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The Pumpkin Pie Show has always loved Fangoria Magazine... And the kind folks at Fango have given a little bit of that love back to us with their kind write-up for our upcoming NYC show -- SEASICK. "One of the absolute best bets of any New York City spooky season is the annual iteration of the visc...

The Pumpkin Pie Show. NYC. Coming soon. October 2014. This one's gonna be a doozy.

Super-cool comic artist Greg Land has whipped up some super-creepy variant cover art for my upcoming EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE story "I WALKED WITH A SPIDER." Check it out, along with his other covers, here: http://bit.ly/1xCbozZ

HOLY MOLY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MY STORY LINE AT A COMIC CON PANEL RIGHT FRIGGING NOW AND I'M STUCK ON THE EAST COAST: "Issue #4 by Clay McLeod Chapman and Elia Bonetti is terrifying. It's probably closer to Metamorphosis by Kafka than anything by Stan Lee." Read it here: http://bit.ly/1rGh3GV

Hey. Watcha doin' tonight? Watching CHILLING VISIONS: 5 STATES OF FEAR on Chiller TV, of course! Tune in at 9 PM tonight to see our segment "The Trouble With Dad" in part of this five-part anthology horror feature. Co-written and co-starring that guy in the picture over there. TGIF! To find out mor...

The reviews are in for the European premiere of our indie-rock musical HOSTAGE SONG and we're getting a solid thumbs up. Here are some kick-ass pull quotes: "Raw performances draw the emotion and horror from a blunt, hard-hitting script... Clay McLeod Chapman’s writing gathers momentum and becomes ...

Just got my author copy of the new BREAKFAST ON MARS paperback and it looks taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty! I got to write an essay for this kick-ass collection called SHOWERING WITH SPIDERS. Spoiler: It's never fun to shower with spiders. FYI.

Let the countdown begin! Three weeks away until the anthology CHILLING VISIONS: 5 STATES OF FEAR airs on Chiller TV, featuring the short THE TROUBLE WITH DAD written by myself and director Glenn McQuaid! Make it to the 1-minute mark and you can see the TV promo for our film! See if you can spot me.....

Look who's down in Hotlanta, Georgia recording the audio-book version of the story-triptych COMMENCEMENT... It's none other than the kick-ass Hanna Cheek! This one's going to be intense. Your ears will not be able to handle this one, we promise you. More updates to come!

I just created a new character in the Marvel universe. The anti-Peter Parker. The anti-Spider-Man. And now I can talk all about it in this kick-ass profile over at the Marvel Comics website! You can read the article "On the Edge of Spider-Verse: Patton Parnell" here: http://bit.ly/1mNWKA6 This is ...

It's official! Comic Book Resources just made the announcement... So I can too: "Marvel's upcoming "Spider-Verse" event is set to start in November 2014, but the publisher is first setting the table in September and October with the five-issue "Edge of Spider-Verse" series. Each issue will be by a ...

Here's a fun teaser for the anthology film CHILLING VISIONS: 5 STATES OF FEAR featuring our short THE TROUBLE WITH DAD (written by me and director Glenn McQuaid). Spooooooky times. You can check it out here: http://bit.ly/1lWUDL5 CHILLING VISIONS airs on the Chiller network Friday, July 11th at 9 P...

7 CITIES. 10(-ish) DAYS. 10 READINGS. It's the... CAMP CANNIBAL "EAT 'EM UP" EAST COAST BOOK TOUR! In celebration of the release of THE TRIBE II: CAMP CANNIBAL, we are chewing through the eastern seaboard (and then some). New York. Maryland. Washington, DC. Virginia. And... Colorado. WE ARE COMING ...

Wanna see new works by John Guare? Neil LaBute? Clay McLeod Chapman? Then you should check out this awesome festival at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. From Broadway World: "Nine Signs of the Times, a sequel to the 2007 festival Five Story Walkup and the 2010 festival Seven Card Draw, runs April 11-13 at ...

Look what came in the mail today… I got my very first copy of The Tribe II: Camp Cannibal and it is a thing of hard-bound beauty! The Tribe is back April 22nd… along with an East coast mini-tour. Get ready!

Book trailer time! THE TRIBE II: CAMP CANNIBAL hits the shelves April 22nd from Disney/Hyperion. Thanks to Daniel Kramer for the kick-ass trailer. Order your copy now! This one's a doozy... Check it out here: http://bit.ly/1eRTMXP

Greetings from Colombia! A special moment happened on the set of THE BOY during our final week of shooting. As you may recall, our producer, Elijah Wood, starred in a certain movie titled THE GOOD SON with our leading daddy David Morse. They haven't seen each other in over twenty one years. Twenty o...

Check out the kick-ass cover for THE TRIBE II: CAMP CANNIBAL! The second installment in the Tribe trilogy hits shelves April 22nd. If you know what's good for your friends and your family, you'll pick this book up before somebody gets hurt. Maybe you should pick up a couple copies. Don't say we didn...

The Wrap just announced our official line-up for THE BOY and it's a doooooozy. Rainn Wilson (The Office), David Morse (The Green Mile), Mike Vogel (Under the Dome), Zuleikha Robinson (Homeland) and Bill Sage (We Are What We Are) have all joined our dream ensemble cast. Add our main man, 9 year old ...

It's official: After two years in development, we are bringing the feature film version of our short Henley to the big screen. Now titled THE BOY, we begin principal photography next month in Medellin, Colombia. Written by me and our director Craig Macneill, based on my novel Miss Corpus, produced b...

Look where we've popped up now! I wrote a story titled "Birdfeeder" that made its way into the Best American Short Plays 2007-2008 anthology... And now Applause Books has decided to reprint the piece in their uber-anthology of super-monologues: Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays Vol 1. T...

Just in time for Christmas, Amazing Spider-Man #700.4 has hit the shelves! It's not too late to tell Santa you want one stuffed in your stocking... Unless you go to Richmond Comix, where I just bought pretty much their entire stock. Sorry about that.

The Pumpkin Pie Show: BOOGEDY BOO officially wrapped up last night. Three weeks, nine performances and a lot of new faces in the audience. This was our (more or less) 15th year of performing the Pumpkin Pie Show. Fifteen years. We. Are. Old. The reviews for this year's show were great. Thumbs up all...