# Acquired Taste

## Clay McLeod Chapman

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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.**

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