Joshua Chaplinsky
@JaceyCockrobin
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Author of "Letters to the Purple Satin Killer,' 'The Paradox Twins' & 'Kanye West—Reanimator.' Managing Editor at LitReactor 2011-2023.
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Thank you all so much for making the release day of 'Letters to the Purple Satin Killer' such a special one! So much of social media feels like screaming into the void but I really felt the love yesterday. You guys have earned yourselves a break from all the non-stop promo.
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WTF do we need Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer when we already have Twin Peaks The Return episode 8?
#twinpeaks
#Oppenheimer
#davidlynch
#christophernolan
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From the Bgock of Spiral
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Make no mistake. What we witnessed last night was pure male ego. A noted cuck attempting to reassert their dominance on the national stage.
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Just got word from
@CLASHBooks
that Letters to the Purple Satin Killer was picked up by Barnes & Noble for national, in-store distribution!
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LitReactor has been such a large part of my life for the last 12 years, I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with myself. Thank you so much to all of our writers & instructors, and everyone who supported us throughout the years. I hope we made a difference.
A sad announcement from the team:
LitReactor: The End of An Era
#WritingCommunity
#litreactor
#writing
#writers
#books
#booktwitter
#literature
#writerslife
#reading
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Someone ripped down an ad in the subway exposing this 35 yr old movie poster.
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Alright! Pandemic’s back on! Looks like I’m breaking this bad boy back out.
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It’s official!
@CLASHBooks
will publish LETTERS TO THE PURPLE SATIN KILLER, my 2nd novel, in 2024. Can’t wait for people to read it!
Get ready for LETTERS TO THE PURPLE SATIN KILLER by Joshua Chaplinsky! A story told with blackest humor & chilling detail through letters to a serial killer that is hated, adored, and feared. The truth lies somewhere in these pages.
Coming summer 2024! 🔪 🔪 🔪
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Does this count as a blurb? Should I put it on the cover?
Always felt weird about blurbs & now that I’m an old man I just don’t do it. Still flattered when younger writers reach out tho. Best of luck and hope it breaks through.
—Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho
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Letters to the Purple Satin Killer comes out Today!!!
I wrote about 10 KILLER books that influenced my writing process over at
@GNutsofHorror
.
@CLASHBooks
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Spending the day with this bad boy. I am onstage at amateur night and this book is a giant hook with my name on it.
#horrormovie
@paulGtremblay
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I wrote this for
@LitReactor
in 2013, and these novels STILL remain unpublished. In most cases, that's probably a good thing, but there are some real heartbreakers on here.
#WritingCommunity
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Surprise cover reveal! Thank you so much to
@SadieHartmann
&
@Night_Worms
for hosting, to
@CLASHBooks
for publishing, and to Matthew Revert, a true Cover King 👑
#coverreveal
#writingcommunity
#crimefiction
#horrorfiction
#serialkillers
#booktwitter
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Letters to the Purple Satin Killer. August 6. CLASH Books. For fans of sluts, American psychos, Screwtape letters, and things that have gotten worse.
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My favorite reads of 2023:
Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III
Deliver Me by Elle Nash
A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune
by Max Evry
Burn You the Fuck Alive by B.R. Yeager
How I Killed the Universal Man by Thomas Kendall
Molly by Blake Butler
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New treats from Chuck Palahniuk. One of the nicest people in the game.
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Got my first short story acceptance since 2021! Granted, I haven't really submitted much since then, but it still feels good. More info eventually...
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This is an amazing shout out.
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Just came across the greatest description of an erection ever in Children of Dune.
#dune
#wormsign
#beefswelling
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Woke to find out Kanye West—Reanimator was featured on
#TheLastDriveIn
last night. A dream come true!
@thelastdrivein
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
What the hell is this?! What. The. Hell. **goes to Amazon immediately!**
#TheLastDriveIn
#TrainToBusan
@Shudder
@RadioParfait
@badtechno
@therealjoebob
@JustinMartell12
@kinky_horror
@SetDarcyFree
@kanyewest
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Yes, all hail cover artists, especially Matthew Revert, who designed all 3 of my covers (KW-Re painting by the incredible Dyer Wilk).
