Clay McLeod Chapman + Late Bloomer October 21, 2005

Clay McLeod Chapman, playwright and ringleader of the fantastically bizarre, long-running fringe sensation known as The Pumpkin Pie Show brings his carnivalesque flair to Bluestockings for a very special evening of storytelling as he reads new material and excerpts from his "bold, honest" debut story collection, REST AREA, and his novel, MISS CORPUS, praised for its "slow, simmering style that melds Southern folklore with a gothic sensibility."

Craig Macneill's award-winning short film, LATE BLOOMER, included in this year's Sundance Film Festival -- and described by Ain't It Cool News as "H.P. Lovecraft goes to 7th grade Sex Ed class" -- based on a short story by Chapman, will screen afterwards.

$5 suggested.