things have gotten worse since we last spoke eric larocca

It’s like poor Agnes opened herself up to a stranger who sucked Agnes into a world of cruel compromise. It’s about loneliness, codependency, exploitation, and unhealthy relationships.

I buy and sell stuff on Facebook Marketplace, and so to me this story is like a Facebook Marketplace sale gone unspeakably wrong. An apple peeler is offhandedly mentioned as a magical instrument, and as one of the few things the main character has left from her grandmother. I read this in one sitting, unable to put it down despite its disturbing content. In the original acknowledgements, the author calls this novella “a bizarre fantasy of manipulation and depravity” written in five days while pushed “to dangerous areas … of creative Armageddon.” After reading this story, I totally get it.Īgnes and Zoe, aka Agnes in Wonderland and Crushed Marigolds and aka Drudge and Sponsor, commence through posts on a fictional website community board.

The novella starts off sweet, and twists into unholy and gruesome corruption. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke LaRocca’s work includes three stories-his original novella Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, and two short additions “The Enchantment”, and “You’ll Find It’s Like That All Over”. That’s how this author makes horror truly terrorizing. Yes, I said gloss over-as if it’s no big deal and hey let’s just roll with it. Read it knowing you’ll gloss over animal cruelty, infanticide, torture, et all. Three devastating, beautifully written horror stories from one of the genre's most cutting-edge voices.First thing’s first-this is horror. And a man confronts his neighbour when he discovers a strange object in his back yard, only to be drawn into an ever-more dangerous game. A couple isolate themselves on a remote island in an attempt to recover from their teenage son's death, when a mysterious young man knocks on their door during a storm. Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella.Ī whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s-a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

Things have gotten worse since we last spoke eric larocca