New graphic novel ORIGINS announced!
Guess who’s got a new graphic novel coming out in 2020? This joker! The fine folks at BOOM! Studios announced the release of ORIGINS, an original sci-fi graphic novel written by me, with art by Jakub Rebelka, and a story by Arash Amel, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Joseph Oxford, and Lee Toland Krieger. This one’s going to be beautiful.
December 11, 2019
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Entertainment Weekly interview!
I spoke to Clark Collis at Entertainment Weekly to discuss the cinematic roots of The Remaking. Check out the lovely interview “Five Horror Movies That Influenced the Ghost Tale The Remaking” by clicking here. Thank you, Clark and EW! I had a blast!
November 12, 2019
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The Remaking nominated for Goodreads Award!
Good news from Goodreads! The Remaking has been nominated for Best Horror Novel for their 11th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards! It’s pretty mind-blowing to see my novel next to the likes of Stephen King, Joe Hill, Paul Tremblay, Scott Thomas and all the other amazing authors. Talk about an honor. If you have a moment to vote, you can do so by clicking here.
November 5, 2019
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The 13 Scariest Books Written This Year
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Kirkus just released their “13 Scariest Books Written This Year List”... and lo and behold, guess who’s number two? THE REMAKING! It’s such an honor to be listed amongst such greats as Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates and Joe Hill. You can check out the full list by clicking here. Thanks, Kirkus!
October 17, 2019
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Wanna Hear My Ghost Story?
I was invited to write about The Remaking for Powell’s Books blog. You can check my essay, “Wanna Hear My Ghost Story?” at their website by clicking here. It’s all about 4-H camp and my first campfire and the terrifying tale of… Tailypo. Reader beware!
October 16, 2019
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THE REMAKING on NPR’s Weekend Edition!
I had the gobsmacking good fortune to be interviewed on NPR’s Weekend Edition by Scott Simon. We chatted about The Remaking the weekend leading up to its release. You can listen to the interview segment by clicking here.
October 5, 2019
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In the Mouth of Dorkness podcast interview!
The fine gents at In the Mouth of Dorkness brought me on to talk about The Remaking, among other crazy things. I’ve never been—nor will I ever again be—called a “radical storytelling dork.” I’ll take it! You can listen to me make a fool out of myself on their wonderful podcast here.
September 11, 2019
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I SCREAM, you SCREAM, we all SCREAM for a new SCREAM series!
Exciting news! Marvel just announced they’re giving me my first ongoing series! I’ll be writing SCREAM: CURSE OF CARNAGE with art by Chris Mooneyham. This is my first ongoing series beginning with a big ol’ numero uno up front and it’s an honor to be able to tell this amazing character’s story. I think it’ll be scary… On shelves starting in November!
August 21, 2019
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Thumbs Up from Kirkus for The Remaking!
Every author is terrified of Kirkus. Any author who says they aren’t is lying. Kirkus is tough. Really tough. So imagine how relieved, how elated, how downright gobsmacked I was with the glowing review The Remaking received today. Check it out:
“Horror on film is relatively easy: jump scares, gore, the occasional torture porn, and always the final girls. Horror in fiction is a little trickier, but occasionally you get something special like Mark Z. Danielewski’s puzzle box, House of Leaves (2000), John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Let the Right One In(2007), or, more recently, Josh Malerman’s runaway hit Bird Box (2014). Chapman’s (Nothing Untoward, 2017, etc.) spooky story solidly fits the mold of nothing you’ve ever read before. The book is divided into quarters, each entirely original yet always connected and deeply unnerving…
Something like Stephen King’s imperfect masterpiece The Shining (1977)... it’s a deeply eerie and evocative portrayal of what it’s like to stare into the abyss and find something there waiting for you.
A memorable, disquieting ghost story about stories, rendered inside a Möbius strip.”
Please etch this review on my tombstone. You can read the full review online here.
July 16, 2019
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The Remaking on Shout ‘n Share!
Aaah! The Remaking made this year’s Shout ‘n Share list! Thank you to Bill Kelly and The Booklist Reader for this amazing honor! Check out the entire roster of amazing titles by clicking on the article here.
June 5, 2019
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The Remaking making the rounds
My new novel The Remaking won’t hit shelves until October 8th, but that’s not stopping word o’ mouth from starting to spread… The buzz is building early with a few special visits on the calendar this summer. I’ll be attending both the 2019 Book Expo in NYC and the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Here are the details:
2019 BOOK EXPO: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 3:00-4:00
I’ll be signing ARCs for The Remaking at the Javits Center. For more info, click here.
2019 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Saturday, June 22, 2019
I’ll be signing ARCs for The Remaking at the Quirk booth #1805 from 12 - 12:30 PM.
“Don’t Be Afraid of Horror” panel with Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking) and Grady Hendrix (We Sold Our Souls). 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. 1:00 - 2:00 PM at the PopTop Stage. For more info, click here.
May 19, 2019
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The Remaking is a Buzz Book!
