LAUNCH PARTY: OLYOKE by Vincent Endwell

Join us on March 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM for the unveiling of the exciting new release OLYOKE by author Vincent Endwell. Joining Endwell in conversation will be author OF Cieri (BACKMASK).

About OLYOKE:

Welcome to Olyoke, Tennessee: home to a Dollywood-style theme park, generations of troubled families, mysterious plagues, and the prophecies of a dead architect turned cult leader who has foretold a fiery cataclysm.

As the time of the fire nears, inexplicable events compound:

Darcy, a Dolly Parton impersonator, finds strange worms in the swamp and feeds them to her dog, who begins to speak with the voice of Darcy's dead mother;

Recently divorced Lyle Knox is called through its dreams by a strange house, and soon discovers that Lyle Knox itself is not a person, but a structure;

Maggie Warner organizes a theater production to stave off her gnawing misery and becomes convinced that only the people she sees in her dreams are real. Moreover, the Whistler—the man Maggie becomes when she sleeps—welcomes the town’s impending Judgment with open arms.

Many destinies will converge in Olyoke. None will escape unchanged.

“Lures you into the crevice between Weird fiction and Appalachian horror where something inscrutable yet warm has been gestating. You will come back different.”

About the speakers:

Vincent Endwell originally hails from unceded Onondaga territory (Central New York). Their work has been published previously in Dark Horses Magazine, Corvid Queen, and Your Body is Not Your Body, an anthology from Tenebrous Press, among others.

OF Cieri is based out of NYC. In 2013 she won first place in BMCC's Poetry Competition. In 2016 she won an Honourable Mention in LaborArts Make Work Visible Competition. She has been published by Hyperallergic and the LA Review of Books. She published her first book, Lord of Thundertown, with Ninestar Press in 2020. In February of 2023 she published her second book, Lockdown Laureate, with Castaigne Publishing. Her third book, Backmask, was published by Malarkey in June of 2023. Find more of her work on https://ofcieri.com

Event guidelines:

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

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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