATY BOHINC will expound on the rotten love thing.
And Host HUGO PEREZ will explain why the skeletons of hydrocephalic children are emblematic of romantic love for him.
A few more special guests will be announced shortly.
The evening’s signature drink will be the “LOST LOVE”
Thursday, Feb. 12 @ 8pm
TORN PAGE
435 West 22nd Street
Suggested donation of $10 includes one drink.
**There will be a cash bar for beer and wine and the evening’s signature drink.
Upcoming gatherings of the JABBERWOCK CLUB will take place in March on the themes of “CUBA” and “3D”
TORN PAGE is a performance space and classroom on West 22nd Street in Manhattan dedicated to furthering the legacy of Geraldine Page by creating a vibrant environment for emerging and established writers, directors and actors in the performing arts.
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Screening of Henley + The Boy + Q/A w/ Craig Macneill!
What better way to celebrate Friday the 13th than with a seriously killer trifecta of entertainment? Track the rise of a serial killer with a screening of the short “Henley” (premiered at Sundance 2012), clips of “The Boy” (upcoming film, one of Elijah Wood’s creative projects), and a Q & A with director Craig Macneill. There will be blood- and ~*free pizza*~!
***EVENT DETAILS***
Date: February 13th
Time: Doors at 7:00 pm, screening at 7:30 pm; first-come, first-served seating (capacity 70)
Location: 213 Wheeler
1. Screening of “Henley”
The 10-minute short is directed by Craig Macneill and involves a young boy whose ambition of saving money leads him to somewhat innocently do, er, unusual~ things. It’s based on the chapter “The Henley Road Motel” from the acclaimed novel “Miss Corpus.” Check out a clip here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQh1VaV2ZgA
2. Clips from “The Boy”
Directed by Macneill, “The Boy” is the first film in an upcoming serial-killer trilogy and promises to be one one of the scariest movies you’ll ever see. The trilogy is aimed at tracking the childhood of a future serial killer, depicting the character at ages 9, 14 and 18 and ending with his transformation into a mass murderer.
3. Q&A with Craig Macneill, director of “Henley” and “The Boy”
Craig Macneill will be discussing “The Boy,” produced by Chiller Films and SpectreVision (Principles: Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller) .
Clay won't be here—but hell, his movies will be!
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2/27-2/28: 34th Annual Writers Conference @ Christopher Newport University
I will be leading two workshops at this year's 34th Annual Writers Conference at Christopher Newport University!
Friday, February 27th—7:40 to 9 PM
Finding Your First Person: Cultivating YA / Middle-grade Narrators
One of the joys of first-person narrative is that feeling of the narrator talking directly to the reader. In this workshop, YA / middlegrade writers will focus on first-person narratives until characters leap off the page.
Saturday, February 28th—1:10 to 2:30 PM
Creating Something out of Nothing: Short Story Workshop
Writers need look no further than their own newspaper when searching for new stories to tell. By looking at the local paper as a source of inspiration writers bring their own voice to characters ripped from the headlines.
For more info, click here: http://cnu.edu/writers/index.htm
Christopher Newport University • 1 Avenue of the Arts • Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 594-7000 • TDD (757) 594-7938
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THE BOY at SXSW
THE BOY is a feature adaptation of our award-winning short “Henley,” which I co-wrote with director and frequent collaborator Craig Macneill. Our script is based off the chapter “The Henley Road Motel” from my novel “Miss Corpus.”
THE BOY was produced by SpectreVision (Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, and Elijah Wood) and Chiller Films. The film stars David Morse, Rainn Wilson, Jared Breeze, Bill Sage, Mike Vogel, Zuleikha Robinson, David Valencia, and Aiden Lovekamp.
THE BOY is set in the summer of 1989. 9-year-old Ted Henley (Jared Breeze) and his father John (David Morse) are the proprietors of The Mtn. Vista Motel, a crumbling resort buried in the mountains of the American West. Since Ted's mother left, John has drifted into despondency—becoming a living ghost, haunting the motel—leaving Ted to fend for himself. In this isolation, unchecked by the bounds of parenting, Ted’s darker impulses begin to manifest. The arrival of a mysterious drifter, William Colby (Rainn Wilson), captivates young Ted and the two form a unique friendship—setting the stage for Ted’s final, unnerving metamorphosis. THE BOY is a chilling, intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.
Here are our screening times and locations:
Saturday, March 14th, 3:45pm, Alamo Ritz
Sunday, March 15th, 7:00pm, Rollins Theatre at Long Center
Thursday, March 19th, 10pm, Alamo Lamar B
To buy tickets, check out THE BOY's page at the SXSW site here.
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4/21: bbgb books signing
author in the shop! clay mcleod chapman’s back! we love the tribe, his quirky series for the 10+s, and we can emphatically tell you that he is one of the best readers ever. don’t miss him @ 4:30! For more info, click on: http://bbgbbooks.com/
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4/21: Barnes and Noble Chesterfield Town Center!
I will be reading from The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters and Camp Cannibal!
Free and open to the public! Books will be sold and signed! Yeeeehaw!
Chesterfield Town Center
11500 Midlothian Tnpk Space 440
Richmond, VA 23235
804-794-6640
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4/29: Vertigo Quarterly: SFX #1 hits the shelves!
The new anthology Vertigo Quarterly: SFX #1 POP! hits the shelves, featuring my story EARWIG OUT. Pick up a copy!
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5/2-5/3: Stanley Film Fest: THE BOY
Produced by 2014 SFF Visionary Award recipients Daniel Noah, Josh Waller and Elijah Wood, Stanley alum Craig McNeill's chilling feature debut offers an unnerving glimpse at a boy's growing fascination with death. For more info: http://bit.ly/1NKI1Wa
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5/3: Stanley Film Fest: THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
Part ghost story, part shamanistic ritual. Stories by Clay McLeod Chapman, performed by Champman and Hanna Cheek, the Pumpkin Pie Show has established itself over the last two decades as the bastard love-child of spectral luminaries Poe and Lovecraft. Packed with the emotional intensity of a rock concert, the Pumpkin Pie Show is a pure campfire story experience for adults. This event is open to SFF Redrum & Horror Marathon badge holders, individual tickets can be purchased beginning April 2 for $8 DFS member and locals / $10 non-member. For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/19MCWh0
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5/6: Bay Ridge Public Library
We're back in Baaaaaay Ridge! Come hear me read from THE TRIBE!
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5/12: Edge of Spider-Verse paperback hits the shelves!
The trade paperback for Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse finally hits the shelves, including SV #4 “I Walked with a Spider!” Pick up your copy today!
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5/30: Kids Author Carnival
Inspired by the Teen Author Carnival, the Kids Author Carnival is a huge middle grade extravaganza celebrating middle grade books, authors, and readers. Activities, games, Q&A sessions, and giveaways will be followed by a book sale and signing.
The goal of the KAC is to provide an opportunity for young readers to interact with authors up close and personal in a fun, party-like atmosphere. This is a unique event, catered heavily toward actual middle grade-aged readers. Instead of an event featuring conventional, long-form Q&A panels, the KAC will usher attendees through shorter, interactive stations in which authors will cut loose and play games, answer questions, and lead kids through miniature writing exercises.
All ages are welcome and encouraged to attend! But please note that the kids will take center stage at this particular event!
Saturday, May 30, 2014 from 6pm to 8:30pm at the Jefferson Market Library. Doors open at 5:30pm. This is an indoor event!
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8/14: Los Angeles premiere of THE BOY
Discussion following with actor Jared Breeze, producers Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller and writer Clay McLeod Chapman.
THE BOY
2015, Chiller Films, 105 min, USA, Dir: Craig William Macneill
Ted Henley (Jared Breeze) lives with his depressed dad (David Morse) in an isolated desert motel, with little to occupy his time other than removing roadkill from the nearby highway. When a mysterious drifter (Rainn Wilson) checks in, the boy’s fascination with death accelerates in this disturbing portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath. “It's great, it's creepy, it's got a jet-black third act that'll have you squirming in your seat, and just about everything - from the cast and the script to the set design and the cinematography - works.” - Scott Wampler, Badass Digest.
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
For tickets, click here: http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-boy-0
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8/18: THE BOY on VOD and in theaters!
Now you can see THE BOY at home on video-on-demand or in the theatres! Check your local cable provider for on-demand options. To see if THE BOY is screening in a theatre near you, click here: http://theboythemovie.com/
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8/21-8/23: PUMPKIN PIE SHOW @ VCU
The Pumpkin Pie Show and Commencement
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Performed by Hanna Cheek and Clay McLeod Chapman
A series of mind-boggling, sometimes creepy, bedtime tales come to life in Clay McLeod Chapman's riveting, in-your-face evening of storytelling, The Pumpkin Pie Show. Intensity and intimacy collide in this thrilling work, leading up to a Sunday performance of Commencement which reveals the horrors three women experience in the wake of a high school tragedy.
Each evening will feature a different set of short stories. Come see all three! Disclaimer: expect everything but Pumpkin Pie.
Raymond Hodges Theatre
922 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284
For more info, click here: http://www.showclix.com/event/Event40159185324/pre-sale
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9/24-10/10: NYC: PUMPKIN PIE SHOW in LABOR PAINS
FRIGID NEW YORK @ HORSE TRADE PRESENTS
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: LABOR PAINS
STORIES WRITTEN BY CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN. PERFORMANCES BY CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN & HANNA CHEEK
SEPTEMBER 24 – OCTOBER 10 @ UNDER ST. MARKS
FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present the seventeenth annual presentation of The Pumpkin Pie Show, with stories written by master storyteller Clay McLeod Chapman and performances by Chapman and downtown superstar Hanna Cheek.
The production will run September 24-October 10 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) with performances Thursday through Saturday at 8pm.Tickets ($18; $15 students) may be purchased in advance here.
True story: Clay’s about to become a daddy. There’s a baby boy on his way. The due-date? No lie… October 31st. A Halloween baby. And Clay is scared. Really scared.
There’s nothing more petrifying than one’s own impending parenthood, especially with the clock tick-tick-ticking away—so we here at The Pumpkin Pie Show have decided to explore those fatherhood-fears and bring them to the stage. Every story within this year’s show focuses on the primal paranoia of parenting, whether it be mammoth diaper discharges, flying the friendly skies with screaming kids, or coming up with compelling ways to convince your children to eat their din-din… Not to mention sasquatch erotica, ancient mystical runes, and a special homemade recipe for Jesus juice.
This year’s Pumpkin Pie Show has it all. You’ve been warned. Parents can bring their babies to the show for free!* (*WARNING: Due to content, this show is not advised for anyone under the age of 16.)
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10/9-10/10: NY Comic Con!
I'll be signing copies of SELF STORAGE #1 at this year's New York Comic Con! Come out to 451 Media Group's booth #1536 on Friday 10/9 (3-4 PM) or Saturday 10/10 (3-4 PM) and I'll sign your forehead! See you at the Javits Center!
For more info, go to the NYCC website here.
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10/28: SELF STORAGE hits the shelves!
Issue #1 of the limited comic series SELF STORAGE hits the shelves! Written by Clay McLeod Chapman, illustrated by Matt Timson. Released on 451 Media Group.
Chris Smith has eked by in life hocking the auctioned-off junk from those people who no longer pay the rent on their self storage units. He spends his days hopping from one storage facility to the next, bidding on units sight-unseen, only to sell whatever's inside to antique dealers and pawn shops for as much money as he can squeeze. But Chris has never found anything like what's waiting for him inside unit #83. Her name is Jessica. What if you found a zombie locked up in a self storage unit? Would you keep it?
Pick up a copy wherever comics are sold!
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11/24: THE TRIBE: ACADEMIC ASSASSINS hits the shelves!
The third and final installment of THE TRIBE trilogy is here! ACADEMIC ASSASSINS is available for you to read read read reeeeeeeead! Eat it up, folks!
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11/25: SELF STORAGE #2 hits the shelves!
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? I'm thankful for the release of issue #2 of the six-part graphic novel series SELF STORAGE! Stuff your face with turkey and then stuff your eyeballs with zombies!
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12/23: SELF STORAGE #3 hits the shelves!
Ho ho ho crunch crunch yum yum! Just in time for Christmas, issue #3 of SELF STORAGE hits the shelves! Perfect stocking stuffers… And tummy stuffers too, for the lovely zombie in your life.
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2/22: Novel Novels: Crossing Genres
Sarah Lawrence College Writers Night
Join us for a reading and light refreshments where we will be “Crossing Genres” with Bethany Ball MFA '12, Clay McLeod Chapman '00, and Christine Reilly MFA '12.
Club Quarters Midtown
40 West 45th Street
(between 5th & 6th Avenues)
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3/1: THE BOY on DVD!
Shout! Factory is releasing THE BOY on Blu Ray/DVD March 1st!
