LAUNCH PARTY: The Dorians, Nick Cutter in conversation w/ Nat Cassidy

Mon May 18 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-04:00

The Twisted Spine | Brooklyn

The Twisted Spine
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LAUNCH PARTY: The Dorians, Nick Cutter  in conversation w\/ Nat Cassidy
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Join us to celebrate the release of THE DORIANS, a gruesome body horror novel that's part Frankenstein and part Dorian Gray!
About this Event

We're delighted to welcome Nick Cutter (THE TROOP) to The Twisted Spine for the first time for an exclusive early release celebration of his new novel! Nick will be joined in conversation by author Nat Cassidy (I KNOW A PLACE).

About THE DORIANS:

The all-new novel of terror from “one of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!
On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. The chance to put death on pause—forever, perhaps. The remarkable secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent…one with no conscience, yet possessed with a single-minded purpose that has helped it persist for eons: the will to survive. The dark heart of unbridled human ambition finds its apex in an unholy experiment that now tests the limits of both creator and subject, eclipsing all bounds of morality and sanity….


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About the speakers:

Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film with producer James Wan), The Deep, Little Heaven, The Queen, and The Handyman Method, cowritten with Andrew F. Sullivan. Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for Craig Davidson, whose much-lauded literary fiction includes Rust and Bone, The Saturday Night Ghost Club, and, most recently, the short story collection Cascade. His story “Medium Tough” was selected by author Jennifer Egan for The Best American Short Stories 2014. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

Nat Cassidy writes horror for the page, stage, and screen. His acclaimed novels, including When the Wolf Comes Home (USA Today Bestseller; called "a classic" by Stephen King), Mary: An Awakening of Terror (one of Audible's "Top 100 Horror Novels of All Time"), Nestlings, and Rest Stop (Bram Stoker Award nominee), have been featured in best-of lists from Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, NPR, the Chicago Review of Books, the NY Public Library, Amazon, and more, and he was named one of the "writers shaping horror’s next golden age" by Esquire. His award-winning horror plays have been produced throughout New York City and across the United States. He won the NY Innovative Theatre Award for his one-man show about H. P. Lovecraft, another for his play about Caligula, and was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to write the libretto for a short opera (about the end of the world, of course).

Event guidelines:

Each ticket includes either a copy THE DORIANS or a $15 Twisted Spine gift card.

Limited additional copies of the books will be available for purchase at the event.

A signing will follow the discussion.

If you have any questions about the guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Twisted Spine, 306 Grand Street, Brooklyn, United States

Tickets

USD 17.85 to USD 35.73

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