Join us at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, for an evening with New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig, celebrating the release of his contemporary dark fantasy, THE CALAMITIES.
Each ticket includes a Signed First Edition hardcover copy of The Calamities.
Advance-purchase tickets are required for entry. Each General Admission ticket includes one SIGNED First Edition of The Calamities.
Doors open at 6:00pm. The program will begin at 7:00pm. Seating is limited and available first-come, first-served. Early arrival is encouraged!
About the Book:
Mourning Mayne knows he’ll one day bear the duty of managing his family’s vast empire of wealth and power. But the feckless Mourning has always struggled to accept this legacy of cruelty, domination, and exploitation . . . and something even darker. Because the Maynes are no ordinary family: Hidden in our world are the fiends—half-human, half-demon, and possessed of a dark magic born from buying human souls—and the Maynes are one of the oldest and most influential fiendish families.
But when Mourning’s estranged father, the formidable and terrifying Hadrian Mayne, demands that Mourning return to the fold, he has to decide whether to accept his legacy and embrace his role in the family or to forge his own destiny, and with it, change the course of the world. Because along the way home, he will meet Key, a black-market seller of human souls, and Quinn, an artist who may hold the dark truth behind the fate of the fiends. Alone, they have all struggled with the darkness of their natures . . . but together, they might find a path out of the shadows.
About the Author:
Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers, The Book of Accidents, Wayward, and more than two dozen other books for adults and young adults. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alumnus of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written comics, games, and for film and television. He’s known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and books about writing such as Damn Fine Story. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his family.
Ticket service charge includes Harrisburg City Amusement tax, 6% PA State Sales tax, and SimpleTix processing fee.