From Elijah Wood's SpectreVision and Chiller Films comes a disturbing new film exploring the birth of evil. In the summer of 1989, nine-year-old Ted Henley (Jared Breeze, Cooties) and his father John (David Morse, True Detective, World War Z) are the proprietors of the Mt. Vista Motel, a crumbling resort buried in the mountains of the American West. Since Ted's mother left, John has drifted into despondency – leaving Ted to fend for himself. In this isolation, unchecked by the bounds of parenting, Ted's darker impulses begin to manifest. The arrival of a mysterious drifter, William Colby (Rainn Wilson, Cooties, The Office), captivates young Ted and the two form a unique friendship – setting the stage for Ted's final, unnerving metamorphosis.
Bonus Features include Behind-The-Scenes Footage
For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/1XA7uX5
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3/15: bbgb book signing!
author in the shop!
tuesday, march 15
clay mcleod chapman’s back! we love the tribe, his quirky series for the 10+s, and we can emphatically tell you that he is one of the best readers ever. don’t miss him @ 7 o’clock! For more info, click here: http://bbgbbooks.com/
bbgb books: 3003 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23221 (804) 353 5675
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3/21: Author Visit: Bay Ridge Library
Awesomely weird middle grade author Clay McLeod Chapman (The Tribe, Spider-Man) is coming to read from his work and answer any questions kids and teens might have about writing, moviemaking, and ichthyology (don't trust him about the ichthyology, he's totally not qualified).
Bay Ridge Library
7223 Ridge Blvd. at 73rd St.
Brooklyn, NY 11209
718.748.5709
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3/30: Self Storage #4!
Self Storage #4 finally hits the shelves!
“Chris races back to the contents of storage unit 83. It doesn't take long for Chris to realize that, considering the cargo, leaving a couple of fellow merchants with questionable ethics in charge was a huge mistake. The bodies are starting to pile up, the vultures continue to gather, and it will soon be time to eat!”
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5/25: Self Storage #5!
Self Storage #5 hits the shelves! “So… Tell me about love. Today is Chris and Laura’s one year anniversary. I can’t imagine this time last year Chris was thinking, “you know what, a year from now, I bet my relationship with Laura will have completely fallen apart, I’ll be harboring a zombie girl named Jessica in a storage locker, occasionally murdering innocent folks to feed her, and I’ll have no exit strategy from this living nightmare that has consumed my every waking minute.” And yet… here we are.”
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6/25: Audience Revolution release
Audience Revolution: Dispatches from the Field will launch at the TCG National Conference in Washington D.C. this month with a special lunchtime event. TCG Books' mobile bookshop at the Renaissance Hotel. (Sad to say, but I won't be there… But you should go!)
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7/27: Self Storage #6!
The 6th and final issue of the Self Storage graphic novel series is finally upon us! This comic's going out with a baaaaaang…
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9/24-9/25: Broadleaf Writers Conference
The Broadleaf Writers Association is pleased to announce that we will host the first annual Broadleaf Writers Conference September 24-25, 2016, at the Decatur Library in downtown Decatur, Georgia. Featuring an all-star cast of talented writers, agents and editors, and sessions packed with insightful information and experience, our conference will offer you all that you need to refine and improve your craft, and get you on the road toward publication! For more info, click here: http://broadleafwriters.com/
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10/11: Vertigo Quarterly paperback release
POP! SLAM! KRAK! BANG! Sound effects bring that extra bit of vibrancy to an already exciting comics page! Following the success of Vertigo's CMYK Anthology, which explored the four colors that make up a comic book, we continue to push the boundaries of short storytelling with 2015's SFX Anthology. Comics luminaries will converge with the next generation of talent as they interpret four different sound effects, leading to mind-bending innovations in story and art. Collects Vertigo Quarterly SFX #1-4.
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10/12: American Vampire Anthology #2 hits the shelves!
This special features nine amazing stories set in the world of AMERICAN VAMPIRE, with lost tales, new characters and old favorites. Series creators Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque will be joined by other amazing creators such as Kieron Gillen (The Wicked and Divine), Steve Orlando (MIDNIGHTER), Marguerite Bennett (DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS), Elliot Kalan (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Clay McLeod Chapman (Self Storage), and many more!
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10/20-11/5: The Pumpkin Pie Show: STUMP SPEECHES
We believe in America. What it once was. What it can be again. To make our nation great, everybody’s got to make sacrifices. Ancient sacrifices. In honor of the election year, the 19th annual Pumpkin Pie Show praises politics with some good ol’ fashioned mudslinging.
Stories written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Performances by Chapman, Hanna Cheek, Susan Ferrara, Abe Goldfarb, Katie Hartman, Brian Silliman and Kristen Vaughan.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, Oct 20th-Nov 5th, at 8 PM
at Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place, btn 1st and Ave A)
For tickets and more info, click here.
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10/26: American Vampire signing in RVA!
Richmonders! Do you know about the Bleeding Nun? Did you know on December 26, 1811, she graced the stage of the Richmond Theatre for the first time… only for the building to go up in flames?
I'll be signing copies of American Vampire Anthology 2 and Self Storage at the amazing Velocity Comics.
Wendesday, October 26th from 6 to 8 PM.
Velocity Comics
819a W. Broad St
Richmond, VA 23222
For more info, call 804.303.1783 or check out their website here.
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11/6: Celebrate FRANKENSTEIN’s 200th birthday!
Restless Books and KGB celebrate the 200th birthday of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein—out from Restless in a new, illustrated edition with an introduction by Francine Prose. Readings by Larry Fessenden, Clay McLeod Chapman and Steve Himmer.
at the KGB Bar (85 East 4th St btn 2nd and 3rd Ave)
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12/10: ARGS Writers Fest
Welcome to the 13th Annual ARGS Writers' Fest! The event is free and open to the public. Whether you're a reader, writer, editor, or pastry enthusiast, there's bound to be something for you here! We host a myriad of seminars and workshops, all of which are open to anyone interested in participating.
12:30-1:30 PM: Clay McLeod Chapman: Creating Something Out of Nothing: Short Story Workshop. Young writers need look no further than their own newspaper when searching for new stories to tell. By sifting through the local newspaper as a source of inspiration, we will bring our own voice to characters ripped straight from the headlines. Like the saying goes—“Truth is always stranger than fiction!”
For more info, visit the Writers Fest website: http://argswritersfest2016.weebly.com/
The festival runs on Saturday, December 10th 2016, 10 AM to 7 PM
Appomattox Regional Governor's School
512 West Washington Street, Petersburg, Virginia 23803
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1/20: Evil One hits the shelves!
Thirty-six authors, thirty-six stories, five years in the making. All inspired by one singular rock-and-roll album. Featuring short fiction from X.C. Atkins, Tom Batten, John Beckman, Andrew Blossom, Belle Boggs, Brian Castleberry, Clay McLeod Chapman, Taryn Chesshire, Matthew C. Crady, Dennis Danvers, Tom De Haven, Phillip Feger, Katy Resch George, David Gordon, Smith Henderson, Julie Karr, Greg Koehler, Chad Luibl, Lauren Maas, Tyler Magill, Muki Mahan, Lauren Sullivan McCarty, J.W. Morison, Shannon O'Neill, Howard Owen, Conrad Ashley Persons, Amira Pierce, Hermine Pinson, Mike Powell, Sarah Elaine Smith, April Sopkin, Matthew Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Merve Thomas, Rebecca Wadlinger and Nate Waggoner.
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2/21: RVA: NOTHING UNTOWARD reading
In celebration of the release of the new book NOTHING UNTOWARD, I'll be doing a reading at my favorite hometown haunt Chop Suey Books. This will be a super-special celebration and I realy really really hope you can make it out.
Copies of NOTHING UNTOWARD will be sold and signed. Punch and pie?
at Chop Suey Books (2913 W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23221)
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RVA: 2/23-2/24: The Pumpkin Pie Show: 20th Anniversary
Co-produced by 5th Wall Theatre and the Modlin Center for the Arts. Celebrating his second decade of spinning macabre yarns, author/performer Clay McLeod Chapman returns to his hometown with The Pumpkin Pie Show - a rigorous storytelling session that Time Out NY guarantees “will send shivers down your spine.”
This special anniversary presentation will include a cross-section of personal favorites (and frights) from the last twenty years of haunting audiences across the globe.
Performances for The Pumpkin Pie Show at the Gottwald Playhouse, 600 E. Grace Street in RVA's Downtown. Talkbacks will follow select performances. Tickets are $20 (5th Wall Season Subscribers - $16) and can be purchased through the Modlin Center at www.modlin.richmond.edu/tickets
Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 7:30pm
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3/7: NOTHING UNTOWARD hits the shelves!
At long last, NOTHING UNTOWARD hits the shelves. Forty new short stories are all yours. Pick it up wherever books are sold these days.
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NYC: 3/8: NOTHING UNTOWARD book release party
New York! Come raise a glass for the release of NOTHING UNTOWARD! I'll be reading at the KGB Bar's newly-minted prohibition era venue the Red Room… which just so happens to be the birth place of several of these stories. This is going to be a special night and I'd love for you to be there…
Wednesday, March 8th at 7 PM. FREE
KGB Bar's Red Room
85 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003
3rd floor
For more info, click here.
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NYC: 3/20: Pumpkin Pie at Performeteria!
TDF's first-ever immersive festival features works from some of the most innovative Off-Off Broadway theatre and dance companies in New York City. This two-night event, co-presented with Baruch Performing Arts Center, invites you to travel through multiple levels of theatres, nooks and hidden venues within the performing arts center to discover unique, site-specific works from 15 Off-Off Broadway theatre companies. Sample these 10-minute performances throughout the night; your timed ticket entitles you to new shows starting every fifteen minutes until closing.
Baruch Performing Arts Center: 55 Lexington Avenue @ 25th Street, New York, New York
Monday, March 20 and Friday, March 24
Four staggered entry times per night: 7:00pm, 7:45pm, 8:30pm and 9:30pm
For tix and more info, click here.
Monday, March 20, 2017 - 6:00pm
NYC: 3/24: Pumpkin Pie at Performeteria!
TDF's first-ever immersive festival features works from some of the most innovative Off-Off Broadway theatre and dance companies in New York City. This two-night event, co-presented with Baruch Performing Arts Center, invites you to travel through multiple levels of theatres, nooks and hidden venues within the performing arts center to discover unique, site-specific works from 15 Off-Off Broadway theatre companies. Sample these 10-minute performances throughout the night; your timed ticket entitles you to new shows starting every fifteen minutes until closing.
Baruch Performing Arts Center: 55 Lexington Avenue @ 25th Street, New York, New York
Monday, March 20 and Friday, March 24
Four staggered entry times per night: 7:00pm, 7:45pm, 8:30pm and 9:30pm
For tix and more info, click here.
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NYC: 4/20: Reading/signing at Drama Book Shop!
The Drama Book Shop is delighted to welcome Clay McLeod Chapman of The Pumpkin Pie Show for a discussion and signing celebrating his new book NOTHING UNTOWARD.
Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 6:00pm
250 W40th Street
New York, NY 10018
For more info, click here.
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4/27: Pumpkin Pie at The Overlook Film Festival
Welcome to a brand new festival experience held at the historic Timberline Lodge, seen in Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece THE SHINING as the location of the infamous Overlook hotel, located just over 60 miles east of Portland in Government Camp, Oregon on Mt. Hood. Presenting superior film programming with an expanded focus on experiential events, the festival showcases exciting new work in new and classic independent horror cinema alongside the latest in interactive and live shows for a fully immersive weekend. As a summer camp for genre fans, The Overlook is a community event bringing the best of horror in all its forms to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience within an intimate and inspirational environment.
“The Pumpkin Pie Show”
Director: Clay McLeod Chapman
Come join us for a special presentation of The Pumpkin Pie Show and get ready to get icky. For 20 years, author Clay McLeod Chapman and his rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show have offered a view into the lives of Southern Gothic monstrosities. Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, these stories explore the domestic horrors of the everyday, finding terror within our own households. This one-of-a-kind performance delves deep into the depraved minds of those madmen and women who drift along the periphery of humankind. Priority entrance for badge holders.
“One-on-Ones Presented by The Pumpkin Pie Show”
Director: Clay McLeod Chapman
Author Clay McLeod Chapman will take one audience member at a time on a dark ride through depravity in this intimate storytelling experience. Think of it as a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters telling their own story. No fourth wall, no escape. Sessions will last between 5 to 20 minutes. Available exclusively for all-access badge holders.
For more info, click here.
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5/28: NYC: The Evil One at Tilt
THE EVIL ONE reads at Tilt BK, featuring contributors Clay McLeod Chapman, David Gordon, Chad Luibl, Lauren Maas, Amira Pierce, Nate Waggoner and Andrew Blossom. Part of “The Tusk Presents” series of cultural events.
Free to attend. Karaoke follows.
THE EVIL ONE is a new anthology from Makeout Creek Books. Thirty-six stories. Thirty-six authors. Five years in the making. All inspired by one singular rock-n-roll album.
Sunday, May 28 at 8 PM - 9:30 PM
at Tilt BK: 248 McKibbin Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206
Makeout Creek Books: http://www.makeoutcreek.com/
The Tusk: http://www.tusk2.com/
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6/3: NYC: Nothing Untoward at BookCon!
Join Clay for a signing of and performance from his latest book: “Nothing Untoward: Stories from “The Pumpkin Pie Show” at BookCon 2017!
Jun 03, 2017, 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Booth #2225
Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan at 655 West 34th Street.
For more info, click here.
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7/14: Fridays on Ice
Fridays on Ice at New Ohio Theatre presents
Katie Hartman has never seen The Bachelorette. She has never played Candy Crush. She can effortlessly eat over a dozen dumplings in one sitting and has never known love. She hates horror movies but prefers feeling fear to feeling bloated. She likes her shows like she likes her men: joyful, a little scared and maybe titties? Katie Hartman hates to learn knew things but demands that her friends take the time to teach her what they know because she understands it is good for her.
+ With guests Brett Davis, Charla Lauriston, Clay McLeod Chapman, Laura Von Holt and Sapphire Jones
Fridays on Ice is Ice Factory's late night performance salon, that includes artists creating work not usually seen in downtown theatre spaces, but more typically found performing in nightclubs, bars, and private apartments. Each evening is individually hosted by an impresario of this alternative storytelling community, and features cutting-edge micro-works by some of NYC’s cagiest short-form theater-makers.
@ New Ohio Theatre
154 Christopher Street, 1E, NYC, NY 10014
Fridays at 10:30 PM
Tickets $15 / $5 rush tickets with ticket to Ice Factory mainstage show that night
For tickets by phone: (866) 811-4111
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8/23: Edge of Venomverse #5 hits the shelves!
At long last! Edge of Venomverse #5, featuring the amazing artwork by James Stokoe, hits the shelves! Pick up your copy wherever fine comics are sold!
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9/6: LAZARETTO #1 on shelves!
The premiere issue of LAZARETTO, a five-issue mini-series from BOOM! Studios, featuring artwork by Jey Levang, is finally on the shelves! Pick up your cop wherever fine comics are sold!
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9/22-9/24: Baltimore Comic Con!
I'll be signing copies of LAZARETTO at Baltimore Comic Con as well as speaking on a panel. You should totally come out, Maryland.
Saturday 9/23: 4:00-5:00 – BOOM! Studios: Discover Yours
There’s a comic at BOOM! Studios for everyone, from longtime fans to brand-new readers, and this is the panel to discover YOUR favorite new series! Join BOOM! Studios staff and creators as they explore the diverse imprints of the main BOOM! Studios line, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia with exclusive previews, news, and the information you need to discover your next obsession. Featuring James Tynion IV (Eugenic, The Backstagers), Hope Larson (Goldie Vance), Sean Rubin(Bolivar), Greg Pak (Mech Cadet Yu), Matt Kindt (Grass Kings), Anthony Burch(Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack), and Clay McLeod Chapman(Lazaretto). Moderated by Filip Sablik (President, Publishing & Marketing, BOOM! Studios).
For more info, click here.
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10/4: NYCC: Forbidden Planet Signing!
Forbidden Planet has been running these jam events on the Wednesday before New York Comic-Con for a while now. Check out the creators who’ll be stopping by on October 4th (7pm). For more info click here.
James Tynion IV (writer, The Woods, Eugenic)
Eryk Donovan (artist, Cognetic, Eugenic)
Michael Dialynas (artist, The Woods)
Clay McLeod Chapman (writer, Lazaretto)
Alan Robert (writer/artist, Beauty of Horror, Life of Agony bassist)
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10/11: LAZARETTO #2!
Issue #2 of the 5-part mini-series LAZARETTO is now on the shelves! Classes have been cancelled and Pascal South is on lockdown to prevent the spread of contagions, but the infected students see it as a non-stop party.
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10/12-10/28: DEATH TO THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
FRIGID NEW YORK @ HORSE TRADE PRESENTS
DEATH TO THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
WRITTEN by CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY & FINAL SHOW EVER!
OCTOBER 12-28 @ UNDER ST. MARKS
After 20 years of bringing macabre tales of madness and murder to the East Village, writer Clay McLeod Chapman is driving a stake into the heart of his long-running storytelling staple The Pumpkin Pie Show. Join him and scene-stealer Hanna Cheek along with special guests for one final foray into the abyss with their favorite literary perversions from the last two decades.
FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present Clay McLeod Chapman’s DEATH TO THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) October 12-28 with performances Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. Tickets ($20) may be purchased in advance at http://www.horseTRADE.info. See all Three Shows for the Price of Two!
To celebrate the passing of this downtown institution—along with the recent release of the story collection NOTHING UNTOWARD: TALES FROM THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW (Applause Books)—we have put together a Pumpkin Pie Show retrospective, cherry-picking a few of our favorite productions from the Pie’s past. See one, see them all; no two shows are the same:
COMMENCEMENT
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Performances by Hanna Cheek
Thursday, October 12, 19 & 26 at 8pm
Hanna Cheek plays three women drawn together in the grim aftermath of a high school shooting. “Will leave you wringing your hands in helpless empathy.” -SEE Magazine
SEASICK
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman with Songs by Kyle Jarrow
Performances by Chapman, Hanna Cheek, Abe Goldfarb, Katie Hartman & Brian Silliman
Friday, October 13, 20 & 27 at 8pm
As an outbreak of norovirus spreads through a luxury cruise-liner, one family must fight for survival onboard this sun-and-blood soaked voyage into insanity. “Thoroughly marvelous, gross and peculiar, not to mention a cause for huge, unbecoming snorts of laughter.” -Time Out NY
(WARNING: Not for the weak-stomached. Paramedics were called during the original run for fainting audience members!)
BEST OF BLITZKRIEG
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Performances by Chapman, Hanna Cheek & Special Guests
Saturday, October 14, 21 & 28 at 8pm
20 years. Over 60 stories. Hanna and Clay celebrate their 20th anniversary of the Pumpkin Pie Show with a hand-selected roster of their favorite stories. Every story will be chosen at random each night onstage, guaranteeing each show will be completely different from the last. “Chapman uses the macabre to explore the humanity of his characters and reveal an almost spiritual side to the horrific.” -The New York Times
Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 7:59pm
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10/12-10/26: Pumpkin Pie Show: COMMENCEMENT
FRIGID NEW YORK @ HORSE TRADE PRESENTS
DEATH TO THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
WRITTEN by CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY & FINAL SHOW EVER!
OCTOBER 12-28 @ UNDER ST. MARKS
After 20 years of bringing macabre tales of madness and murder to the East Village, writer Clay McLeod Chapman is driving a stake into the heart of his long-running storytelling staple The Pumpkin Pie Show. Join him and scene-stealer Hanna Cheek along with special guests for one final foray into the abyss with their favorite literary perversions from the last two decades.
COMMENCEMENT
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Performances by Hanna Cheek
Thursday, October 12, 19 & 26 at 8pm
Hanna Cheek plays three women drawn together in the grim aftermath of a high school shooting. “Will leave you wringing your hands in helpless empathy.” -SEE Magazine
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Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 8:00pm
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10/13-10/27: Pumpkin Pie Show: SEASICK
FRIGID NEW YORK @ HORSE TRADE PRESENTS
DEATH TO THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
WRITTEN by CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY & FINAL SHOW EVER!
OCTOBER 12-28 @ UNDER ST. MARKS
After 20 years of bringing macabre tales of madness and murder to the East Village, writer Clay McLeod Chapman is driving a stake into the heart of his long-running storytelling staple The Pumpkin Pie Show. Join him and scene-stealer Hanna Cheek along with special guests for one final foray into the abyss with their favorite literary perversions from the last two decades.
SEASICK
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman with Songs by Kyle Jarrow
Performances by Chapman, Hanna Cheek, Abe Goldfarb, Katie Hartman & Brian Silliman
Friday, October 13, 20 & 27 at 8pm
As an outbreak of norovirus spreads through a luxury cruise-liner, one family must fight for survival onboard this sun-and-blood soaked voyage into insanity. “Thoroughly marvelous, gross and peculiar, not to mention a cause for huge, unbecoming snorts of laughter.” -Time Out NY
(WARNING: Not for the weak-stomached. Paramedics were called during the original run for fainting audience members!)
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10/14-10/28: Pumpkin Pie Show: BEST OF BLITZKRIEG
FRIGID NEW YORK @ HORSE TRADE PRESENTS
DEATH TO THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
WRITTEN by CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY & FINAL SHOW EVER!
OCTOBER 12-28 @ UNDER ST. MARKS
After 20 years of bringing macabre tales of madness and murder to the East Village, writer Clay McLeod Chapman is driving a stake into the heart of his long-running storytelling staple The Pumpkin Pie Show. Join him and scene-stealer Hanna Cheek along with special guests for one final foray into the abyss with their favorite literary perversions from the last two decades.
BEST OF BLITZKRIEG
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Performances by Chapman, Hanna Cheek & Special Guests
Saturday, October 14, 21 & 28 at 8pm
20 years. Over 60 stories. Hanna and Clay celebrate their 20th anniversary of the Pumpkin Pie Show with a hand-selected roster of their favorite stories. Every story will be chosen at random each night onstage, guaranteeing each show will be completely different from the last. “Chapman uses the macabre to explore the humanity of his characters and reveal an almost spiritual side to the horrific.” -The New York Times
Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 8:00pm
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10/25: SELF STORAGE TPB!
Read all six issues of this zom/rom/com in a brand new trade paperback! “Chris Smith has eked by in life hocking the auctioned-off junk from those people who no longer pay the rent on their self storage units. He spends his days hopping from one storage facility to the next, bidding on units sight-unseen, only to sell whatever’s inside to antique dealers and pawnshops for as much money as he can squeeze out of them. But Chris has never found anything like what’s waiting for him inside unit #83. Her name is Jessica.”
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11/01: LAZARETTO #3!
Issue #3 of the 5-part mini-series LAZARETTO is now on the shelves! As the sickness takes a greater toll on the trapped students, Charles and Tamara attempt to break out of the quarantine.
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11/21: Edge of Venomverse TPB!
Here's yet another thing you can give thanks for this Thanksgiving… The trade paperback edition of EDGE OF VENOMVERSE hits the shelves! This edition collects all five issues of the Venomverse prequel mini-series, including EoV #5, written by yours truly along with icky art by James Stokoe. It's a gross one! Available wherever comics are sold.
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12/20: LAZARETTO #4 on shelves!
Merry Christmas! Work off that turkey and cranberry sauce with a puke-a-thon! Lazaretto #4 hits the shelves and it's a doooooozy.
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One Minute Play Festival: A 10-Year Retrospective
One Minute Play Festival: A 10-Year Retrospective & Party
December 20 – 21, 2017
Featuring Brand New One-Minute Plays by The 1MPF Alumni Company: Katharine Clark Gray, David Lawson, Adam Szymkowicz, Kristoffer Diaz, James Carter, David Grimm, Mallery Avidon, Clay McLeod Chapman, Judith Leora, Nilan Johnson, Callie Kimball, David Lee White, Mando Alvarado, Maggie Bofill, Eleanor Burgess, Daniel Talbott, Roger Nasser, Lynn Rosen, Matt Schatz, Gary Winter, Andrea Thome, Duncan Pflaster, Mike Daisey, Nambi E. Kelley, Emily Weiss, Kristina Poe, Caridad Svich, Matthew Paul, Olmos, Morgan Gould, Chisa Hutchinson, Ashlin Halfnight, Jona Tarlin, Nicole Pandolfo,Robin Rothchild, Natalie WIlson, & Libby Emmons
Directed by Caitlin Wees, West Hyler, Kyle Metzger, Michael Gardner, Pete Boisvert, Heather Cohn, Tim Errickson, & Nathaniel Claridad
Curated by: Caitlin Wees & Dominic D’Andrea
It’s 10 years since we founded 1MPF! We’ve been a lot of places. We’ve made a lot of tiny plays. We’ve learned a lot about the world. Now: we’re going back to where it all started: The Brick Theater! We’ve gathered some of our original playwrights, closest collaborators, and long-time friends to do a “throwback” 1MPF, where we make the plays down n’ dirty, drink a lot of beer, and have some good old school indie theatre fun.
The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) is America’s largest grass-roots community-engaged theatre festival, founded by Producing Artistic Director, Dominic D’Andrea. #1MPF is social barometer practice, which investigates local zeitgeist and narratives through dialogue, consensus building, and a performance of minute-long moments generated by each community. #1MPF works in partnership with traditional theatres, cultural institutions, and social justice institutions sharing educational, community-focused, or public service missions across the country. The aim is to create locally sourced community events, with the goal of promoting the spirit of radical inclusion. #1MPF includes participants of different points of age, race, culture, gender, socio-economic background, and stage of career. The work attempts to reflect the values, topics, trends, styles, ideas, and big conversations that bubble up to the surface in each community.
