Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca

@ericlarocca.com

(He/They) Bram Stoker Award finalist, Shirley Jackson Award nominee and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author ericlarocca.com

7,833 Followers 420 Following 1,769 Posts Joined May 2023
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Holding the UK edition of my upcoming novel! Titan did a stunning job with the packaging, as always 🖤 Only one more week until WRETCH is yours!!!

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In one week, Luke Dumas (NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD) and Eric LaRocca (WRETCH) join me for a mouth-watering Fearmongers. Friday, March 20th at 8 PM/ET (5 PM/PT). Register via Zoom here: bit.ly/4unMt7Y @ericlarocca.com

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Second year running, the entire department consists of badasses and it’s a privilege to work with them.

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*feral breathing*

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Skeletons In The Closet: Eric LaRocca’s “Wretch” Explores The Sweet Decay Of Grief (REVIEW) — Macabre Daily Michelle Delgado reviews “Wretch,” a haunting and unusual meditation on loss by Splatterpunk Award-winning author Eric LaRocca. The book releases March 24, 2026, from Saga Press / Simon & Schuster!

There’s a phenomenal and very thorough review of my new book WRETCH from MacabreDaily where they compare my novel to Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite and The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. I’m levitating!!!!

www.macabredaily.com/articles/ske...

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Ring Shout- Paperback Edition Ring Shout has a paperback edition–which came out from Tor Nightfire back in October. Guess I shoulda maybe said something about it. Never too late!

In which I talk about the paperback edition of Ring Shout that came out last October, and answer some of those questions that often come my way: "Where did you come up with this idea? Will there be a sequel? Is there a movie happening? Have you seen Sinners?"

I had some time...

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Crone: Exclusive sneak peek at Keith Rosson’s new novel Exclusive! Read the prologue and chapter one of Keith Rosson's new novel Crone....

Holy shit, there's a sizable excerpt of CRONE up at SciFiNow, the prologue and first chapter. Real easy to catch the tone of the book and see if it's your thing.

I'll put preorder links in the comments. Thanks!
www.scifinow.co.uk/books/crone-...

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Copies of WRETCH are already on shelves in various bookstores across the US and in the UK 💀 AHHHH IM NOT READY

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3 days ago

Aww thank you, love ❤️

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OBSESSION - Official Trailer - Only In Theaters May 15 YouTube video by Focus Features

THIS LOOKS AMAZING 😍

youtu.be/TaaDkbG3I7g?...

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Wow, this is the greatest day of my life 🥹❤️ idk if my heart can handle this!!! Kathe Koja is a living legend 🔥

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Cover of Wretch by Eric LaRocca.

Thank you @sagapressbooks.bsky.social for this copy of @ericlarocca.com’s WRETCH. Coming 3/24! I loved this book. See my starred review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social for more!

raforall.blogspot.com/2026/02/what...

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Thank you so much, Becky!! I appreciate you 😊❤️

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Facts. Love that man and his films so much

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Found this on insta and felt seen

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Look at this beautiful thing that just arrived at my house from the modern master of transgressive literary horror! Thanks, Eric LaRocca!

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The cover of strange angels The cover of the cipher The cover of skin The cover of bad brains

Let’s continue Women in Horror Month with one of the best: Kathe Koja. Her novels The Cipher, Skin, Bad Brains, and Strange Angels—just to name a few—will take you places you’ve never been before and might not want to come back from.
#WIHM

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It’s always an honor to find some of my books on the shelf at one of my favorite bookstores: The Harvard Bookstore!! I bought a copy of Between Two Fires. 🖤

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a picture of the book with the words NOW AVAILABLE

"PARTIALLY DEVOURED: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life & Changed the World" is OUT NOW!

The wildest movie deep dive you've ever read
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a memoir of how the film changed my life (and how *any* art can change yours).

45 years in the making!

🩷🧟‍♀️🩷🧟‍♀️🩷

www.danielkraus.com/books/partia...

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If you've read STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS or any book by any author, please leave a kind review somewhere in a proper review receptacle. Leaving these reviews helps the book, helps the bookish ecosystem, and also we are sustained by them as we sit in the corner and greedily gnaw on them like squirrels.

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Read this one outside with the birds today. Thanks to recent unseasonably warm weather, my little reading spot is full of flowers and bees. 🖤

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Cover of She Isn't Herself Tonight by Hailey Piper, art by Caroline Johnson, depicting a woman caught between neon lights, her face fracturing into reflections of itself. Beneath the title is a quote from Rachel Harrison calling the novel "Blissfully twisted and genuinely heartfelt."

Cover reveal day!

I'm thrilled to announce my new novel coming from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social, SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT

Alien abductions, a break-up from hell, and what we become when our worst enemies are ourselves.

Light your skies, October 27th 🛸

www.simonandschuster.com/books/She-Is...

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Sometimes you let darkness into your home. Just got a finished copy of Eric LaRocca’s WRETCH and it feels like the house got chillier. Filmier. Thank you Saga for letting me blurb this one and for the beautiful edition. On shelves March 24th. @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @ericlarocca.com

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I'm less interested in the 1st vs 3rd argument, more in the entitlement happening for someone to walk up and say this at a signing as if the author messed up the reader's hamburger.

Okay? Go away then? There are people in line behind you who want to engage with art, not demand extra pickles.

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6 days ago

this is very good

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1 week ago

Hey want to be a writer? Then write. It’s not that hard to type or scrawl. Want to kneecap yourself? Use an AI to “assist” you. Discover how quickly you begin to rely on it, how fast you experience creative rot, how you cease to learn the craft, and how fast that original spark of passion dies.

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An Evening with Eric LaRocca in Conversation with Chuck Wendig Celebrating the launch of WRETCH

PHILLY!!! I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU LATER THIS MONTH ON MY “WRETCH TOUR”, PLEASE COME HANG OUT!! cc: @chuckwendig.bsky.social 🖤

www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

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1 week ago

Thank you so much for reading!! I appreciate you ☺️🙏

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Review by ursadiana - Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke Gorgeously creepy! It starts you out with a sense of dread - you know something not good is go...

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a71a...
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Guys, that was over way too fast! It was deliciously creepy. I think I'm going to need more @ericlarocca.com !
Hit me with your faves.

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