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Helen Shaw at Time Out New York gave us a lovely send-off for the Pumpkin Pie Show: "A sound rips out from the downtown theater scene, a scream of fear and denial and shock. But is there something else in it? Can you make out—a name? That name is Clay McLeod Chapman, and every storytelling junkie i...

Check out this interview I did for Lazaretto #3 at Comicon... It comes with a super-sweet sneak peak at Jey Levang's ooey-gooey artwork! The new issue comes out next week, on 11/1, so get ready to get icky! Read the interview here. "‘Society Is One Sneeze Away From Collapse’ – Clay McLeod Chapman O...

Like a bad cold that won't go away, the positive reviews for LAZARETTO keep dribbling in. Here's what folks have to say about issue #2... "Chapman uses dark humor to poke at college tropes like class hierarchy, pseudo authority figures, drug culture and libertine sexual attitudes, all of which comb...

A sleazy entrepreneur tries to make love and money out of the back of his van in downtown L.A. Boasting over 40 half-hour original shows, winner of three NRC Radio Awards for best Audio Dramas that “push the state of the art to the next level” (Slate Magazine), Tales from Beyond the Pale is the dari...

Just in time for the release of LAZARETTO #2, the fine folks at ComicBook.com have done an interview with yours truly... I dare you to try and count how many times I say "kind of" in here. Go on. I dare you. Read the interview here: "My God, I Can't Believe What We've Done: 5 Questions About Lazare...

Oh my. Oh my goodness. New York Comic Con is coming up and I'm going to be making a lot of appearances. This is insanity right here. First up, as a pre-game NYCC warmup, on Wednesday, October 4th, the folks at Forbidden Planet are hosting their awesome Annual In-Store Signing Jam. I'll be there w...

The reviews are in for issue #1 of Lazaretto and by all accounts it's the grossest, craziest, freaky-deakiest thing you'll ever read. But don't take my word for it! Check out what these folks had to say... "A masterclass in pacing and characterization... capable of shocking the reader out of their ...

In celebration of tomorrow's release of issue number one, here's a great interview at Broken Frontier with me and Jey Levang, yucking up all things LAZARETTO! You can read the interview at the Broken Frontier site here.

Artist Jey Levang and myself discussed how to survive the recent outbreak of the canine flu over at the Big Comic Page. You can read all about it right here. Safety first, kiddies! Pick up your copy of LAZARETTO #1 on September 6th.

The fine folks at Marvel Comics made a claymation promo for the Edge of #Venomverse comic I wrote and I'm so stoked. We've been clay-mated! Check out the video here.

The AV Club is all about our upcoming issue of Edge of Venomverse #5. You can check out an exclusive preview here. "Chapman has... crafted a story that works to Stokoe’s strengths, giving him the opportunity to make the horror as creepy as possible so that there’s an intense contrast with the funda...

I opened my heart up to the fine folks at Westfield Comics about our upcoming comic Lazaretto and things got pretty ooey-gooey. You can read the interview here. Lazaretto #1 is on shelves this September!

Know any Norwegian? Then you should read this interview where awe-inspiring inker Jey Levang discusses our upcoming BOOM! Studios comic LAZARETTO! Read the interview here at Empirix.

So... Time to spill the beans. I've been working on a brand new limited comic series over at BOOM! Studios called LAZARETTO. Guys. It's sick. Literally and figuratively. I just did an interview over at Newsarama to announce the release of issue #1 out this September. Read it here. I'm so psyched fo...

Just did a lovely interview with the fine folks at Daily Dead about NothingUntoward, The Tribe Trilogy, The Pumpkin Pie Show, The Boy and Edge of Venomverse, along with some other spookyoooooky stuff! Read the interview here.

Just had lunch? Want to lose it? Well, you can read my short story "buffet of the damned" online for free right now! The fine folks at the Daily Dead have posted a lovely sample of my new short story collection NOTHING UNTOWARD... so hop to it! You'll never look at cruise ships the same way again. E...

So... Can you keep a secret? I've been working on a script. I can't tell you what it's about. Yet. But it's title is "The Restoration at Grayson Manor" and it was just selected to take part in this year's Frontieres Market at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. Ten feature film pro...

I was interviewed from haunted hotel the Buxton Inn in Ohio by the fine folks over at The Film Coterie and got to read a spooooooooooooky story, to boot. You can listen to the podcast here. These guys were kind enough to do a little writeup on their website as well, which you can read here. "Imagin...

A surprising number of reviews popped up from our performance of the Pumpkin Pie Show at the Overlook Film Festival. Here are a few choice quotes from some pretty (dis)reputable publications: "Chapman is doing something that feels new and present and his particular brand of alchemy both needs and d...

The Pumpkin Pie Show was fortunate enough to have been invited to perform at the first annual Overlook Film Festival in Oregon this last weekend. The fine folks at Birth.Movies.Death just so happened to attend, and we were super surprised to find this lovely little write up about our show: "Chapman...

Today the Overlook Film Festival announce it amazing lineup, including The Pumpkin Pie Show... Entertainment Weekly took notice and wrote a little something-something about the fest and mentioned yours truly. You can read all about it here. See you at the Timberline! Things are gonna get spooooooooo...

Richmond Magazine was kind enough to ask me a couple questions before next week's ransacking of my hometown. You can read the interview here. See you at Chop Suey Books and then at the Pumpkin Pie Show! Thanks to Harry Kolatz for the lovely chat.

At long last, I am over the moon to announce my second collection of short stories, NOTHING UNTOWARD, is finally on the shelves. This book picks up where my first collection, REST AREA, left off... with 40 new tales for your reading (dis)pleasure! I'll be celebrating its arrival into this world with...

I wrote a heartwarming story titled "the fireplace" and it's popped up online at Hello Horror. I think you should read it before social services swoops in and takes my children away from me. You can read it for FREE here. But don't say I didn't warn you.

The Evil One anthology is now available for pre-order! 36 stories, 432 pages, inspired by one awesome album. It's got my oogly-boogly story B-SIDE in it. Go to Makeout Creek Books to order your very own copy now!