For more information visit: www.oneminuteplayfestival.com
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1/31: LAZARETTO #5 hits the shelves!
Happy New Year! Ring in the end of the world with the fifth and final issue of the BOOM! mini-series LAZARETTO!
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The Pumpkin Pie Show at OVERLOOK FILM FEST!
The Overlook proudly presents the 2018 special event lineup of Virtual Reality, Live Shows and exclusive immersive performances. Showtimes, schedule and tickets will be available in early April. For more info, click here.
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: NEW SKULDUGGERY
Live Show: Creator, Writer, Performer: Clay McLeod Chapman
Author Clay McLeod Chapman is bringing BRAND NEW STORIES to the Overlook! The Pumpkin Pie Show has remained a staple of the fest – and this year they’re offering an even sweeter treat: original
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: BEST OF SHOW
Live Show: Creator, Writer, Performer: Clay McLeod Chapman
Come join us for an encore presentation of the best Pumpkin Pie Show stories from over the last 20 years. Author Clay McLeod Chapman will lead the audience through the back-catalogue of his personal favorite tales, offering a view into the sordid lives of Southern Gothic monstrosities that explore the domestic horrors of the everyday, finding terror within our own households. This is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age, people.
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: ONE-ON-ONES
Immersive Performance: Creator, Writer, Performer: Clay McLeod Chapman
A returning favorite from last year’s fest, please join author Clay McLeod Chapman as he takes one audience member at a time on a dark ride through this depraved, intimate storytelling experience. Think of it as a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters telling their own story. No fourth wall, no escape. First come, first serve. Sessions will last 20 minutes. Available exclusively for all-access pass holders.
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5/25: Write to Read Day
I'm gonna be the keynote speaker at the 2018 Write to Read Day! W2R Day is a conference-style event for middle schoolers to celebrate literacy, story telling, and self-expression. Held each May, Write to Read Day is now in its 6th year. The morning consists of a keynote presentation, opening ceremonies, and two break out sessions that students elect ahead of time. Each student has a customized schedule according to his or her interests. We hope Write to Read Day inspires our students to be curious, passionate readers, and that it helps them find creative modes of expression for their voices.
Author of the Tribe trilogy, Clay has published short story collections, novels, comics, screenplays, and the stage. His works have been adapted for the screen as shorts and a feature length film, and he created and wrote for the two decade long Pumpkin Pie Show storytelling sessions. Clay joins us courtesy of the Brooklyn Public Library to talk about his career behind the pen, and will run a creative writing workshop afterwards.
For more info, click here.
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6/2: Rutgers University Writers Conference
On June 2 - 3, 2018, aspiring and established writers, agents, editors, and publishers will converge at the Rutgers Continuing Education Center for the 2nd Annual Rutgers–New Brunswick Writers' Conference! Enjoy keynote presentations from Alice Hoffman and Chris Bohjalian, choose from concurrent sessions across six tracks, meet individually with agents, editors, and publishers, join a panel discussion on publishing options, and attend an evening reading event featuring famous authors.
Clay McLeod Chapman will be leading two workshops:
ADAPTATION FOR STAGE/SCREEN: Sat 2, 2:50pm to 3:50pm
WRITING THRILLERS, CRIME NOVEL: Sat 2, 10:10am to 11:10am
For more info on workshops and the conference, click here.
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7/31: Ink Stains hits the shelves!
The Ink Stains Anthology: volume 9 officially hits the shelves today! You can either pick up a paperback or eBook version wherever spooky books are sold. It features my short story “cyan, magenta, yellow and key.”
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8/5-8/10: Southern Gothic Retreat
Anybody wanna tell spooky stories in Savannah? Come on down for a southern gothic writers retreat with Daniel Wallace (Big Fish), Alex Dawson and me. Only 10 spots available. We'll tell ghost stories all night…
WHAT: SO GO in SAVANNAH! Stay in the “8th Most Haunted Hotel in the World” (USA Today) and Write/Workshop Southern Gothic/Speculative Fiction in “America's most haunted city” (Travel Channel) with “horror-drunk storytelling virtuoso” (Time Out New York) Clay Mcleod Chapman (The Pumpkin Pie Show), acclaimed author Daniel Wallace (Big Fish), and Rutgers University Creative Writing professor Alex Dawson (Deep in the Jeeps of Georgia). Daily workshops, topical talks, craft exercises, one-on-one mentoring sessions, nightly readings of participant work, and group excursions to evocative points of interest, like Colonial Cemetery aka “Paranormal Central,” considered the most haunted location in Savannah.
WHEN: Aug 5 (arrive by late afternoon) - Aug 10 (depart early/mid-afternoon). Note: Daniel Wallace arrives evening of Aug 7.
LIMITED TO ONLY TEN PARTICIPANTS! If you're interested, e-mail Alex at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ASAP (w. the subject heading “So Go in Savannah!”)
WHERE: Savannah, the oldest city in Georgia, and one of the most haunted cities in the country. We'll be staying/workshopping at the Marshall House, whose history as a hospital during the Civil War (and through two yellow fever epidemics) make it easy to believe the many rumors. Frequently featured on the Travel Channel's “Haunted Hotels,” Marshall House has been named one of “11 of The South's Most Haunted Places” by Southern Living and the “8th most Haunted Hotel in the World” by USA Today. It was recently highlighted in the Huff Post article: “6 Hotels with Super Disturbing Pasts”
For more info, click here.
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9/2-10/28: Pumpkin Pie Show presents: ONE-ON-ONES
The Pumpkin Pie Show Presents: One-on-Ones
Written and Performed by Clay McLeod Chapman
Clay McLeod Chapman will take one audience member at a time on a 20-minute dark ride through the domestic horrors of the everyday. Sometimes darkly humorous or sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story. No fourth wall, no escape.
SIX SUNDAYS ONLY: SEPT 2nd-Oct 28th
UNDER ST. MARKS (94 St. Marks Place)
For tickets, click here. You MUST purchase a ticket to attend a performance.
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10/13-10/14: James River Writers Conference
Since 2003, the James River Writers Conference has attracted award-winning authors and highly regarded editors and agents from around the country to share their wisdom about the craft and business of writing and publishing.
More than 300 people attend this multi-day event, known for its inspiring, collegial atmosphere, and Southern hospitality. We hope you’ll join us for our 16th annual conference, October 13-14, 2018. For more info, click here.
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4/14: Chattanooga Film Festival live performance
I’ll be performing at the 2019 Chattanooga Film Festival!
For over 20 years, author Clay McLeod Chapman and his rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show have offered a view into the minds of the most depraved Southern Gothic monstrosities. Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, and most definitely always in-your-face, these tales of madness and macabre explore the domestic horrors of the everyday, finding terror within our very own households. This one-of-a-kind performance delves deep into the darkest recesses of those mad men and women who drift along the periphery of humankind. Still not sold? The Scotsman says, “Clay McLeod Chapman is like Stephen King transmogrified into a post-punk preacher poet.” We bet you’re in now.
Visit https://www.chattfilmfest.org/ for tickets and festival information.
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2019 Book Expo signing
I’ll be signing ARCs for The Remaking at the Quirk Booths booth (#1239). Come on down!
“Headquartered on a quiet cobblestone street in Philadelphia, Quirk Books publishes just 25 books per year and every title is a labor of love. Some of our more popular recent titles include MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, GEEKERELLA, and WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S STAR WARS — plus children’s books, art books, pop culture titles, and more.”
For more info, click here.
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2019 Overlook Film Fest: ONE-ON-ONES
ONE-ON-ONES is back at the Overlook Film Festival! For our next edition, we’ll return to America’s most haunted city, New Orleans, with new dates of May 30th–June 2nd.
A returning favorite from last year’s fest, please join author Clay McLeod Chapman as he takes one audience member at a time on a dark ride through this depraved, intimate storytelling experience. Think of it as a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters telling their own story. No fourth wall, no escape. Available exclusively for All-Access and Platinum Immersive Pass holders. For info, visit the Overlook site here.
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2019 ALA Annual Conference
I’ll be coming to DC for this year’s American Library Association’s 2019 Annual Conference to sign ARCs for The Remaking and speaking on some awesome panels! Come on down and say howdy…
Booth Signing with Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking, Quirk Books), 12:00pm – 12:30pm • Booth 1805
“Don’t Be Afraid of Horror” panel with Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking, Quirk Books) and Grady Hendrix (We Sold Our Souls, Quirk Books)
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall - PopTop Stage
The horror genre contains a huge variety of stories, from the not-so-scary to the truly terrifying. At this panel, authors will discuss the many subgenres found in horror and ways to match readers with their next perfectly scary read.
For more info, please click here.
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SDCC: Stories That Put Your Heart In Your Throat panel
Who’s going to San Diego Comic Con? I am!
Experience the chills and thrills of these authors’ works as they craft breathless prose that will have readers turning the pages at lightning speed. Get chilly with Katrina Leno (You Must Not Miss), James Murray (The Brink), Brendan Reichs (The Darkdeep), Ally Condie (The Darkdeep), Kali Wallace (Salvation Day), and Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking) in conversation with Maryelizabeth Yturralde (Mysterious Galaxy).
Thursday July 18, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm at the Horton Grand Theatre
For more info click here.
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10/3: NYCC: What Scares the Scarer?
What was the first thing that truly scared you? On this panel, authors of horror, thrillers, and suspense will explore which terrifying books, movies, and experiences first made them fans for life, and how they have used that fear to craft their own chilling tales for all ages. With Kristin Thorsness (The Wicked Tree), Wesley Chu (The Walking Dead: Typhoon), Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking), Josh Malerman (Malorie), Sara Faring (The Tenth Girl) , and Rachel Harrison (The Return) share the scares with Brian Keene (The Horror Show with Brian Keene).
Thursday, October 3 1:30 pm-2:30 pm. Room 1A18 - Javits Center
For more info, click here.
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10/4: NYCC: Making Friends with the Monster
Horror is more than gore and jump scares. Inside the books, comics, and movies that terrify us, there are often nuanced, heartfelt stories about the world we live in. Our panelists will discuss how they balance genuine scares and real emotion in their work, the horror titles that inspire and influence them, and more. Guests include Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking), Ivy Noelle Weir, Shawna Gore, Steenz Stewart and Vita Ayala.
Friday, October 4 9:00 pm-10:00 pm Room 1A18 - Javits Center
For more info, click here.
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10/8: NYC: The Remaking BOOK LAUNCH!
For over twenty years, Clay McLeod Chapman has been bringing his Poe-inspired first-person narratives to the stage with the hyperkinetic Pumpkin Pie Show. Now, with his new novel The Remaking, Chapman will bring that same performative energy to his readings, embracing the audience as if they were sitting around a campfire and listening to a ghost story. These electric readings will elevate the words on the page as Chapman takes on the persona of his narrators, until it feels like you are there…
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
POWERHOUSE @ the Archway
28 Adams Street (Corner of Adams & Water Street @ the Archway)
Brooklyn , NY 11201
RSVP encouraged & appreciated: Please fill out the form by clicking here if you plan on attending. Facebook event found here.
PLEASE NOTE: Submitting an RSVP DOES NOT guarantee entrance. This is a free-access event. Entrance is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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10/11: RVA: Book Talk w/ Clay McLeod Chapman
In a culture long obsessed with stories of the macabre, what price do we pay for all this storytelling? That is the question performance artist, screenwriter, and author Clay McLeod Chapman brilliantly explores in The Remaking (Quirk Books; October 8, 2019; $19.99), a supernatural thriller about a true-crime tale that takes on a life of its own. Inspired by the urban legend of The Witch Girl of Pilot’s Knob, Chapman reimagines the story of a single mother and her daughter who were burned at the stake as witches in a small town in Kentucky in 1916. In Chapman’s version, these women become Ella Louise and Jessica Ford, the inspiration for storytellers who seek to put their own stamp on their story, from a campfire tale to a B-horror movie to a meta slasher flick to a true-crime podcast. Richmond native Clay McLeod Chapman returns to his hometown for a book talk at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in partnership with Chop Suey Books.
Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Enchanted Garden
1914 E Main St, Richmond, VA 23223
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10/14: NC: Reading/signing at Flyleaf Books
Clay McLeod Chapman brings campfire storytelling to Flyleaf with The Remaking
For over twenty years, Clay McLeod Chapman has been bringing his Poe-inspired first-person narratives to the stage with the hyperkinetic Pumpkin Pie Show. Now, with his new novel The Remaking, Chapman will bring that same performative energy to his readings, embracing the audience as if they were sitting around a campfire and listening to a ghost story. These electric readings will elevate the words on the page as Chapman takes on the persona of his narrators, until it feels like you are there…
Event date: Monday, October 14, 2019 - 7:00pm
Event address: Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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10/15: NC: Reading/signing at Park City Books
Book reading/signing for The Remaking at Park City Books: 4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209.
