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Clay McLeod Chapman
@claymcleod.bsky.social
Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
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I'm certain that @claymcleod.bsky.social is as dialed into our societal vein as much as Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and he proves this with several short stories from Acquired Tastes. Today, I'm featuring Knockoffs. #MutantFam #MutantBookClub
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November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Knockoffs follows a father who has a daughter that has a tablet addiction (I know that feeling), that buys his daughter a knockoff plushie of the latest craze, Tubby Wubbys, that have a sinister smiling face. Well, I'll let your imagination take you until you read the story.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This week I only have a third of the book left, and these these stories are only getting better; so, if you still haven't picked up that copy, be sure to go to your local bookstore and get a copy. Until next week kiddies, happy readings.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Get to spend my Saturday chatting with lovely authors
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Weekend reading: I’m diving into THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo tonight. Fun fact: I’ll be Victor’s conversation partner at The Strand Bookstore on 11/24 at 7pm. You can register here: bit.ly/47KIOI8
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Shiny Happy People by @claymcleod.bsky.social is a fun new take on the bodysnatcher trope, and oh so much more.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hey so this Monday I’ll be speaking at LaGuardia Community College about SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE. This is a free event and open to everyone. See you in The Library. @laguardiacc.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Pics from last night’s event at Once Upon A Bookstore. Thank you, Serena, for Waldoing me in the bookshelves. Thank you, Christa, for being such a wonderful conversation partner. And thanks to everyone who made it out and brought peanut butter goodies.
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Last night, I was treated to a reading by @claymcleod.bsky.social -- the man, the legend... the gestures! 😍
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So much amazing stuff tonight at the SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE event at Once Upon A Bookstore: A Where’s Waldo-style Where’s Clay scavenger hunt (I was in a Goosebumps book!), my own Lizzie Borden action figure, CAKE, and a kickass Christa Carmen! I’m so lucky.
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
THERE’S A CAKE
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m the goober who gets to an event three hours early so I’m gonna hang with Lizzie for a bit
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Happy belated Release day!

Shiny Happy People
By Clay McLeod Chapman
@claymcleod.bsky.social

#booksky #horror
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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For her Free Reading Book, one of my students read GHOST EATERS @claymcleod.bsky.social and when I showed her his picture she said, “He looks like a ghost eater.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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You should go!! Tell him I sent you! Revel in my enabling powers!
hope to see you tonight
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
hey hey review of the day
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hope to see you tonight
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
turkeys
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Super happy to have my physical copy now! Happy pub day to @claymcleod.bsky.social !!
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Got to release a novel into the world today. Thanks to everyone who came out to tonight’s joint launch at The Twisted Spine for SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE & THE LIBRARY OF LOST GIRLS by Kristen Pipps. If you have a special young reader in your life looking for something spooky have we got some books for you
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Stephen and Agustina sandwich at The Twisted Spine
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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happy pub day to @claymcleod.bsky.social for SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE which I’ve talked about a few times on my channel at this point and is my first rec here if you’re waiting on the next episode of Pluribus youtu.be/4iaWBlBgfiI?...
7 books you'll LOVE if you love Pluribus
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November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Spent release day wandering through NYC to see if I could see SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE at some of my favorite bookstores. Thank you to Greenlight Bookstore, Barnes & Noble Union Square and my very own neighborhood’s Taylor & Co. for stocking my brand new YA sci-fi horror novel. Means the world to me.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Happy Pub Day to @claymcleod.bsky.social and SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE. You can read Clay's thoughts on approaching his YA horror debut at my newsletter right now!

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GUEST POST - Shiny Happy Horror: Why YA? Why Me? by Clay McLeod Chapman
In this exclusive guest post, bestselling author Clay McLeod Chapman explains his YA debut, Shiny Happy People.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM