Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca is the Splatterpunk Award-winning American author of several horror and dark fiction, including the acclaimed Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (2021). He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association.

Eric LaRocca was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a BA degree in Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing from Western Connecticut State University and MA in Playwriting and Screenwriting from Emerson College (2017–2019).

His most notable published works include the novellas Starving Ghosts in Every Thread (2020), Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, and the short story collection of literary dark fiction, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales (2021).

"I suppose to succinctly and deftly introduce myself to readers unfamiliar with my work I would say that I’m the literary equivalent of a mortician. A mortician’s responsibility is to preserve the human body and render the deceased as presentable, and graceful as possible so that loved ones can recognize the beauty, the peacefulness of death and decay. That’s exactly how I consider myself when I’m writing fiction—I write about the unpleasantness in the world, and I try to present it in such a way that it’s palatable and entertaining to read," says the author.

His most recent book is Everything the Darkness Eats (2023), a horror renaissance full-length title.

"I love and admiration for openly queer writers such as Clive Barker, Michael McDowell, and Chuck Palahniuk. All three of these writers have shaped me not only as an author but as a human being," says LaRocca.

Eric LaRocca currently resides in New England with his partner.

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