Author guide
Eric LaRocca Books in Order
Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a horror and dark-fiction author, three-time Bram Stoker Award finalist, Shirley Jackson Award nominee, and two-time Splatterpunk Award winner. Their bibliography spans novels, novellas, short-fiction collections, and poetry, including Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Everything the Darkness Eats, At Dark, I Become Loathsome, and Wretch. LaRocca lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with their partner.
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Eric LaRocca's Newest Book
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
A concise, acclaimed novella that offers a representative introduction to LaRocca's transgressive literary horror.
Read in order
Books by series
novel trilogy · ongoing
Burnt Sparrow
A trilogy of intense, queer supernatural horror novels set in a small New England town.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (10)
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Starving Ghosts in Every ThreadAmazon ↗novella · 2020
- A Bright Enchanted Suffering: Two Macabre TalesAmazon ↗
novella collection · 2021
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last SpokeAmazon ↗
novella · 2021
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You've Lost a Lot of BloodAmazon ↗novel · 2022
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We Can Never Leave This PlaceAmazon ↗novella · 2022
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They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in PiecesAmazon ↗novella · 2022
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Everything the Darkness EatsAmazon ↗novel · 2023
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At Dark, I Become LoathsomeAmazon ↗novel · 2025
- Wretch: Or, the Unbecoming of Porcelain KhawAmazon ↗
novel · 2026
- BruteAmazon ↗
novel · 2027
Short fiction (4)
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The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark TalesAmazon ↗short-story collection · 2021
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other MisfortunesAmazon ↗short-fiction collection · 2022
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The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected StoriesAmazon ↗short-story collection · 2023
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This Skin Was Once Mine and Other DisturbancesAmazon ↗short-story collection · 2024
Poetry (1)
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Fanged DandelionAmazon ↗poetry collection · 2020