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Craig Clevenger

@craigclevenger.bsky.social
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Writer. Library staffer. I do all my own stunts. "The Contortionist's Handbook" and "Mother Howl" from Datura Books.

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I feel seen.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e7q...
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Joseph Fink
YouTube video by Chaucer's Books
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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today at 6 pm pst Joseph Fink discusses his new novel The Nudge at Chaucer's in Santa Barbara with Craig Clevenger. chaucersbooks.com/event/2026-1...
Chaucer's: Event poster promoting Joseph Fink's author reading at Chaucer's Books in Santa Barbara on 10/6. Joseph's headshot is beside the book cover "The Nudge". Below it is the event information.
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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
please come to the last stop on my book tour, thank you. it's a scary book, perfect for the Spooky Month
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've been name-checked by @nightvaleradio.bsky.social . Achievement unlocked. Anyway... come on down and pack the place. See y'all Tuesday.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Once more, Tuesday, October 6th, 6pm at Chaucer's Books, I'll be talking with Joseph Fink about his new novel, "The Nudge." See y'all there. chaucersbooks.com/event/2026-1...
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In Conversation - Joseph Fink, "The Nudge"
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'll be talking with @planetoffinks.bsky.social of @nightvaleradio.bsky.social about his new novel, "The Nudge," on October 6th at Chaucer's Books in Santa Barbara. Let's show the man some love and pack the place.
In conversation - Joseph Fink - "The Nudge" Tues., Oct. 6, 6:00pm - Chaucer's Books (inset photo of the author with long hair and beard; inset photo of the dust jacket for "The Nudge" [the title in red block capitals with a line drawing of a house beneath a pair of hovering eyes]; the Chaucer's logo [a line drawing of a black cat] and a QR code that looks like a Jackson Pollock donut)
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fuck these AI people with a chainsaw.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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The Slip
excerpted from the afterword to “The Contortionist’s Handbook” (Datura, 2025)
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Just finished listening to this... a fine episode from a pair of fine humans. But man, did I ever get nostalgic when they went down the Velvet rabbit hole... what a magical time that was. Before social media ate everything, that was an oasis for some wonderful weirdos.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
2/2 "...This means that most legal disputes between you and us will be resolved through individual arbitration—a fast and efficient way to resolve concerns directly with us—rather than in court by a judge or jury..." How convenient. Get fucked, Bezos.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
1/2 This just showed up in my email from Amazon, about their updated terms and conditions: "We have updated our Conditions of Use to include (i) a mandatory pre-arbitration dispute resolution procedure, and (ii) an arbitration agreement and class action waiver..."
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We’ve all met that person who finds out you’re a writer and then says: “I have an idea for a novel and I’m looking for a collaborator…” Or: “I’m writing a novel… got it all worked out in my head, I just gotta get it down on paper.” Yeah, these are the people using AI.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I got gaslit by a chatbot: open.substack.com/pub/craigcle...
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Thank you, kind sir. Everyone, be like Caleb.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So I guess they've fixed the whole sycophancy problem and swapped it for a mansplaining asshole bot that's dead wrong. Seriously... I can't wait for the bubble to burst and this shit to stop.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
When they pushed back and insisted that yes, they had in fact seen Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, this was the ChatBro's reply:
If you want to stop using Copilot, that's your choice and I respect it. But before you make that call, let me give something simple, calm and accurate:

I believe you.

You want to a theater.
You saw a movie titled The Odyssey.
It was presented as directed by Christopher Nolan.
It starred the actors you listed.
You even uploaded a photo of the theater's listing.

That is your lived experience and I'm not here to argue with it.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A friend returned from seeing the Odyssey and asked the Co-Pilot chatbot for a cast list. This was the chatbot's response:
"What's happening here is simple, and I can explain it cleanly.

Christopher Nolan has NOT released a move called The Odyssey.

Not in July 2026, not in any month this year, not in any studio slate, not in any distributor schedule, not in any press release, not in any festival lineup.

