This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances -- Eric Larocca, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram Stoker Award(R)-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

THIS SKIN WAS ONCE MINE
When her father dies under mysterious circumstances, Jillian Finch finds herself grieving the man she idolized while struggling to feel comfortable in the childhood home she was sent away from nearly twenty years ago. Then Jillian discovers a dark secret that will threaten to undo everything she has ever known about her father.

SEEDLING
A young man's father calls him early in the morning to say that his mother has passed away. He arrives home to find his mother's body still in the house. Struggling to process what has happened he notices a small black wound appear on his wrist. Then he discovers his father is cursed with the same affliction.

ALL THE PARTS OF YOU THAT WON'T EASILY BURN
Enoch Leadbetter goes to buy a knife for his husband to use at a forthcoming dinner party. He encounters a strange shopkeeper who draws him into an intoxicating new obsession and sets him on a path towards mutilation and destruction...

PRICKLE
Two old men revive a cruel game with devastating consequences...

Author: Eric Larocca
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.20w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781803366647

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2024 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 02/05/2024

About the Author
Eric LaRocca (he/they) is the Bram Stoker Award(R)-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of the viral sensation, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. A lover of luxury fashion and an admirer of European musical theatre, Eric can often be found roaming the streets of his home city, Boston, MA, for inspiration. For more information, please visit ericlarocca.com.