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NYC: 10/17-10/19: The Pumpkin Pie Show: THE REMAKING
THE REMAKING: Come sit around the campfire to hear Clay McLeod Chapman tell the true story of the Little Witch Girl of Pilot’s Creek. Accused of witchcraft in 1931, Ella Louise Ford and her daughter Jessica were burned at the stake. Jessica now has one of the most famous graves in the South: a steel-reinforced coffin wrapped in a fence of interconnected crosses.
Seating is extremely limited. Each audience member will receive a free copy of Chapman’s new novel THE REMAKING, from Quirk Books, on shelves October 8th.
SIX PERFORMANCES ONLY: THU 17 @ 7:00 || THU 17 @ 8:30 || FRI 18 @ 7:00 || FRI 18 @ 8:30 || SAT 19 @ 7:00 || SAT 19 @ 8:30
At Under St Marks Theater: 94 Saint Marks Place, New York, NY 10009
For more info and tix, click here.
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10/29: NJ: Inside the Writers House
I’ll be discussing The Remaking at Rutgers University in part of their Inside the Writers House! Free and open to the public. Come on out!
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11/17: LA: Reading/signing at Dark Delicacies!
Los Angeles! I’m bringing #TheRemaking to you! Come see me read/sign at the amazing Dark Delicacies on Sunday, November 17th 4 PM!
822 N. Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA 91505
For more info, click here.
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4/15: NYC: Fantastic Fiction at KGB
Fantastic Fiction at KGB is a monthly speculative-fiction reading series held on the third Wednesday of every month at the famous KGB Bar in Manhattan, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel. Admission is always free.
Readings by Michael Cisco (The Divinity Student) and Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking) at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street. For more info, click here.
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Pumpkin Pie Show at the Virtual Chattanooga Film Festival!
The Chattanooga Film Festival’s revolutionary online genre festival includes a lineup of electrifying and provocative features, shorts, events, and surprises, including notable guests: Ernest Dickerson, Joe Bob Briggs, Alex Winter, and more!
For more than 20 years, author Clay McLeod Chapman and performer Hanna Cheek have offered a view into the minds of the most depraved Southern Gothic monstrosities with The Pumpkin Pie Show. Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, and most definitely always in-your-face, these tales of madness and macabre explore the domestic horrors of the everyday, finding terror within our very own households. This one-of-a-kind performance delves deep into the darkest recesses of those madmen and women who drift along the periphery of humankind. Don’t miss it!
For more info, click here: https://www.chattfilmfest.org/
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Writing workshop at Virtual Chattanooga Film Festival!
The Chattanooga Film Festival’s revolutionary online genre festival includes a lineup of electrifying and provocative features, shorts, events, and surprises, including notable guests: Ernest Dickerson, Joe Bob Briggs, Alex Winter, and more!
Come join Clay McLeod Chapman, author of The Remaking and Marvel Comics’ ongoing series Scream: Curse of Carnage, to discuss the hunting and gathering of new narrative material to tell our own spooooky stories. Whether it’s for film or fiction, comics or something even crazier, this workshop lays down a very simple foundation for spinning out a yarn around the campfire, no matter what the medium may be.
For more info, click here: https://www.chattfilmfest.org/
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Drive-In Screening and Stories!
Join us on Wednesday July 8th at the Vineland Drive-In for a free screening in partnership with IFC Midnight and ArcLight for an advance screening of the spectacular new horror film RELIC directed by Natalie Erika James.
This is an expertly crafted, emotional and absorbing feature film debut that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, one we were sad not to have been able to showcase at our original festival dates.
In true Overlook fashion, attendees will have their drive-in experience enhanced with a vintage pre-show for early arrivals, along with a downloadable soundtrack of spooky audio stories for the drive to and from the screening courtesy of our frightening friends at TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE and THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW.
Video Q&A to follow with director Natalie Erika James, and stars Emily Mortimer, Bella Heatchote and Robyn Niven, moderated by executive producers the Anthony & Joe Russo.
Availability is Limited! RSVP NOW at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
WEDNESDAY JULY 8TH
Gates Open: 6:45pm
Screening: 8:30pm
VINELAND DRIVE-IN
443 N. Vineland Ave.
City Of Industry, CA
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Virtual Graveyard Shift: She Dies Tomorrow and The Remaking
Aah! The Alamo Drafthouse has a book club and they’re pairing up #TheRemaking with She Dies Tomorrow! This is a total dream come true!
Virtual Graveyard Shift: She Dies Tomorrow and The Remaking
Friday, August 7th at 9 PM/CDT (10 PM/EST)
Join us for a Virtual Graveyard Shift screening of SHE DIES TOMORROW, the new film from director Amy Seimetz.
This virtual event begins at 9 PM with a Book Club discussion of THE REMAKING. We’ll be reading the first half of the book and chatting about it from 9 PM to 10 PM.
At 10 PM, we’ll chat about SHE DIES TOMORROW: Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her sceptical friend Jane discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys through what might be the last day of their lives.
Don’t want to read the book or watch the film but still want to hang out online? Join us at 11 PM when we transition to just general horror discussion.
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8/12: SCREAM: CURSE OF CARNAGE paperback release!
She’s heeeeeeeere! At long last, the trade paperback edition of SCREAM: CURSE OF CARNAGE hits shelves everywhere! Volume 1 collects the first six issues of Marvel Comic’ fave female symbiote! Available where comics and books are sold!
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9/15: The Remaking paperback release!
Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years—with terrifying results.
Preorder The Remaking (paperback):
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2V7Ig9k
BN.com: https://bit.ly/3fOhScC
Bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/3fM28Xj
Books-A-Million: https://bit.ly/37Ref2J
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9/21: StoryFest 2020: How the Story Tells Itself
StoryFest 2020 continues with a panel of top genre writers on creating unexpected narratives through mystery, puzzle, and surprise.
The most exciting stories play with the unexpected in their telling: puzzles to solve, mysteries to unwind, the past, present and fantastical wound up in one. These writers, across their genres, subvert our expectations of storytelling to give us unforgettable narratives that move us, shock us, and delight us.
Due to the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, StoryFest 2020 is going virtual. From September 15 - September 24, we will premiere 12 live and pre-recorded author events, featuring authors slated to appear in person at StoryFest 2020. These events will feature top authors and creators in genre fiction, comics, young adult fiction, and middle grade fiction. And in cross-genre panels, they will explore the big ideas at the heart of telling stories in today’s world. For more info, click here.
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9/22: Scary, Scary Night panel
Scary, Scary Night with Amy Blackthorn/Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews + Darcy Coates/Silence + Lorien Lawrence/The Stitchers: Fright Watch #1 in the Shadows + Clay McLeod Chapman/Whisper Down the Lane
Turn out the lights and get ready for chills up your spine! First we’ll mix a creepy cocktail and then hear authors read the scariest parts of their new scary stories.
In part of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and Southern Independent Booksellers Association’s “New Voices New Rooms” event. To register for this event, click here.
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10/1-10/2: Film on the Rocks Drive-In
Rejoice, Colorado fans! Overlook Film Festival is partnering with Denver Film to showcase drive-in screenings of two of our very favorites to kick off the spooky season: John Carpenter’s THE THING (Oct. 1st) and the original 1992 CANDYMAN (Oct. 2nd, presented by Scream Screen, Hosted by Theresa Mercado) and we’re plussing it up the only way we know how! Join us for unique audio storytelling pre-shows onsite each night from THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW’s Clay Mcleod Chapman and Larry Fessenden & Glenn McQuaid’s TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE followed by short films CHOWBOYS: AN AMERICAN FOLKTALE by Astron-6 (Oct. 1st) and HAIR WOLF by Mariama Diallo (Oct 2nd) before your feature presentation. Grab your tickets while you can!
Grab tickets here before they sell out!
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10/2-10/4: Salem Horror Fest!
The Salem Horror Fest is presenting virtual readings from an astounding assortment of authors all weekend. Check out this roster: Max Booth III, Nadia Bulkin, Christa Carmen, Clay McLeod Chapman, Gillian Daniels, Gemma Files, Christopher Golden, Gabino Iglesias, Alma Katsu, Kathe Koja, Patrick Lacey, Michelle Renee Lane, Sarah Langan, Kasey Lansdale, Victor LaValle, Curtis Lawson, Izzy Lee, Bracken MacLeod, Errick Nunnally, Tonia Ransom, David J. Schow, Rob Smales, Paul Tremblay, and Trisha Wooldridge! For more info on the fest, click here.
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10/17-10/18: Broadleaf Writers Conference
The 5th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference will return (virtually) October 17-18, 2020! To honor this milestone year, we’ve assembled the strongest list of writers you will ever find at a conference! As well, our list of agents, editors and publisher representatives will be deeper than ever! Combined with educational sessions and workshops, the 5th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference will offer you all that you need to refine and improve your craft and get you on the road toward publication!
Featuring Karen Abbott, Becky Albertalli, Paul Jenkins, Clay McLeod Chapman, Rona Simmons, Roger Johns, as well as agents and publisher reps to take your manuscript pitches and critique your first page, our list is sure to be the best yet!
For more info on the conference and registration, click here.
SATURDAY, OCT 17th: 10:45 – 11:45 AM
“Oops, I did it Again: The Darwin Award Guide to Characters”
Panelists: Clay McLeod Chapman, Paul Jenkins, Rona Simmons, Moderator
As Anna Karenina can attest, the heart of a good story has nothing to do with happy
people doing well. Drawing out your character’s flaws can show your reader symptoms
of a challenging life they can relate to. This panel will offer insights and tips on how to
craft mistake-prone klutzes who can’t manage to do a darn thing right, and how you can
lead them down a path to realization and redemption.
SATURDAY: OCT 17th: 2:15-3:15 PM
“The Criminal Villain: Finding the Motivation for Your Antagonist”
Panelists: Karen Abbott, Clay McLeod Chapman, Roger Johns, Moderator:
A well-crafted villain can seduce your readers, test their loyalties, and even appeal to their baser instincts. It begins and ends with motivation. Though villains can be diabolical, manipulative, vicious, bloodthirsty, and ruthless, they’re more intriguing for readers when they have a reason for their actions. Join our panel for a discussion on creating a believable and motivated antagonist that your readers may secretly (or not so secretly!) root for.
SUNDAY, OCT 18th: 10:30 – 11:30 AM
“Writing for Comics”
Panelists: Clay McLeod Chapman, Paul Jenkins, Chris Negron, Moderator:
Comic books are one of the fastest growing segments of the publishing industry. More
writers, established and new, are turning to comics and graphic novels to tell their
stories. But how is it done? What differences are there between comics and novels? And
once you’ve written a comic, where do you pitch it? Join Paul Jenkins, the legendary
author of Wolverine: Origin (as well as countless others!) and Clay McLeod Chapman,
author of Marvel’s Scream: Curse of Carnage for a discussion on the comic book
industry and some pointers on crafting a comic of your own!
SUNDAY, OCT 18th: 3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
“I Think We’re Alone Now: Battling the Impostor Syndrome”
Panelists: Ricki Cardenas, Clay McLeod Chapman, Paul Jenkins, Shelli R. Johannes, Kimberly Jones, Kris Spisak, Moderator
When do you feel comfortable admitting that you’re a writer? When will you give
yourself that label and feel like it fits? No matter what success a writer has, they tend to
be their own worst critics. But take a moment. Breathe. You’re not alone in your fears,
your insecurities, and your doubts. Listen as our panelists discuss how they have faced
and fought the ever-present demon of Imposter Syndrome.
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Once Upon A Halloween Night
Join New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden with actor and bestselling author Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) for an evening of live short-story writing!
Golden and Benson host New York Times bestselling horror writer Jonathan Maberry as well as Come Join Us by the Fire: Season 2 authors Jessica Guess, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Craig Laurance Gidney (now available on Google Play).
This event is a one hour round-robin writing experiment where the authors will write a scary short story together, one chilling paragraph at a time. Celebrate the Halloween spirit from home with some new and some familiar faces!
Reserve your spot by clicking here.
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2/17: Convo X Fango!
Love horror fiction? Join Fangoria Magazine at 7PM ET tomorrow for a live chat on Zoom with some of the best genre writers working today: Gemma Files, Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay and Clay McLeod Chapman! Register here.
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2/20: ABA Winter Institute Virtual Author Social
Booksellers are invited to mingle and chat with authors in unmoderated, open discussion rooms at the 2021 Winter Institute Virtual Author Socials. The Mystery/Thriller social will take place on Saturday, February 20.
Each day, 15 author social rooms will appear under the “Sessions” tab on Hopin at the time the author social program is scheduled to begin. Booksellers will be able to click in and out of all 15 rooms as they wish; rooms are divided by genre, and three to five authors will be in each room.
Physical or e-galleys will be available for most of the authors attending the virtual socials; booksellers can request them directly from the publisher in the virtual galley room.
