FEARMONGERS

Bestselling author Clay McLeod Chapman hosts FEARMONGERS, featuring interviews with and readings by horror fiction’s biggest stars. Produced in cooperation with Verso Studios at the Westport Library.

THIS HOUSE WANTS TO EAT YOU WITH MARCUS KLIEWER AND CHRISTINA HENRY

Host and amatuer realtor Clay McLeod Chapman gets to the heart of what makes a haunted house if there are no ghosts, alongside guests Marcus Kliewer (WE USED TO LIVE HERE) and Christina Henry (THE PLACE WHERE THEY BURIED YOUR HEART). Come explore the terrifying dimensions of these horrifying homes! 

11-07
01:02:09

Fearmongers LIVE! at StoryFest'25 at The Westport Library

Hear from the luminaries of horror at this year's StoryFest, as host Clay McLeod Chapman chats up Ellen Datlow, Brian Evenson, Rachel Harrison, Cassandra Khaw, Lorien Lawrence, Hailey Piper, Dan Poblocki and Caldwell Turnbull.

10-29
55:39

Her Majesty's Arcane Service: Blurring the Genre Lines w/ Kosoko Jackson & Sam Rebelein

Host Clay McLeod Chapman chats with Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) and Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY'S GOSPEL) about blending horror with all kinds of other genres... and which bookshelf to find them on.

09-30
01:16:26

FLESH FLIES AND MEGA VIRUSES W/ SARAH GAILEY & ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE

Host Clay McLeod Chapman gets freaky with two of the freakiest novels coming out this year: Sarah Gailey's SPREAD ME and Andrew Joseph White's YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN. Authors: Sarah Gailey (SPREAD ME) and Andrew Joseph White (YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN)

08-25
01:07:28

Forget About It, Jake, It's Mushroomtown

Lights! Camera! Sporror! Cursed films! Amazing horror novels! Host Clay McLeod Chapman chats with Gretchen Felker-Martin (Black Flame) and Wendy N. Wagner (Girl in the Creek) about their haunting new novels.

08-04
01:09:40

AUTHOR DOWN: DANIEL KRAUS DISCUSSES HIS NEW NOVEL ANGEL DOWN

Host Clay McLeod Chapman and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (Whalefall) dive deep into the trenches of his new novel ANGEL DOWN, a World War I epic of biblical proportions.

07-09
56:25

GIVE ME A HOME WHERE THE FEARMONGERS ROAM featuring Kailee Pedersen and Nicholas Belardes

Time to sweat with gothic shockers Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedesen and Ten Sleep by Nicholas Belardes. Bonus: We get Kailee to sing opera live on air.

06-04
59:23

EAT THE WOLVES YOU LOVE featuring Nat Cassidy and Sarah Maria Griffin

Let's talk about love and heartbreak amongst killer plants and shapeshifting fathers with Nat Cassidy (WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME) and Sarah Maria Griffin (EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE).

05-01
01:20:58

Deep Fakes and Bat Eaters: An In-Depth Convo Between Kylie Lee Baker (Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng) & Alex Gonzalez (rekt)

Host Clay McLeod Chapman plumbs the depths of depravity with two of the darkest novels for 2025: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker and rekt by Alex Gonzalez.  Deep fakes, AI, COVID, racism, crime scene cleaners and the dark web are all covered. Trigger warnings galore in this gory and grotesque episode!

04-01
59:22

Our Juicy Loathsome Monster Wake Up Horror Author Panel Book Tour

Four horror authors. Four indie bookstores. Four snowy New England towns. Join Eric LaRocca (At Dark, I Become Loathsome), Dennis Mahoney (Our Winter Monster), E.K. Sathue (youthjuice) and host Clay McLeod Chapman as they regale you with tales of their recent horror author panel tour.

03-05
01:04:16

Mountain Climbing With Brian Keene

Horror "den mother" Brian Keene looks back at his decades' long writing career and how it all comes full circle with his zombie apocalypse series The Rising, as well as taking a stand as co-editor of the new Stephen King-inspired anthology The Stand: It's The End of the World as We Know It.

01-29
58:03

Looking Back at the Horrors of 2024 and Forecasting the Horrors of 2025

Clay McLeod Chapman is joined by Emily C. Hughes (Horror For Weenies) and Neil McRobert (Talking Scared Podcast) to look back the the terror and trends within horror lit, along with looking ahead to what horrors await us in the New Year.

12-19
01:06:30

Slasher Symposium with Horror Heavyweights

Horror heavyweights Stephen Graham Jones (I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER), Josh Winning (HEADS WILL ROLL), Brian McAuley (CANDY CAIN KILLS AGAIN) and Angela Sylvaine (CHOPPING SPREE) weigh in on the heaviest slashers around in this slasher symposium to end all slasher symposiums... until there's a slasher symposium sequel. 

12-02
58:45

Cathartic Horror in Horrific Times with Delilah S. Dawson and Sofia Ajram

For this Fearmongers we discuss the soul-crunching sojourns of Sofia Ajram's COUPE DE GRACE and Delilah S. Dawson's IT WILL ONLY HURT FOR A MOMENT and how these stories offer a wee bit of catharsis for the reader.

11-01
01:14:52

Nothing to fear but FEARS itself: celebrating FEARS: TALES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR

We celebrate the release of the new anthology FEARS: TALES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR with editor Ellen Datlow, along with contributing authors Josh Malerman, Hailey Piper, Dale Bailey and Annie Neugebauer.

10-08
59:10

Fearmongers LIVE at StoryFest24: Our Horrorgins (...or Horrigins? Horror-Origins)

Featuring P. Djèlí Clark (RING SHOUT)and Rachel Harrison (SO THIRSTY)Special guest appearances by Bracken MacLeod, Christopher Golden, Ellen Datlow and Joe R. Lansdale

09-21
01:15:32

"Youthjuice for Buckaroos!" with Chuck Tingle & E.K. Sathue

Host and best-selling horror author Clay McLeod Chapman welcomes acclaimed authors:- Chuck Tingle (BURY YOUR GAYS)- E.K. Sathue (YOUTHJUICE)for August's spine-tingling episode of FEARMONGERS!

09-06
01:04:38

The Grind Never Stops: Horror Writers on Staying Hungry

Host and best-selling horror author Clay McLeod Chapman welcomes acclaimed authors:- Grady Hendrix (WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS)- Ananda Lima (CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL)- Chris Panatier (THE REDEMPTION OF MORGAN BRIGHT) for July's spine-tingling episode of FEARMONGERS!

08-02
01:30:39

A Lit Fist In The Face: Gabino Iglesias, CJ Leede, Keith Rosson and Matthew Lyons Talk About Horror That Goes HARD

Holy haunted cats! It's a SUPERSIZED episode of FEARMONGERS! Host and bestselling author Clay McLeod Chapman welcomes acclaimed authors Gabino Iglesias (HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN), CJ Leede (AMERICAN RAPTURE), Keith Rosson (THE DEVIL BY NAME), and Matthew Lyons (A MASK OF FLIES)!

07-02
01:44:59

Southern Gothic Galore: Ronald Malfi and Leslie J. Anderson Cross the Mason Dixon

Host and bestselling author Clay McLeod Chapman welcomes acclaimed authors Ronald Malfi (SMALL TOWN HORROR) and Leslie J. Anderson (THE UNMOTHERS) for June's spinetingling episode of Fearmongers!

06-11
01:00:07

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