LaRocca writes startling and gorgeous portraits of damage, and the way it spreads from body to body. 'There's something inevitable about these stories, the way before you know it they tighten around your mind like a trap. LaRocca is a writer to watch.' - Publishers Weekly 'The author's strong prose does an impressive job anchoring everything on solid ground even as the stories spiral into surrealist grotesquerie. Kiernan, LaRocca's book is the ideal choice for readers who want depraved and disturbing horror that scares the living daylights out of them.' With shades of Nicole Cushing and Caitlín R. 'Indie superstar Eric LaRocca presents three novellas that capture profound pain and unthinkable horror. One of the '50 Best Horror Books of All Time' -Esquire. Praise for Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes: What have you done today to deserve your eyes? Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella.Ī whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s-a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires.Ī couple isolate themselves on a remote island in an attempt to recover from their teenage son's death, when a mysterious young man knocks on their door during a storm.Īnd a man confronts his neighbour when he discovers a strange object in his back yard, only to be drawn into an ever-more dangerous game.įrom Bram Stoker Award finalist Eric LaRocca, this is devastating, beautifully written horror from one of the genre's most cutting-edge voices. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

Description 'Amongst the Top 50 Horror Books of All Time' - Cosmopolitan

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