So floored to announce my new novel The Remaking has been selected for the Fall/Winter 2019 edition of Buzz Books, along with the likes of Jeanette Winterson, Eoin Colfer, Stephen Chboksy and many many more amazing authors. The book isn’t on shelves ‘til 10/8 but you can read a free excerpt online now by clicking here.
May 14, 2019
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Goodreads giveaway for THE REMAKING: PT II!
They’re baaaaaaack! Goodreads and Quirk Books are giving away 75 advanced copies of THE REMAKING this month… All you’ve got to do is click here and sign up. Good luck! And safe reading. It’s a dooooozy.
May 6, 2019
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POP: Perspective On Panels interview!
Thanks to Perspectives on Panels (and Mack Johnson!) for taking the time to chat. Fun fact: It was the cover art for Mr. Bungle’s first album that got me into comics. You can check out the interview here.
April 22, 2019
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Goodreads giveaway for THE REMAKING!
Do you like books? Do you like spooky books? Do you like spooky books written by me? If you answered YES to all three of these questions then you should hop on over to Goodreads where Quirk Books is holding a super-exclusive giveaway for my new super-spooky novel THE REMAKING. Only 75 copies available! Click here while the clicking is good!
April 8, 2019
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Get ready for THE REMAKING!
Psst… Heard the news? There’s a new novel coming your way. A spooky one. It’s called THE REMAKING and it’s coming out October 2019 from Quirk Books. Check back here for more info!
February 6, 2019
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Cardiac Shadow review roundup
The recent run of The Cardiac Shadow co-produced by Northern Light Theatre and the Good Women Dance Collective in Edmonton has been receiving an over-whelming amount of raves. Here's what the critics say:
“The heart of humanity beats on in Northern Light Theatre production of Cardiac Shadow.” —Edmonton Journal
“Both visually mesmerizing and profoundly chilling, The Cardiac Shadow by Clay McLeod Chapman, provides viewers with an innovative approach to Holocaust narration… The modern minimalism of the production team is nothing short of masterful brilliance.” —Edmonton Jewish News
“An overarching story of the human spirit soaring above inconceivable torment. The ending comes as something of an unexpected metaphysical miracle. The final moments will stay with you for some time.” —Gig City
The Cardiac Shadow “shows humanity at our most horrible without any need for gruesome images or descriptions because it takes advantage of the most intricate theatre of all – the theatre of the mind.” —After The House Lights
“An elegantly artful little chamber piece. And the chamber in question is the mind, or more precisely the memory vault where the human mind can travel and warm itself when the present is too terrible to bear.” —12th Night
“Beautiful dance, music, theatre and film parallel the horrors of The Cardiac Shadow. Perhaps most chilling is the realization that similar savagery continues today 75 years after the Second World War. So where does that put us?” —St. Albert Gazette
“One of the edgiest plays Northern Light Theatre has ever produced.” —Playbot
Beyond the reviews, a few interiews/profiles popped up. Check them out:
“Insights into the Experience of Nazi Concentration Camps” - St. Albert Gazette
“Remembering the Women of Ravensbrück in The Cardiac Shadow” —After The House Lights
I couldn't be more proud of what Trevor Schmidt and his production team have put together. Congratulations, everyone! If you have a chance to check this show out, please do. Click here for dates and tickets for the show's run.
January 27, 2019
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New story: NAIL ON THE HEAD
Got two minutes to kill? Looking for something a little spooky to read? I have a new short story up at Gallows Hill Magazine titled “nail on the head.” It's about a haunted hammer. A haunted hammer! You can read it for free by clicking here. Enjoy!
January 11, 2019
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Lazaretto Review Roundup
The trade paperback for LAZARETTO came out this week, along with a whole new crop of rave reviews. Check out what the critics have been saying out our barfus opus:
Lazaretto has “some of the most terrifying things you will ever see in a comic… It is the most disturbing comic you will ever read.” Adventures In Poor Taste
“Unsettling, intense, nauseating, and ultimately “captivating”, Lazaretto spins its web-wide and well. But you need to be tough, with a strong will to withstand the full graphic wave of page after page of vividly rendered students, retching, turning into savages, and wreaking havoc all around. It’s colourful, this technocolour yawning of emotion, hate, and puke, all spilling onto everything.” Fanboy Factor
Lazaretto is “an absolutely terrifying psychological thriller.” The Comicon
Lazaretto is “a grotesque, hard hitting, horror story which gets under your skin, makes it crawl and finally makes you rip at it to remove it from your body.” Comic Cut Down
“Claustrophobic and disturbing.” Comic of the Week, Broken Frontier
December 22, 2018
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Lazaretto is “the most disturbing comic you’ll ever read.”
Just in time to get people sick for the holidays, the trade paperback for LAZARETTO comes out this week. The fine folks at Adventures in Poor Taste just said it has “some of the most terrifying things you will ever see in a comic… It is the most disturbing comic you will ever read.” Can't beat that! You can read this insane review by clicking here.
December 18, 2018
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“They’re tiny, vivid bursts of theatrical imagination. They’re crystalline distillations of theatrical essence. They’re candid snapshots of 17 distinct theatrical souls. I love this tiny book.”
— Lisa Kron