Cover artists are so important. Matthew Revert, for example, has played a major role in whatever success I've had. We owe artists so much.
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HUGE NEWS!
Excited to announce my debut story collection, "Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape," will be published by
@CLASHBooks
this Clashtober! Cover reveal, ToC, & kind words from people you might trust coming soon. PDFs avail for review. Please share!
#WritingCommunity
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Latest read: A free verse novella featuring talking animals would not be my normal go to, but in Paul I trust and The Beast You Are sucked me right in.
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Indie publishing reminds me of the Long Island hardcore scene in the late 90s. We all buy each other's books, appear on each other's podcasts. Once in a while one of us escapes to a bigger pond and is publicly lauded and privately bad-mouthed in equal measure.
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I interviewed Blake Butler for
@LitReactor
. Alice Knott is out tomorrow.
@blakebutler
@riverheadbooks
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Gonna be at the Pablo Pop Up in NYC today giving out copies of Kanye West—Reanimator.
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Only 90s kids will remember this. We didn't have autocorrect. If we made a spelling mistake in Word a demon would appear and drag us to hell.
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@teachrobotslove
Most anything past tier 3 can barely be considered a real movie. They’re just gross-out reels with little to no story or production value.
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Too early to talk details, but I just signed the contract for my next novel. A mix of A.M. Homes, C.S. Lewis, & Ann Rule. Coming October 2024 from ?????
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ARCs have arrived! My boy chonky. Reviewers please get at me.
#letterstothepurplesatinkiller
#booktwitter
#serialkillers
#truecrime
#horror
@CLASHBooks
#bookreviews
#bookcovers
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New Quentin Dupieux sounds amazing: Le Daim, starring Jean Dujardin as a man who becomes obsessed with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams.
@oizo3000
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Frontrunner for best book title 2024?
KITTENTITS by Holly Wilson.
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This is why I refuse to have kids.
🌎 BEJIBLE WORLD TOUR STARTS TODAY 🌎👇 UPDATED SHOW POSTER THREAD BELOW
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Mother Howl is just as good as I remember it. Hard to believe I first read a draft of the manuscript almost 10 years ago. From what I can tell, nothing major has changed since then, and it blows my mind that it took this long for someone to publish it.
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Flashback to the time I was flagged by TSA for having a suitcase full of KANYE WEST—REANIMATOR.
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DM if interested. $10/$12/$15 respectively. $35 for all 3. Shipping included. I'll throw in some stickers as well.
#bookdeals
#weirdfiction
#sale
#reanimator
#kanyewest
#horror
#theparadoxtwins
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I hate giving books star ratings on Goodreads. Especially knowing so many writers and now having books of my own. It’s a potential minefield of support vs. sincerity.
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I just used the word "autarch" against my wife in Scrabble. Thanks, Gene Wolfe!
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I interviewed Anne Rice for back in the day and she was so incredibly nice. RIP.
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Attention reviewers, interviewers, podcasters, booktokers bookstagrammers and other socially influential types: we should have ARCs soon. Reach out if you are interested. Thanks!
#purplesatinkiller
#ARCs
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Photo of a super cool serial killer book display at This is a Bookstore in Kalamazoo feat:
@SGJ72
@tashaaaaaaa
@aliciabooks
, Oyinkan Braithwaite, & Letters to the Purple Satin Killer.
@BookbugKzoo
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It’s insane how many women think they can fuck a bear and survive.
I've tweeted this before but insane how many men think they can fight a bear and survive???
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The novel I wrote vs. what’s popular.
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Fuck it—if I ever get a terminal illness I'm trying crack.
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Letters to the Purple Satin Killer comes out in less than a month! To celebrate, I'm doing a giveaway. Retweet this post to enter. I will chose 1 random US winner Mon July 15. Details in comments.
LTTPSK ARC, Kanye West—Reanimator t-shirt, Postcards From the Future DVD, sticker
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Fangoria interview! Achievement unlocked! Thanks to Meredith Borders for taking the time to speak w/ me.
"[Chaplinsky is] a singularly inventive, provocative writer, and I urge you to pre-order Letters to the Purple Satin Killer from
@CLASHBooks
without hesitation."