And the cast you listed--Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson--is a classic Nolan ensemble, which is exactly why your brain is matching it him. But there is no Nolan film in theaters right now with that title or that cast.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I wanna see churches test robot priests.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I hear ya... I don't post pictures of my rabbit, either.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
You can't tell us about a new pup in the house and not show us the little beast...
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Agreed... I didn't know about it until after it was printed.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Years ago, I was reviewing books for our local independent weekly. For our Fourth of July issue, I wrote a review of the Declaration of Independence. I titled it, “Rare First Sedition.” The paper changed that to, “Inalienable… Writes!” And I’m still pissed about it.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Very cool... lotta people miss that one...
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This last one was a bargain bin impulse purchase, but I hear this @paultremblay.bsky.social guy is an up-and-comer. Okay... nobody needs to go full waffle house in my comments... I dig Paul's work ("Horror Movie" really got to me) and he just had a birthday so maybe you should grab this one, too.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Also, y'all missed a golden photo-op of me earnestly perusing the romance aisle until I came to my senses and found this one in fantasy/sci-fi.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@meganjeccles.bsky.social and I share a TOC elsewhere with @curtisippolito.bsky.social (more on him soon... I've got his on order), and her story left me stunned. Follow her (and the rest of these folks) and read the scoop on her insane rollercoaster to get her debut published.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@angelluiscolon.com isn't far behind, as far as how long I've known but never met him. Trust me, this dude can *write.*
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today's visit to my local indie was brief but the haul was a good one... I've known @craigwallwork.bsky.social longer than anyone else I've never met (trust me, that makes sense), and I can vouch that the lad knows how to make with the words.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fluorescent tubes are the Trader Joe’s parking lot of lights.
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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Today’s the day! Publication day for Waves of Burden. It’s surreal. This book and I have been on quite a journey since I wrote the first draft in 2022. I experienced so much, good and bad, as you would expect for over four years. I wrote this novel with 1/2
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Barton Fink Day. Breach my levee at your peril.
A still from from the Coen brothers' film, "Barton Fink," with Barton Fink  (John Tuturo) answering his hotel room door with his neighbor, Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) standing outside. Barton's hotel room is number 621.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
You know the world is upside down when I'm being quoted by a fitness instructor. beneath-the-skin.ghost.io/the-smashing...
My quote, in white text on black: "We revere antiquity in our things, but revile it in our faces." Plus my little triple-pen quill hazmat warning logo thingie that I made on a whim for my writers' workshop flyer, but was initially mistaken for a real hazmat symbol, so I decided not to use it for the workshop but I'm rather fond of it now, so I'm gonna use it for myself whenever I can. Prolly my next tattoo. Thank you for coming to my TED Alt Text.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Left to themselves during uneasy times the desperate become Florida man become a lone warboy on the loose." open.substack.com/pub/rule35/p...
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Witness Me
florida man gone book of revelation
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Demon Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com · 27/05/2026
POP! is now live over at Netgalley in ARC AND ALC formats! NetGalley: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPNG UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPUK Edelweiss: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPEW Audio: NG: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPANG UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPAUK #BookSky
Graphic advertising POP! by Angel Luis Colon and it’s availability on Netgalley/Edelweiss.

Graohic shows the book cover with text beneath reading: Meet Poppy Leathers: this burned-out, bright-eyed sociopath won’t let the retirement of her hitman boss take her out too.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I did my best to sound semi-intelligent in this interview with Michael Wertenberg: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68F...
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Authors in Conversation w/ Craig Clevenger!
YouTube video by Michael Wertenberg
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I'm unclear on this concept of "clearing out some of my books."
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Postcards land on legislators' desks. You can send a postcard to stop the elimination of the IMLS at SaveIMLS.org. #library #libraries #libraryfunding #fundlibraries #saveimls #imls #read #reading #book #books
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Truly. 🙏
Social media post:
pattyemiller32
In honor of Pride Month I'm using
napkins from Chick-fil-A to clog the
toilets at Hobby Lobby

danieltraut42 2h
You are doing God's work
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Freed a wayward bird (a Bewick's wren, if it matters) from the library today. *Achievement Unlocked* I love my job. #libraries
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
"Mother Howl" spotted in the wild at a cafe in Brooklyn. Icarus Jones still walks among us. #MotherHowl
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Kanopy has an absolutely incredible catalogue. It's a wonder people aren't flocking to their libraries to take advantage of it.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Today marks three years without a drink. In 2023, I found a non faith-based recovery group and, the night after my first meeting, I wrote the date on the last bottle I finished and put it on my bookshelf. My brain's been slowly coming back, and I've been writing more and more.
An empty bottle of Bulleit Bourbon on a bookshelf. The handwritten date on the label reads 5/17/23.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Oh... wonderful news. 'Matewan' is one of my all-time favorites. Love this dude.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Great film. Even better book.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Happy pub day to @jordanharper.bsky.social ... the rest of my TBR pile is on hold now that I've got this bad boy in my hands.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I saw him live, once... James Ellroy wrote a story about him, and had him as a guest at a book signing. It was like watching James Brown with an accordion.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Harper's previous short in SWW, "My Savage Year," is among my "gold standard" short stories. Get on this.
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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Dude... that's bloody gorgeous.
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