Clay McLeod Chapman, Author . Theia $23 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7868-6738-7
This dizzyingly imaginative first novel by playwright and short story writer Chapman (Rest Area) is the entwined tale of two bereaved men who go on the road in search of redemption. At 19, William Colby returns to Virginia from four months at sea to
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Clay McLeod Chapman, Author, Tami Oldham Ashcraft, Author . Hyperion/Theia $21 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7868-6737-0
This debut collection reveals a playwright's fondness for edgy, frightening setups. Chapman—who got his start as a playwright at the age of 12 and later honed his one-man act at the International Fringe Festival—takes as his form...
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Clay McLeod Chapman. Quirk, $19.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-68369-215-7
Chapman (The Remaking) evokes the “satanic panic” that convulsed schools and day care centers in the 1980s, destroying reputations and lives, in this spellbinding psychological thriller. In 1983, five-year-old Sean Crenshaw is goaded by seemingly...
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Clay McLeod Chapman. Quirk, $20.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-68369-217-1
Chapman (Whisper Down the Lane) probes the terrorizing psychological grip of addiction, both to drugs and to toxic relationships, in this psychedelic psychological horror novel. Erin has spent most of her adult life entwined with Silas, moving from...
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Clay McLeod Chapman. Quirk, $24.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-68369-395-6
Chapman (What Kind of Mother) takes a big swing and misses in his attempt to explore the mounting political tensions in America through the lens of a splatterpunk apocalypse. Noah Fairchild, a young father in Brooklyn, despairs over his conservative
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