In LETTERS TO THE PURPLE SATIN KILLER, Jonas Williker is a virulent, degenerate serial killer. Enter the mind of
@jaceycockrobin
, the man who invented him.
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Today is pub day for THE PARADOX TWINS. Feels kind of anti-climactic, as it's just another day in front of the computer, so I thought I'd shout-out a few other new releases I've read or am looking forward to, in an attempt to feel something. A thread.
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Taking a break from all the self-promo to say happy pub day to some of my fellow Aug 6 releases:
House of Bone and Rain by
@Gabino_Iglesias
@mulhollandbooks
Drill by Scott R. Jones
@PimpMyShoggoth
@WordHorde
Crushing Snails by Emma E. Murray
@EMurrayAuthor
@apocpartypress
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New blurb just dropped. Thanks to Nick Kolakowski.
@nkolakowski
#letterstothepurplesatinkiller
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This is a great read, whether or not you’ve read the book.
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Got my first look at the cover design for my forthcoming novel today. This makes it feel real.
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Wow, that's the most engagement I've ever gotten on the weekend. I guess it's what you post, not when. Thanks, everyone!
Just got word from
@CLASHBooks
that Letters to the Purple Satin Killer was picked up by Barnes & Noble for national, in-store distribution!
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The Paradox Twins is out in under 3 weeks, & we FINALLY locked typeset (it was a bitch & a half!). To celebrate, I’m gonna do a giveaway, but for now, the cover blurb—from my favorite writer of all time, Steve Erickson. I couldn’t ask for a more meaningful endorsement.
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Tonight's viewing: I thought I'd seen the uncut version, but I don't remember it being this brutal, or having as many cocks. Great movie!
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THE PARADOX TWINS is an experimental, sci-fi ghost story about the scariest, most unknowable quantity there is—family. PREORDER:
@CLASHBooks
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The story thus far…
Have a new Purple Satin Killer blurb to post, but I should probably wait till Monday, huh?
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Pleased to announce my story "Follow the Rock" will be part of
@CLASHBooks
Notorious B.I.G. anthology, along with stories by
@vlatinalondon
@gonzomike
@jverch75
and more. Edited by
@Gabino_Iglesias
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Just now dawning on me, the incredible list of people I got blurbing my debut novel. LITERALLY some of my favorite writers of all time. It's kind of nuts. April 6, 2021.
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My lawyers have informed me that it would be in my best interest to clarify that this was a joke. The lawyers responsible have been sacked.
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@slpng_giants
@TeamYouTube
"Official Twitter Page of the FBI. Do not report tips here. Submit tips on terrorism or federal crimes at . "
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I’m a literary masochist. My fetish is books that make me feel like shit about my own writing.
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This is seriously one of the greatest scenes committed to celluloid.
NEW EPISODE:
FRANKENHOOKER (1990) dir. Frank Henenlotter
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"My ultimate goal is to write well and write better, and treating myself like a machine that makes content is not the way to accomplish that." -Joe Koch
@horrorsong
Mother Horror Sadie Hartmann interviews Joe Koch. Convulsive is out tomorrow from
@apocpartypress
@SadieHartmann
@horrorsong
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2021 was a pretty good writing year for me.
My debut novel, THE PARADOX TWINS, came out from
@clashbooks
in April. I also signed a contract for a French language edition w/
@Latalante
.
I had 5 new short stories published, 1 story translated for an Italian antho, & 1 reprint.
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Oh yeah! Time to milk the last remaining drops from Kanye’s withered teat like I was Luke Skywalker and he was a Thala-siren. Kanye West—Reanimator: The Re-Reanimated Edition. Featuring 40 pages of new content. I swear I'm working on something new! …
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Got the cover for my next book and I can’t stop looking at it. Can’t wait to show it to everyone. Matthew Revert is a Prince.
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Thing I just told my cat while no one else was around: “You have gotten better at receiving my kisses. That pleases me.”
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Another glowing blurb for LETTERS TO THE PURPLE SATIN KILLER, this time from one of your favorite writers, and mine—Max Booth III.
@fuckmaxbooth
@CLASHBooks
#booktwitter
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Regarding this whole DarkLit debacle:
@CLASHBooks
, if you ever pull this shit with me, I know where you live.
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