Visit various rooms to mingle with authors and ask questions about their new books. Sample room categories may include: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Debut Authors, and more!
Mystery/Thriller
Alan Parks (Europa Editions)
Clay McLeod Chapman (Quirk Books)
Elly Griffiths (HMH)
Jean Hanff Korelitz (Celadon Books)
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3/22: Write What Scares You
Clubhouse Writers Panel featuring Liz Reed, Clay McLeod Chapman, Mary Kay McBrayer, Brad Gullicksn and Paul Tremblay. Join our panel of published horror authors and pop culture journalists as we discuss the art of storytelling.
To register for this free event, click here.
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3/27: Monsters We Have Met panel at WonderCon!
Monsters We Have Met and Been panel at WonderCon@Home!
Dim the lights for viewing this discussion of the Satanic Panic, the lives of final girls after the credits, devastating storms, rogue AIs, ghosts, and imaginary friends. Creators Clay McLeod Chapman (Whisper Down the Lane), Grady Hendrix (The Final Girl Support Group), Angela Mi Young Hur (Folklorn), John Jennings and David Brame (After the Rain), and Cassandra Khaw (The All-Consuming World) tell their scary stories to Beth Accomando (KPBS arts reporter and Cinema Junkie podcast host).
For more info on how to view this panel, click here.
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4/1: Inside the Writers House
Be a part of the conversation! Get candid access to working writers from all over the country as Writers House instructor (and former bookstore owner) Alex Dawson talks craft (via video chat) with some of the year’s hottest pen pushers.
“Inside the Writers House” invites you into the homes, offices, and writing rooms of acclaimed authors, providing an inside eye on their working life and a level of intimacy often lacking in more formal settings. An obvious reference to the televised Actor’s Studio seminar, “Writers House” interviews are likewise craft focused, but strive for an earthy spontaneity unencumbered by prepared queries and index card cues. Visits are conversational and plastic, largely molded by (and dependent on) audience questions. In addition to the conversation, most visits include short readings, writing prompts, show-and-tell sessions, and house/apt tours. Chances are you’ll meet their pets.
In the last five years, students have visited with almost 200 authors in dozens of different cities. Internationally, they’ve talked with Eoin Colfer in Dublin, Mariana Enriquez in Buenos Aires, Yewande Omotoso in Johannesburg, Garth Greenwell in Sofia, Karin Tidbeck in Stockholm, Kevin Barry in Sligo, and Daisy Johnson in Oxford. Stateside, they’ve talked with Maurice Ruffin in New Orleans, Karen Russell in Portland, Chigozie Obioma in Lincoln, Tommy Orange in Oakland, Susan Orlean in Los Angeles, Tom Perrotta in Belmont, Jeff VanderMeer in Tallahassee, and Eowyn Ivey in Palmer, Alaska (as well as more local luminaries like Jennifer Egan, Victor LaValle, Lev Grossman, and André Aciman).
Books by IWH guests are available at the RU B&N (just look for the stepladder display bearing the IWH logo).
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4/6: Whisper Down The Lane hits the shelves!
Whisper Down The Lane hits shelves April 6, 2021! Available wherever books are sold!
Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the ‘80s, the critically acclaimed author of The Remaking delivers another pulse pounding, true-crime-based horror novel.
Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijah’s elementary school in Danvers, Virginia. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard doesn’t have a birthday—but Sean does . . .
Sean is a five-year-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. Like most mothers of the 1980s, she’s worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table . . . and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. When Sean’s school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Sean’s favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation—and Sean and his mother are left holding the match.
Now, thirty years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did. And though Sean doesn’t exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies.
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4/6: WHISPER Book Release Party w/ Elijah Wood
WORD is proud to host Clay McLeod Chapman in celebration of his new release Whisper Down the Lane. He will be in conversation with Elijah Wood and the event will be moderated by WORD’s very own, Steven Warren!
About the Book: Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the ‘80s, the critically acclaimed author of The Remaking delivers another pulse pounding, true-crime-based horror novel.
About the Author/Conversation Partner:
Clay McLeod Chapman writes novels, comic books, and children’s books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.
Elijah Wood is an actor and producer best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In 2010, he founded the production company SpectreVision with Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller, which specializes in producing horror films.
To register, click here.
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4/8: Reader Meet Writer Series
The Reader Meet Writer Author Series features bestselling authors and fresh new voices, fiction and nonfiction titles, in an engaging and accessible format. See the schedule below for upcoming events, and click on an event for all the details. To participate, check with your local indie bookseller for more information. And don’t forget to support your store with your book purchases!
The series was created and is facilitated by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) in partnership with member indie booksellers as a way to connect authors and readers at a time and place all can safely and comfortably gather. Each Reader Meet Writer event is fully moderated and hosted, with plenty of time for author Q & A. Plus, all events are recorded and available to stream at SIBA’s Reader Meet Writer TV YouTube channel.
Thu Apr 8th 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Reader-Meet-Writer: Clay McLeod Chapman’s WHISPER DOWN THE LANE
Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijah’s elementary school in Danvers, Virginia. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard doesn’t have a birthday—but Sean does…
Sean is a five-year-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. Like most mothers of the 1980s, she’s worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table…and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. When Sean’s school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Sean’s favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation—and Sean and his mother are left holding the match.
Now, thirty years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did. And though Sean doesn’t exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies.
Contact your local indie bookseller for information on how to join the event. Don’t see your bookseller on the list? Drop SIBA a line!
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4/15: Write Now: Clay McLeod Chapman
Taxes scaring you out of your pants? Well, why stop there? In partnership with Eagle Eye Book Shop, Broadleaf Writers is thrilled to welcome back author Clay McLeod Chapman for a conversation on his latest novel, WHISPER DOWN THE LANE. Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the ‘80s, the critically acclaimed author of THE REMAKING delivers another pulse pounding, true-crime-based horror novel.
Clay will discuss the process of writing horror, from his famed NYC performances in the Pumpkin Pie Show to plotting and constructing a truly terrifying novel. Join us for the pulse-pounding fun and sharpen your skills of fright with the master himself!
Copies of WHISPER DOWN THE LANE can be ordered through our friends at Eagle Eye Book Shop at https://eagleeyebooks.com/home/bookdetailsin/9781683692157. Supporting an independent bookstore is more important than ever!
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN writes novels, comic books, and children’s books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.
You can access the program by following this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88567972518
Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 7:00pm
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4/21: Book Talk with Daniel Hess and Clay McLeod Chapman!
Old Firehouse Books is thrilled to welcome author, filmmaker, and poet Daniel Hess to our virtual event space to celebrate the release of his book, Just a Boy Blaming Himself! He will be joined by author Clay McLeod Chapman (Whisper Down the Lane) on Wednesday, April 21st at 6pm MST. The event will be streaming to the Old Firehouse Books Facebook page, and is free.
Just a Boy Blaming Himself is a collection of poetry about life, love, and loss as told through the lens of a 20 something. It is a work that is the culmination of over five years of writing whenever inspiration would flash. These poems have been a place of solace for me and I sincerely hope they leave a lasting impression on all those who read it.
Please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you at the event!
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8/21: MD: Extreme Carnage at 3rd Eye Comix!
This is a BIG one! Third Eye Faithful we’ve got some serious heavy-hitters coming in this August to sign some of the most brutal symbiote books! Four of the writers on the current runs of Extreme Carnage – Steve Orlando, Alyssa Wong, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Phillip K. Johnson will all be at Third Eye Annapolis on August 21st, ready to all of the Carnage goodness for you!
We’re so excited to welcome four amazing creators to Third Eye Annapolis! Please join us on August 21st from 11am-1pm for this killer, giant signing!
For more info click here.
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8/21: DC: Awesome Con panel/signing!
Meet Marvel’s Extreme Carnage Team at Awesome Con!
Get to know the team behind Marvel’s fiercest symbiotes! The Extreme Carnage team will discuss everything you want to know about the five Life Symbiotes and their great challenge yet, courtesy of their big bad older brother: Carnage. Chat with Clay McLeod Chapman, Alyssa Wong, Steve Orlando, Phillip Kennedy Johnson about this explosive family reunion.
For more info click here.
Saturday, August 21, 2021 - 7:00pm
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9/11: Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago! I’ll be at the Printer’s Row Lit Fest and so should you! I’ll be speaking on the “Thrilling Fiction” panel, then signing copies of Whisper Down The Lane right after. Hope to see you there! For more info, go to their website: https://printersrowlitfest.org/
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10/7: Ludington Author Series
Ludington Author Series: Clay McLeod Chapman Online
Join us for a reading from WHISPER DOWN THE LANE and talk. Followed by a Q&A. This is an online event and FREE. For more info on how to register click here.
Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 7:00pm
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10/11: Spooky Evenings
Clay McLeod Chapman: Author of Extreme Carnage and Scream: Curse of Carnage
Discussion - Horror in Comics
Spooky Evenings is a multidisciplinary academic e-event that seeks to engage academics, students, and professionals in the field of horror. We strive to create a pop-cultural event around the theme of horror in October to encourage both intellectual pursuit as well as a bit of seasonal fun. Spooky Evenings runs the entire month of October with different programming each night.
This is free online event. For more info click here.
Monday, October 11, 2021 - 8:00pm
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10/16: Pikes Peak Writers: Horror Authors Panel to DIE For
A horror panel to die for! Join us as we pick the brains (figuratively speaking, of course) of horror authors Carina Bissett, Clay McLeod Chapman, Sumiko Saulson, and Shannon Lawrence about how horror writers think and how to put the emotions horror evokes such as suspense, fear, dread, and terror into your writing no matter what genre you write. Your $20 ticket gives you access to this fabulous virtual panel and maybe even a special prize!
This is an online event. For more info click here.
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10/17: Lovecraft eZine Podcast interview
The Lovecraft eZine podcast/videocast: LIVE Every Sunday at 6:00pm Eastern time (5pm Central, 3pm Pacific) — OR watch/listen to the archived editions at any time later.
- October 17, 2021: Alan Baxter, Clay McLeod Chapman
For more info click here.
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StokerCon!
I’ll be at StokerCon to discuss all-things spooky! For more info on panels, click here.
Thursday, May 12, 2022 - 12:00am
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Overlook Film Festival
I’ll be returning to the Overlook Film Festival! Come on out to New Orleans!
The Pumpkin Pie Show rises from the dead once more! A staple of the festival since its inception, Author/performer Clay McLeod Chapman returns to the Overlook with his depraved brand of storytelling, offering an intimate look into the hearts of monsters, murderers and madmen.
For more info, click here.
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Overlook Reading/Signing
The Garden District Book Shop will host renowned horror author, Clay McLeod Chapman for a reading and book signing of his book Whisper Down the Lane: A Novel on June 3 at 5:00 PM. Whisper Down the Lane is the pulse-pounding, true-crime-based horror novel inspired by the McMartin preschool trial and Satanic Panic of the ’80s. Chapman will read a selection from his book for guests and be available for a signing afterwards. The event is open to the public and books can be purchased at The Garden District Book Shop.
Friday, June 3rd | 5-6 PM | The Garden District Book Shop. For info click here.
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AwesomeCon in DC!
I’ll be in DC for this year’s AwesomeCon!
WRITE WHAT SCARES YOU
Join our panel of writers as we discuss storytelling for the horror genre. We’ll dissect our favorite scare tactics across multiple mediums, including: movies, comics, podcasts, and novels. Moderated by Fangoria editor-in-chief Phil Nobile Jr. Panelists: Clay McLeod Chapman (Whisper Down the Lane, Tales From Beyond the Pale, The Remaking), Phil Nobile Jr. (Editor-in-Chief at Fangoria, Executive Producer of Horror Noire, Behind the Monsters), and Liz Reed (Bites of Terror, Cuddles and Rage).
For more info, click here.
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Chattanooga Film Festival
I’ll be performing virtually at this year’s Chattanooga Film Festival!
The Pumpkin Pie Show: The Remaking with Clay McLeod Chapman
Clay McLeod Chapman’s live storytelling mind-frick THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW has become a fan-favorite staple of our live CFF events for many years now, and it’s our supreme honor to bring the mad master storyteller back in 2022:
Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller is for fans of horror and true crime. In the 1930s, Ella Louise and her daughter Jessica are dragged from their home at the outskirts of Pilot’s Creek, Virginia, in the middle of the night. Ella Louise is accused of using her apothecary for witchcraft, and both are burned at the stake. Ella Louise’s burial site is never found, but the little girl has the most famous grave in the South: a steel-reinforced coffin surrounded by a fence of interconnected white crosses. Some wonder: If the mother was the witch, why is Jessica’s grave so tightly sealed?
For more info on how to stream this event, click here.
Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 12:00am
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GhOST EATERS at ALA
Penguin Random House Library Marketing is headed to Washington, DC! Join us for galley giveaways, book buzzes, author events, and stop by Booth #1811 during ALA Annual 2022!
