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Eric LaRocca
@ericlarocca.bsky.social
(He/They) 3x Bram Stoker Award finalist, Shirley Jackson Award nominee and 2x Splatterpunk Award-winning Author
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Nightmarish and unrelenting. So intensely bleak, man. Ugh I loved this… Will probably need to reread at some point soon because there’s so much to dissect.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Hey, if you have an MM (especially SF, fantasy, and horror) book out in 2026, let me know!
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow!! I just found out that Saga is printing 60k copies of WRETCH for its first print run in the US next year!!! 🥰❤️
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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If I can reach 1000 followers by the end of the day, I’ll permanently make all the ebooks on my website free.

The queer horror anthologies THE BOOK OF QUEER SAINTS VOLS I & II, featuring the best horror writers working in the business, and my debut novel I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU.

FREE FOREVER!
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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So, I have a new book out, THE FLESH KING. It's the sequel to THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL. I'm over here working, but Aces would really like it if you could check it out. Thanks.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Emma E. Murray is one of the most audacious and fearless authors of transgressive fiction. Exquisite prose coupled with absolutely depraved imagery. This is splendid news!! ❤️
🎉🎉🎉I just signed a contract that I am SO excited about!!!! I can’t tell you much yet, but my favorite novel has found a home! Can’t wait to share more when it’s announced! This is a dream come true!!!!🥹😭🎉
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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3 months of playing the wrong games 💛

Thank you everyone who's been reading, reviewing, checking it out, talking it up, bringing Carcosa into the bedroom, where everything surely goes perfectly fine 💅😈

www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Game...
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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the tops to their bottom in the werewolf spit-roast: "inside you are two wolves..."
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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If you see this post you deserve a new book 🤗
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Today’s chalkboard art at Ghoulish Books.

“Fix your hearts or die”
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A stunning portrait of disintegration and depravity. The ending was especially chilling… Bataille really is the GOAT. I loved this so much!!
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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From THE BONE MOTHER, the first sentence plus a bonus *second* sentence.

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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We Are Always Tender With Our Dead is one of those books that you'll be thinking about long after you finish reading it. It'll stay with you, creeping up on you in the dark when you least expect it. Its very disturbing. Its also brilliant.
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Deeply embarrassed to say that I haven’t read the SANDMAN SLIM series yet by @richardkadrey.bsky.social. Today that changes! Very excited to begin…
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Wow okay so umm Philip Ridley emailed me this morning and said he’s a “great admirer” of my work. I will not be normal about this… The man’s a legend of film, fiction, and theatre!!!
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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a title change for the debut novel forthcoming with @titanbooks.bsky.social in 2026 👀‼️

🎭🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS ☁️🪷🎭

a Chinese-inspired science fantasy set on a drowning continent of royal siblings striving to survive in a climate of murder and corruption.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things:

1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.

2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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joe koch isn't just one of the finest writers of weird and transgressive literature working, today, but truly is one of the best to ever do it.
if you ain't reading joe koch, are you even really reading?
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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The first mulled cider of the season was a success. I used Aspen spices and a shot of dark rum. For those who always ask, here are the books and blu-rays on the coffee table. Lots of good titles in both piles.
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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it's such a good time for avant garde horror literature.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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If I didn't love writing, I wouldn't do it.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM