Nick Cutter, author of horror books such as “The Troop,” “The Deep,” “Little Heaven,” “The Handyman Method,” and new from Gallery Books, “The Queen,” is one of the first contemporary horror writers I came across. To say I wouldn’t be where I am without his work is no understatement, considering “The Troop,” was the first book I reviewed on Instagram and Goodreads- so it is with great pleasure I share this chat!
We primarily discuss his novel (out today- October 29th) from Gallery Books in the US and Arcadia Books in the UK, “The Queen.”
Nick tells us about:
- The writers that inspire him
- Writing outside of his generation
- “Signpost scenes,”
- His fascination with insect horror
- “The horror spectrum,”
- Reader and writer boundaries within horror
- Writing under a pseudonym
- The pandemic
- Elon Musk and his space boner
- Trauma in horror
- Empathy in horror
- His upcoming novels “The Dorians,” and “Gravenhyrst,”
- A whole host of other cool stuff.
We reference:
- “The Troop,” by Nick Cutter
- “The Queen,” by Nick Cutter
- “The Deep,” by Nick Cutter
- “Rust and bone,” by Craig Davidson
- “The Saturday Night Ghost Club,” by Craig Davidson
- “Pet Sematary,” by Stephen King
- “Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelley
- “Island of Dr Moreau,” by H.G Wells
- “This Wretched Valley,” by Jenny Keifer
- “The Complete Books of Charles Fort.”
- “The Devil by Name,” by Keith Rosson
- “Moon of the Turning Leaves,” by Waubgeshig Rice
- And “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt
As well as generally being the highlight of my internet career thus far, this process has been a tremendous learning experience. For example, remember to change the zoom setting to dual perspective so there’s not awkward cuts to me smiling and nodding. I can’t say quite yet just how frequent these author chats will be, but here’s to hoping it’s only upwards from here.
You can already read my review of “The Queen,” here. Thank you to Craig Davidson/ Nick Cutter for his time, and to Sydney Morris at Gallery Books for setting this up.
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