Clay McLeod Chapman
GHOST EATERS
Sunday, June 26th
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
PRH Booth Signing, Table TBA
For more info click here.
Sunday, June 26, 2022 - 10:30am
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Ghost Eaters at SDCC!
Pssst… Guess who’s going to San Diego Comic Con? Let’s get haunted!
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11:00AM - 12:00PM Crafting the Creepy Crawly and Throat-Clutching Moments Creators examine writing scenes of horror, from the slow build to the metaphorical jump scare. Get your spook on with Kiersten White (Hide), Anne Heltzel (Just Like Mother), Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters), and moderator Maryelizabeth Yturralde. Room: 29AB.
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9/10: Connecticut: StoryFest
(Never) Too Much Horror Business: A Panel on Dark Fiction
Horror is all the rage these days, and we’ve got some of the genre’s premier writers on hand to discuss the allure of dark fiction. Featuring Gus Moreno, Lorien Lawrence, Alexis Henderson, Clay McLeod Chapman, Isabel Cañas and John Palisano.
Reading Glasses ... LIVE!
Raise a glass to StoryFest weekend on Saturday, September 10, with specialty cocktails and Reading Glasses! Mallory O’Meara (James Beard Book Award-winning author) and Brea Grant (filmmaker and actress) bring their ultra-popular podcast, Reading Glasses, to the Library’s stage for a very special live event featuring guest stars Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Alexis Henderson, and Clay McLeod Chapman, and a virtual appearance by Sarah Gailey! Don’t miss the reception, which will feature signature drinks and small bites courtesy of Bill Taibe, 2021 Connecticut Restaurateur of the year and four-time James Beard Chef of the Year semifinalist.
For more info, click here.
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9/21: NYC: Ghost Eaters book launch with Grady Hendrix!
This will be a special night… Please come to the GHOST EATERS book launch party, where I’ll be in conversation with NY Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix!
Seating is extremely limited. You must register ahead of time. For more info, click here.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 7:00pm
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9/22: RVA: Unhappy Hour at Poe Museum
Join the Poe Museum for a far-out night full of live music, libations, and after-hours access to the grooviest museum in town!
Benchtop Brewing, Bryant’s Cider, and a selection of wines will be available for purchase ($6 pre-purchase, $7 at the event). Jam to the tunes of Elizabeth Wise & Her Guys. Can you dig it, man?
Author Clay McLeod Chapman will perform a reading of his new book Ghost Eaters, which takes place in Richmond. Clay McLeod Chapman writes novels, comic books, and children’s books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.
It’s a miserable time from six to nine!
This event is a part of our centennial celebration.
Thursday, September 22, 2022 - 6:00pm
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9/24: Toronto: Little Ghosts Books reading/signing
Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 1:00pm
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9/25: Toronto: Word on the Street Festival signing
Sunday, September 25, 2022 - 12:00am
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9/29: Theodore’s Books Reading
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 7PM AT THEODORE’S BOOKS
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Join Theodore’s Books in partnership with The Syosset Public Library, for an evening with author Clay McLeod Chapman as he discusses and signs copies of his new supernatural horror novel, Ghost Eaters. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is appreciated but not required.
For more info, click here.
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9/30: Conversation w/ Rachel Harrison (virtual)
GHOST EATERS: CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN IN CONVERSATION WITH RACHEL HARRISON
This event takes place on crowdcast, Charis’ virtual event platform. Register here.
Charis welcomes Clay McLeod Chapman in conversation with Rachel Harrison for a celebration of Ghost Eaters: A Novel. From the acclaimed author of The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane, this terrifying supernatural page-turner will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.
For more info, click here.
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10/4: VIRTUAL Tempe Library Interview
Join us for a virtual interview with horror author Clay McLeod Chapman about his new novel “Ghost Eaters”.
A terrifying supernatural page-turner that explores ghosts, grief, and God complexes.
When Erin learns that Silas discovered a drug that allowed him to see the dead, she doesn’t believe it’s real but agrees to a pill-popping “séance” to ease her guilt and pain. When she steps back into the real world, she starts to see ghosts from her southern hometown’s bloody and brutal past everywhere. Are the effects pharmacological or something more sinister? And will Erin be able to shut the Pandora’s box of horrors she’s opened? With propulsive momentum, bone-chilling scares, and dark meditations on the weight of history, this southern horror will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.
Register in Advance for this Meeting.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeuvrDgjGtNRkcn5v5gp-kh6wT2eHKeO
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more info, click here.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - 4:00pm
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10/5: NJ: Rahway Public Library
For more info click here.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - 5:30pm
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10/8: NYCC: Panels and signings!
I’ll be at New York Comic Con on Saturday! I’ll be signing at the Quirk Books booth as well as speaking on some kick-ass panels:
Saturday 10/8 at 2:15 PM: SPOOKS, SHIVERS AND SHRIEKS: HORROR
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Do you dare investigate these stories of werewolves, darkest desires, ghosts by the sea, Southern ghosts, and terrifying urban legends, guaranteed to raise a chill down your spine? Huddle together for safety with Princess Weekes (The MarySue) and Rachel Harrison (Such Sharp Teeth), Eric LaRocca (Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke), Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters), Katrina Monroe (They Drown our Daughters), and Vincent Tirado (Burn Down, Rise Up).
For more info, click here.
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10/12: NYC: Fantastic Fiction at KGB Bar
Fantastic Fiction at KGB is a monthly speculative-fiction reading series held on the second Wednesday of every month originally at the KGB Bar in New York City, and now on YouTube, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel.
Tonight’s readers include Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters) and Meg Elison
For more info, click here.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 7:00pm
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10/13: Print: A (Virtual) Conversation w/ Andy Davidson
VIRTUAL: Clay McLeod Chapman and Andy Davidson discuss THE HOLLOW KIND and GHOST EATERS
Andy Davidson’s epic horror novel about the spectacular decline of the Redfern family, haunted by an ancient evil. And from the acclaimed author of The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane, the terrifying supernatural page-turner Ghost Eaters will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.
For more info click here.
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10/14: Rhode Island: Ghost Eaters reading
Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters) Author Talk and Q&A
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Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Clay McLeod Chapman for the new book, Ghost Eaters.
Savoy Bookshop and Café: 10 Canal St. Westerly, RI 02891
For more info, click here.
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10/15: Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival
The return of the greatest one-day Halloween book festival, dedicated to horror, dark fantasy, and crime fiction, and featuring dozens of authors from global bestsellers to local independent writers and artists.
Haverhill Public Library, 99 Main Street, Haverhill, MA. For more info click here.
Saturday, October 15, 2022 - 10:00am
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10/20: MD: Camp Fire Tales w/ Ronald Malfi
Charm City Books presents Camp Fire Tales:
An evening of haunting yarns in the enchanted garden of Culinary Architecture.
Fans of SNICK and The Midnight Society know sharing spooky tales in the shadows before a roaring campfire is the ideal way of getting into the spirit of Halloween.
Guests will be visited by the spirits of Clay Mcleod Chapman (Ghost Eaters, pub. 9-20-22) and Ronald Malfi (Ghoswritten, pub 10-11-22). There will be seasonal drink specials and snacks available to enjoy created especially by Sylva (founder of culinary architecture) for this phantasmagoric occasion.
After Clay and Ronald share excerpts from their new ghoulish manifestos, the authors will take questions from the audience and be available for signing and personalizing copies of their books for anyone in attendance.
The event is free to attend but space is limited. If you’d like to make sure you reserve your seat for you and a guest or your family you’ll need to purchase a ticket on this site.
The price of the ticket includes, A copy of one or more of the books by the two authors, a seasonal beverage and snack, and a rekindled fear of the unseen creepys that go bump in the night.
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 7:00pm
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10/27: Book Banter (virtual)
Book Banter with Clay McLeod Chapman
We are thrilled to welcome horror author Clay McLeod Chapman to Book Banter! Book Banter is a fun, interactive (you can ask questions and we will answer them during the event), event that streams live. Join the conversation on Facebook or YouTube!
For more info, click here.
Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 6:00pm
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10/29: Houston Alamo: Look Alive! w/ Clay McLeod Chapman
Head to the Alamo LaCenterra on Saturday, October 29 for two events hosted by Clay McLeod Chapman, author of WHISPER DOWN THE LANE, THE REMAKING and GHOST EATERS.
Brazos Bookstore will be on hand beginning at 5 PM to sell copies of Clay’s books, in which Clay will be on hand to sign.
THE SHINING - Saturday, October 29 at 6 PM
STANLEY KUBRICK’S DEFT SYMPHONY OF TERROR, PRESENTED IN 4K
An alcoholic, out-of-work teacher takes a job as the wintertime caretaker of a snowy resort. He brings his wife and young son with him. He wants to get some writing done. Things take a very dark turn…
THE SHINING is Stanley Kubrick’s chilling symphony of deft manipulation: Wendy Carlos’s score alternating with Ligeti compositions, Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall’s push-and-pull performances, and the omniscient Steadicam taking the whole thing in. THE SHINING transcends any trappings of paperback adaptation or genre exercise to become one of the most elementally terrifying works of art of the twentieth century.
Come lose yourself in its marvelous madness on the big screen – where it forever belongs. This 4K presentation of THE SHINING has been meticulously remastered and restored, sourced from the film’s original camera negative.
ALL-NIGHT HULLABALOO - Saturday, October 29 at 9 PM
LEAP INTO HALLOWEEN WITH A TWELVE-HOUR HORROR MOVIE MARATHON!
Join us for a twelve-hour horror movie marathon beginning at 9 PM and ending (more or less) at 9 AM on Sunday, October 30. You’ll get a whole evening of mystery horror films packed into one nerve-shattering evening of surprises. One surprise revealed: Our first film has been selected by Clay McLeod Chapman. Classic movies, underseen gems, sneak previews of upcoming fright fests - this festival has it all! And more. Special note: A limited menu will be available to order from during the time between midnight and 9 AM.
Saturday, October 29, 2022 - 5:00pm
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10/30: KY: Ghost Eaters at B&N
Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 1:00pm
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10/30: KY: Reading at Butcher Cabin Books!
Louisville! Clay McLeod Chapman will be reading from his new novel GHOST EATERS! Come see him at Butcher Cabin Books. For more info click here.
Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 7:00pm
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11/1: Days of the Dead Festival
Dip into tales both spooky and ooky as author Clay McLeod Chapman, creator of Horse Trade’s long-running Pumpkin Pie Show, returns to UNDER St. Marks to spin a few new yarns. For more info click here.
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 7:00pm
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11/4-11/5: RVA: Halloween Hangover at B&N Libbie
Continue your spooky season beyond Halloween and join Barnes & Noble Libbie Place on November 4th, 4-8PM and November 5th, 12-5PM for a gathering of horror lovers.
-Signed Copies
-Author Panels
-Readings
-Q&A
-Podcast Host- The Curator of Horror!
-and More!
Friday Authors: Rachel Harrison, Brian Keene, Clay McLeod Chapman, Richard Chizmar, Todd Keisling, Michael J. Seidlinger, Mike Allen, Preston Fassel, RJ Joseph, John Edward Lawson, Mary SanGiovanni, Greg Stumbo, D. Alexander Ward, & Rus Wornom
Saturday Authors: Rachel Harrison, Brian Keene, Clay McLeod Chapman, Brian McAuley, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Michael J. Seidlinger, Nat Cassidy, Mike Allen, Preston Fassel, J.S. Furlong, Donnie Goodman, RJ Joseph, Todd Keisling, John Edward Lawson, Mary SanGiovanni, Wesley Southard, Greg Stumbo, T. Marie Vandelly, D. Alexander Ward, L. Marie Wood, & Rus Wornom
For more info, click here.
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11/12: MA: GHOST EATERS in Hingham
Saturday, November 12, 2022 - 1:00pm
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11/19: Los Angeles: GHOST EATERS at Dark Delicacies
Ghost Eaters comes to the West Coast, compliments of Dark Delicacies!
For more info, click here.
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9/12: RVA: Reading at Fountain Bookstore!
What Kind of Mother Launch with Clay McLeod Chapman!
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 @ 6:00PM - 7:30 PM
Former Richmonder Clay McLeod Chapman returns with a launch party for his newest, What Kind of Mother. Clay will be in conversation with Ryan Kent at the store.
Free. Registration required. To register and for more info click here.
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9/13: MD: Charm City Books w/ Ronald Malfi!
Joining us for this unforgettable evening on September 13th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the enchanting Wico St. Brewery in Pigtown are Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters, Wendel and Wild, Marvel Comics), with fellow horror writers David Simmons (Baltimore), and Ronald Malfi (Frederick). All three writers will share excerpts from their newest books, underscored by the atmospheric rock of PA trio, Witch Weather.
For more info click here.
Wico St. Brewery, nestled in the heart of Pigtown, sets the stage for an evening that intertwines literature and music. With a selection of crafted brews and an eerie ambiance, the brewery provides the perfect backdrop for exploring the darker side of storytelling.
