Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a 3x Bram Stoker Award® finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. Named by Esquire as one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised by Locus as “one of strongest and most unique voices in contemporary horror fiction,” LaRocca’s notable works include Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Everything the Darkness Eats, The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories, and This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances. His new novel, At Dark, I Become Loathsome, has already been optioned for film by The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus. He currently resides in Boston, MA with his partner.

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Books

  • At Dark, I Become Loathsome

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    27 Oct 2025

    If you’re reading this, you’ve likely thought that the world would be a better place without you.
    A single line …

  • Bound in Blood

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    9 Sep 2025

    You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in the attic, desperate …

  • Burnt Sparrow We Are Always Tender with Our Dead

    Format:
    Hardback
    Released:
    9 Sep 2025

    The lives of those residing in the isolated town of Burnt Sparrow, New Hampshire, are forever altered after three faceless …

  • This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    1 Apr 2025

    THIS SKIN WAS ONCE MINE
    When her father dies under mysterious circumstances, Jillian Finch finds herself grieving the man she …

  • At Dark, I Become Loathsome

    Format:
    Hardback
    Released:
    28 Jan 2025

    If you’re reading this, you’ve likely thought that the world would be a better place without you.

    A single …