{"product_id":"this-skin-was-once-mine-and-other-disturbances-isbn-9781803366647","title":"This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS SKIN WAS ONCE MINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEEDLING \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALL THE PARTS OF YOU THAT WON’T EASILY BURN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnoch 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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRICKLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo old men revive a cruel game with devastating consequences...Praise for This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"LaRocca (Everything the Darkness Eats) is a viral sensation for all the right reasons, showcasing why extreme horror is so resonant, thought-provoking, and necessary. Suggest to fans of Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica and We Are Here To Hurt Each Other by Paula D. Ashe.\"\u003cbr\u003eLibrary Journal, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eric LaRocca’s distinctive literary voice is a welcome addition to queer horror. I look forward to seeing his legacy grow.”\u003cbr\u003ePoppy Z. Brite, author of Exquisite Corpse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eric LaRocca keeps getting better. Grotesque, heartbreaking, and deeply unsettling, this is the kind of transgressive horror that exposes the vulnerable human heart, that reminds us of our shared pain. Just the byline on his work—‘by Eric LaRocca’—should be considered a trigger warning. You know going in that it’s going to hurt. Caveat lector.”\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Golden, author of The House of Last Resort and Road of Bones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eric LaRocca distorts spaces, both internal and external, creating new cavities within our bodies, fresh chasms in our minds, and flooding them with nothing but absolute terror. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances makes for exquisite suffering and confirms LaRocca’s mantle as the heir apparent to Clive Barker and Poppy Z. Brite. Glory be to the new king of Horror.”\u003cbr\u003eClay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eric LaRocca is a singular talent, who writes ruthlessly, beautifully, bravely about brutality, who challenges readers to find their humanity, and ultimately hope, in the face of such horrors.”\u003cbr\u003eRachel Harrison, author of Black Sheep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's as if Eric LaRocca's stories are gentle hands, wearing soft gloves, that lead you for some distance before you feel the pins pricking your palms and fingers. And when you do, the grip tightens. An author who effortlessly taps into human madness and deviancy and then recreates it artfully.\"\u003cbr\u003eAdam Nevill, author of The Ritual and Last Days\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A twisty, intricate gathering of bleak fates. Beneath the skin of delicate prose lies indelicate menace. Eric LaRocca has penned a book that’s obsessively captivating, \u003cbr\u003ewherein even hope hurts like a shard of glass.”\u003cbr\u003eHailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An intense collection that stalks its way around the kinship between pleasure and pain. LaRocca’s tremendous empathy allows him to look unblinkingly at the dark corners that others turn away from, in a way that makes his horror not only devastating but heartbreaking.”\u003cbr\u003eBrian Evenson, author of The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These raw and brilliant stories lure you in and then slice you to the core. Their terrors and scars will persist. Cutting, insightful horror from a new master.”\u003cbr\u003eTim Lebbon, author of The Silence and Among the Living\u003cb\u003eEric LaRocca\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003ehe\/they\u003c\/i\u003e) is a 3x Bram Stoker Award® finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. He was named by \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised by \u003ci\u003eLocus \u003c\/i\u003eas “one of the strongest and most unique voices in contemporary horror fiction.” LaRocca’s notable works include \u003ci\u003eThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEverything the Darkness Eats\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAt Dark, I Become Loathsome\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303201427685,"sku":"NP9781803366647","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781803366647.jpg?v=1767742524","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/this-skin-was-once-mine-and-other-disturbances-isbn-9781803366647","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}