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9/14: MD: Reading at C. Burr Artz Public Library/Curious Iguana!
Join us as we welcome Clay McLeod Chapman to Frederick to celebrate the release of his southern gothic horror, What Kind of Mother. Clay will discuss What Kind of Mother, answer questions, and sign books.
This event is presented in partnership with Frederick County Public Libraries. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
110 E Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701
For more info click here.
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9/16: NYS: Guest bookseller at Transom Books!
For two whole hours, I’ll be a guest bookseller at Transom Books in Tarrytown, NY!
Clay will be at Transom in person on Sept 16, signing his new book WHAT KIND OF MOTHER - first 50 copies sold receive an exclusive, signed keepsake.
23 Main Street
Tarrytown, NY 10591 [map]
914.848.4232
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9/19: NYC: Rachel Harrison launches BLACK SHEEP w/ Clay McLeod Chapman
Join Barnes & Noble Tribeca on September 19th for a discussion and live signing as we welcome national bestselling author Rachel Harrison to celebrate the release of BLACK SHEEP. She will be in conversation with author Clay McLeod Chapman for this special event.
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle.
For more info click here.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 7:00pm
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9/21: GA: In conversation w/ Andy Davidson at Eagle Eye!
Horror author Clay Mcleod Chapman arrives at Eagle Eye for a terrifying evening celebrating the release of his newest novel, What Kind of Mother. Combining traditions of Southern Gothic, supernatural horror and domestic suspense, Clay’s new novel is a must-read for horror fans of all stripes. He will be in conversation with Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Andy Davidson for a discussion and Q&A.
The event will take place on Thursday, September 21 at Eagle Eye Book Shop, beginning at 7pm. There will be copies of the book available for purchase at the event. We hope to see you there!
For more info click here.
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9/23-9/24: GA: Broadleaf Writers Conference
The 8th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference returns to the Decatur Library in Decatur, Georgia on September 23-24, 2023! With one of the strongest list of authors you will ever find at a conference, a fabulous list of agents and publisher representatives, educational panels and workshops, and plenty of opportunities to meet (even online!) and share your work, the 8th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference will offer you all that you need to refine and improve your craft and get you on the road toward publication!
For more info click here.
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9/26: NYC: In conversation w/ Nat Cassidy at Books Are Magic!
[IN-STORE MONTAGUE] Clay McLeod Chapman: What Kind of Mother w/ Nat Cassidy. Tuesday September 26th, 2023 @ 7:00PM - 8:00 PM
*See Event Guidelines Below*
Nicholas Sparks meets The Empty Man in this modern Southern Gothic horror about a palm reader swept up in a disturbing missing-child case with a twist you won’t see coming.
After striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced to return to her hometown of Brandywine, Virginia, with her seventeen-year-old daughter. With nothing to her name, she scrapes together a living as a palm reader at the local farmers market.
It’s there that she connects with old high school flame Henry McCabe, now a reclusive local fisherman whose infant son, Skyler, went missing five years ago. Everyone in town is sure Skyler is dead, but when Madi reads Henry’s palm, she’s haunted by strange and disturbing visions that suggest otherwise. As she follows the thread of these visions, Madi discovers a terrifying nightmare waiting at the center of the labyrinth—and it’s coming for everyone she holds dear.
Combining supernatural horror with domestic suspense into a visceral exploration of parental grief, What Kind of Mother cements Clay McLeod Chapman’s reputation as a “star” (Vulture) and “the twenty-first century’s Richard Matheson” (Richard Chizmar, Chasing the Boogeyman).
For tix and more info click here.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 7:00pm
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9/28: MA: Reading/signing at B&N Hingham!
Clay Chapman’s books have a way of making you hold your breath. Grief and loss are common themes in fiction, but put in the hands of Chapman and the world goes even more out of balance — exactly what we look for in a horror novel.
Enjoy your evening, with a warm fall beverage from the cafe, as you listen to Clay read and answer questions on his new book.
Hingham, MA 02043(781) 749-3319
For more info click here.
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9/29: NH: In conversation w/ Chuck Wendig at Gibson’s!
A horror event months in the making, where Bookseller Ryan has finally arranged an event between her friends, horror writers Clay McLeod Chapman (What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters), and Chuck Wendig (Black River Orchard, Wanderers, The Book of Accidents)! It took some serious wheedling to get their tour dates aligned up, and we’re so grateful to their enthusiastic publicists moving heaven and earth to make this happen, as these two horror heavyweights, with two new horror novels that made Ryan’s skin crawl (in the BEST way) bring us an event blending haunted apples, bottom feasting crabs, and the horrors of parenting and love.
Can’t make this event? Order a book through our website, and leave your signing and/or personalization request in the order notes!
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Event date:
Friday, September 29, 2023 - 7:00pm
Event address:
For more info click here.
Friday, September 29, 2023 - 6:30pm
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9/30: MA: Spooktastic Book Fair
The Spooktastic Book Fair
Join us for a spooktacular book fair at 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA! Get ready for a frightfully fun day filled with books, treats, and literary adventures. Whether you’re a bookworm or just looking for some Halloween-themed reads, this event is perfect for all ages. Browse through a wide selection of spine-chilling novels, thrilling mysteries, and enchanting tales. Don’t forget to dress up in your favorite costume and participate in our ghoulishly delightful activities. It’s going to be a boo-tiful day at The Spooktastic Book Fair! Names include Eric LaRocca, Gretchen Felker, Clay McLeod Chapman & more!
Meet over 15 horror authors, get your books signed and take pictures! Get a tarot reading and enjoy a beer from the beer garden!
24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
For more info click here.
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 3:00pm
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10/4: PA: Reading/signing with Chuck Wendig!
Join us in welcoming horror writer Clay McLeod Chapman as he returns to The Doylestown Bookshop to discuss and sign What Kind Of Mother with NYT Bestselling author Chuck Wendig at The Doylestown Bookshop on Wednesday, October 4th, 2023, at 6:00 PM.
*If you would like to order a signed copy of the author’s books, add the quantity you would like to the cart below. If you would like a personalized copy of the book, please note who you would like the book inscribed in the order comments section at checkout.
For more info click here.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 6:00pm
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10/14: NJ: Scary Stories Book Festival
Scary Stories Book Fest
Horror Bookfest. Meet 23 horror authors, get signed books, hear readings, and check out the vendors.
Capitoline: 639 Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, NJ
Saturday, October 14, 2023 - 2:00pm
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10/17: Books In Exile w/ Gus Moreno!
Authors on Tap: Clay McLeod Chapman and Gus MorenoTuesday October 17th, 2023 @ 7:00PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us in person on Tuesday, October 17th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate Clay McLeod Champan‘s new novel, What Kind of Mother. Clay will be in conversation with Exile MVP Gus Moreno!
For more info click here.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 7:00pm
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10/17: Books In Exile w/ Gus Moreno!
Authors on Tap: Clay McLeod Chapman and Gus MorenoTuesday October 17th, 2023 @ 7:00PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us in person on Tuesday, October 17th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate Clay McLeod Champan‘s new novel, What Kind of Mother. Clay will be in conversation with Exile MVP Gus Moreno!
For more info click here.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 7:00pm
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10/19: OH: Oh, the Horror!
Ghosts, Gothics & Grief: Clay McLeod Chapman in Conversation
Thursday, October 19, 7 p.m.
Library Center auditorium
Springfield, Ohio
Acclaimed author Clay McLeod Chapman’s “Ghost Eaters” explores the appeal and cost of lifting the veil between the living and the dead, while his newest novel, “What Kind of Mother,” mixes supernatural horror, Southern Gothic and domestic suspense to explore parental grief. Join Chapman for a discussion about how we are all haunted — by the ghosts of regret, the shadows of grief, the horrors of history — and how exploring what frightens us can connect us. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
For more info click here.
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 7:00pm
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10/20-10/21: CT: StoryFest!
StoryFest 2023
Connecticut’s Largest Literary Festival
October 20-22, 2023
StoryFest is…
... A multi-day, genre-spanning literary festival, now in its sixth year.
… The largest literary festival in the state of Connecticut.
… A celebration of the story in all its forms, and storytellers from across all media.
… Where you can hear award-winning and debut authors talk about their work and books they have coming out this fall.
For more info click here.
Friday, October 20, 2023 - 12:00am
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Saturday, October 21, 2023 - 12:00pm
10/26: NYC: Horror in Literature at the Strand Book Store!
Panel: Horror Literature in 2023
Horror writers Nat Cassidy, Clay McLeod Chapman, Rachel Harrison and Erin E. Adams discuss horror literature in 2023.
Join us for an in-person event with horror writers Nat Cassidy, Clay McLeod Chapman, Rachel Harrison and Erin E. Adams for a panel discussion on horror literature in 2023. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.
For more info click here.
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 7:00pm
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11/3-11/4: RVA: Halloween Hangover 2
The return of Halloween Hangover at B&N Libbie Place! We’ll see you in Richmond once again!
Friday, November 3, 2023 - 12:00am
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 - 12:00pm
12/19: NYC: Brooklyn, Books & Booze!
Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow’s Intense! Each month we feature three or four different authors of different genres — science-fiction, fantasy, horror, young adult, mystery, humor … the sky’s the limit!
December 19
E.C. Ambrose
Meg Elison
Alex Shvartsman
Clay McLeod Chapman
Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room: 86 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY
For more info click here.
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - 7:00pm
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Boo’s and Brews at Necromantic Brewery Co.
Boo’s and Brews at Necromantic Brewery Co. (Offsite)
Thursday, February 8, at 7:00 p.m.
Winter is traditionally the time to tell scary stories! Join master Horror Authors Clay McLeod Chapman and Robert P. Ottone for an evening of thrills and chills for a live storytelling event at Necromantic Brew Co. in Farmingdale – a Horror Themed Bar. Event will be located at 253 Main St, Farmingdale, NY 11735
For more info click here.
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 7:00pm
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Exploring the Horror Studies Collection at the University of Pittsburgh
James Chambers moderates a discussion of the Horror Studies Collection in the Archive at University of Pittsburgh with Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin and Linda D. Addison, Clay McLeod Chapman, Lisa Morton, Tim Waggoner, and L. Marie Wood, whose papers reside in this collection.
FEBRUARY 11, 2024, 8 P.M., ET
For more info click here.
Sunday, February 11, 2024 - 8:00pm
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Scarelastic Book Fair
Scarlet Lane Brewing Company will host the second Scarelastic Book Fair on March 2nd, 2024. This event is a macabre love letter to the classic Scholastic Book Fair… at the Official Beer of Horror!
Guests include NYT bestselling Daniel Kraus (Whalefall), Grady Hendrix (My Best Friend’s Exorcism), John Langan (The Fisherman), Cynthia Pelayo (Children of Chicago), Maureen Kilmer (Suburban Hell), Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters), Eric LaRocca (Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke), Lora Senf (The Clackity), Todd Keisling (Scanlines), Laurel Hightower (Crossroads), Hailey Piper (The Worm and His Kings), Ally Malinenko (Ghost Girl), Andy Davidson (The Hollow Kind), Jenny Kiefer (This Wretched Valley), Jonathan Janz (The Dismembered), Michael J. Seidlinger (Anybody Home?), Tim Waggoner (Halloween Kills), Butcher Cabin Books, Grindhouse Press (C.V. Hunt and Andersen Prunty), Tenebrous Press, Clash Books, Alex Ebenstein/Dread Stone Press, and more! Authors/Publishers will have books on hand to purchase/sign. Attendees are able to bring in books to have signed as well.
The Scarelastic Book Fair is free to attend from 12pm-6pm. It’s a 21+ event as it takes place in a brewery. Register by clicking here.
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 12:00am
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Salon Saturday: A Night of Horror
In this salon, we’re excited to host two notable horror writers, Sam Rebelein and Clay McLeod Chapman, in conversation with Hudson Valley horror maven, Christine Harrold.
- Stanza Books 508 Main St.Beacon, NY 12508
For more info click here.
Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 9:24am
Ghost Story Weekend!
Spend the weekend in Salem, “one of the most haunted cities in the country” (CNN), fictionalized as Arkham, the setting of over a dozen Lovecraft stories/novellas, and widely noted for the infamous witch trials of 1692, when more than 200 people were accused of practicing devil’s magic. Hole up in a huge (haunted?) cabin outside of town, with a wraparound porch and views of the sea, to write/workshop campfire stories with “horror-drunk storytelling virtuoso” (Time Out New York) Clay McLeod Chapman, which Esquire Magazine just credited with shaping “horror’s new Golden Age,” and Rutgers Creative Writing professor Alex Dawson.
For more info and registration, click here.
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 12:00am
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 12:00pm
Author Con III: Scares That Care
A three-day celebration focusing on some of the best and brightest authors in the business. Hosted By Brian Keene
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Williamsburg: 50 Kingsmill Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185
For more info click here.
Friday, April 12, 2024 - 12:00am
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 12:00pm