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TIH 609: Clay McLeod Chapman on Imperfection in Art, Anxiety and Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, and The Highlights and Lowlights of 2024

TIH 609 Clay McLeod Chapman on Imperfection in Art, Anxiety and Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

In this podcast, Clay McLeod Chapman talks about imperfection in art, anxiety and Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, the highlights and lowlights of the past year, and much more.

About Clay McLeod Chapman

Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of the novels What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters, Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and Miss Corpus.

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A brutal attack during a peaceful drive through the Irish countryside sets the stage for a grotesque tale of body horror, medical abuse, and occult conspiracy theory: Puppet’s Banquet by Valkyrie Loughcrewe. Clay McLeod Chapman calls it “a blissful injury upon the reader’s psyche”. Fans of Silent Hill, Hellraiser, and Cronenberg’s The Brood will be consumed by its exquisite nightmares. Puppet’s Banquet by Valkyrie Loughcrewe, out May 14th. Out via Tenebrous Press.

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