Eric LaRocca

About Eric LaRocca

Brute: Ephraim Mayerling is a wedding planner unlike any other. It’s not just the all-black outfits or the strange, wide-brimmed hat he loves wearing. In the privacy of his cottage, Ephraim dreams of planning a different kind of event: an execution. When Nicholas and Sebastian decide to hire Ephraim for their special day, it becomes harder for Ephraim to leave his “at home” thoughts where they belong. With a mysterious man hovering around town, seemingly everywhere Ephraim goes, everything threatens to come apart at the seams.

Upcoming Titles

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  Brute March 23, 2027

  Ephraim Mayerling is a wedding planner unlike any other. It’s not just the all-black outfits or the strange, wide-brimmed hat he loves wearing. In the privacy of his cottage, Ephraim dreams of planning a different kind of event: an execution. When Nicholas and Sebastian decide to hire Ephraim for their special day, it becomes harder for Ephraim to leave his “at home” thoughts where they belong. With a mysterious man hovering around town, seemingly everywhere Ephraim goes, everything threatens to come apart at the seams.

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Earlier Books

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  Wretch March 24, 2026

  After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called The Wretches, who offer an addictive and dangerous source of relief. They introduce Simeon to a curious figure known as Porcelain Khaw—a man with the ability to let those who are grieving have one last intimate moment with their beloved...for a price. “Immersive and compelling” (Library Journal, starred review), Wretch transports us to a world where not everything is as it seems, and those we love may be the ones who haunt us most.

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  We Are Always Tender with Our Dead September 9, 2025

  Michael McDowell’s Blackwater meets Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense, visceral, beautifully written queer horror set in a small New England town. A chilling supernatural tale of transgressive literary horror from the Bram Stoker Award® finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

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  At Dark, I Become Loathsome January 28, 2025

  From Eric LaRocca—Bram Stoker Award–nominated and Splatterpunk Award–winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke—comes At Dark, I Become Loathsome, a grim yet gentle, horrifying yet hopeful, intense tale of death, trauma, and love. “If you’re reading this, you’ve likely thought that the world would be a better place without you.” A single line of text, glowing in the darkness of the internet. Written by Ashley Lutin, who has often thought the same—and worse—in the years since his wife died and his young son disappeared.

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  This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances April 2, 2024 View on Amazon: This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
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  Everything the Darkness Eats July 3, 2023 View on Amazon: Everything the Darkness Eats
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  The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories March 7, 2023 View on Amazon: The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories
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  They Were Here Before Us October 25, 2022 View on Amazon: They Were Here Before Us
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  Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes September 6, 2022 View on Amazon: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes
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  We Can Never Leave This Place June 24, 2022 View on Amazon: We Can Never Leave This Place
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  You've Lost a Lot of Blood March 11, 2022 View on Amazon: You've Lost a Lot of Blood

More New Books Coming Up

• Crave the Villain by Rina Kent · Mar 23, 2027
• Elodie and the Dark Lord by Ashley Poston · Mar 23, 2027
• Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson · Mar 23, 2027
• Night Hunter by Stacey Marie Brown · Mar 23, 2027
• Serious Music by Percival Everett · Mar 23, 2027
• Smog by Stephanie Danler · Mar 23, 2027
• The Sleepwalker by Freida McFadden · Mar 23, 2027
• When Life Gives You Corpses by Lene D. Buttner · Mar 23, 2027
• Zero Margin: From the World of Reacher by Lee Child & Yasmin Angoe · Mar 23, 2027
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 7 by Beth Brower · Mar 25, 2027

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