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A startling, witty and downright terrifying collection of 25 short stories from the "21st century's Richard Matheson" (Richard Chizmar, Chasing the Boogeyman.) Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay, Rachel Harrison and Eric LaRocca.
They're feeding on you too.
A father returns from serving in Vietnam with a strange and terrifying addiction; a man removes something horrifying from his fireplace, and becomes desperate to return it; and a right-wing news channel has its hooks in people in more ways than one.
From department store Santas to ghost boyfriends and salamander-worshipping nuns; from the claustrophobia of the Covid-19 pandemic to small-town Chesapeake USA, Clay McLeod Chapman takes universal fears of parenthood, addiction and political divisions and makes them uniquely his own.
Packed full of humanity, humour and above all, relentless creeping dread, Acquired Taste is a timely descent into the mind of one of modern horror's finest authors.
Genre: Horror
They're feeding on you too.
A father returns from serving in Vietnam with a strange and terrifying addiction; a man removes something horrifying from his fireplace, and becomes desperate to return it; and a right-wing news channel has its hooks in people in more ways than one.
From department store Santas to ghost boyfriends and salamander-worshipping nuns; from the claustrophobia of the Covid-19 pandemic to small-town Chesapeake USA, Clay McLeod Chapman takes universal fears of parenthood, addiction and political divisions and makes them uniquely his own.
Packed full of humanity, humour and above all, relentless creeping dread, Acquired Taste is a timely descent into the mind of one of modern horror's finest authors.
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"Few writers are as dependably, delightfully depraved as Clay McLeod Chapman, and few pleasures remain in this world like being terrorized by his words. Please don't start charging us a subscription fee, Clay--with stories like these, it'd be impossible to say no!" - Nat Cassidy
"Daring and dread-inducing, creepy and clever, Clay McLeod Chapman defines contemporary horror. He holds a magnifying glass to everything we want to turn away from and forces us to look, and to look closely." - Rachel Harrison
"Clay McLeod Chapman is a true master of horror." - CJ Leede
"Masterful. Each individual story in ACQUIRED TASTE is instantly iconic, with sharp prose, dark humor, and situations that feel inexplicably real. This deserves to be talked about in the same breath as King's NIGHT SHIFT and other such classics." - Sam Rebelein
"Daring and dread-inducing, creepy and clever, Clay McLeod Chapman defines contemporary horror. He holds a magnifying glass to everything we want to turn away from and forces us to look, and to look closely." - Rachel Harrison
"Clay McLeod Chapman is a true master of horror." - CJ Leede
"Masterful. Each individual story in ACQUIRED TASTE is instantly iconic, with sharp prose, dark humor, and situations that feel inexplicably real. This deserves to be talked about in the same breath as King's NIGHT SHIFT and other such classics." - Sam Rebelein
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