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Chris P. Clay

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Horror

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Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Edgar Allen Poe, and many others

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Average rating: 4.11 · 189 ratings · 35 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Carnival Of Fear (Creepiest Show On Earth #1) by A.J. Norris (Goodreads Author), Aaron White (Goodreads Author), Chris P. Clay (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carnival Of Nightmares (Creepiest Show On Earth Book 2) by Bradon Nave (Goodreads Author), Chris P. Clay (Goodreads Author), Christina Bergling (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whispers from Beyond: A Showcase of Dark Poetry by Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author), Maxwell I. Gold (Goodreads Author), Angela Yuriko Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Atmosphere

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Head Like a Hole

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Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

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Chris’s Quotes

“The TV people. I like calling them that. The TV people. And they have TVs for heads and their faces can change when the channels change.”
― Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

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“Being asked to read another writer’s rough draft is the literary equivalent of being asked to help a friend move a couch to a new place.”
― Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

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“Ideas. I'm possessed by ideas. Ideas that are as old as humanity, maybe older, right? Maybe those ideas were out there just floating around before us, just waiting to be thought up. Maybe we don't think them, we pluck them out from another dimension or another mind.”
― Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

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“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

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