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. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones.
A 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.
A 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…
And 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.
From Bram Stoker Award finalist Eric LaRocca, this is devastating, beautifully written horror from one of the genre’s most cutting-edge voices.
What have you done today to deserve your eyes?
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I was going to begin with some absurd comment about the irony of posting about an apple peeler in a queer discussion forum when most of us are probably upset by the mere mention of the word ‘fruit’.
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE
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(@TitanBooks, 6 September 2022, e-book, 288 pages, #ARC from the publisher via @NetGalley)
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I loved the title story for this collection. It’s a staggering piece of fiction. It starts off innocently enough with two lonely women finding each other online and developing a relationship. The relationship becomes intense and the story gets darker and darker. The last few pages were almost unbearable to read. This is a corker of a story. I enjoyed the other two stories as well though they weren’t quite as good as the title piece. This is a writer to look out for.
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