• This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Paperback
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Paperback - iShook Books
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Paperback - iShook Books

    This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Paperback

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    by Eric Larocca (Author)

    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 Biography

    Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a 2x Bram Stoker Award(R) finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. Named by Esquire as one of the "Writers Shaping Horror's Next Golden Age" and praised by Locus as "one of strongest and most unique voices in contemporary horror fiction," LaRocca's notable works include Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Everything the Darkness Eats, The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories, and You've Lost a Lot of Blood. His upcoming novel, At Dark, I Become Loathsome, will be published in January 2025. The book has already been optioned for film by The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus. He currently resides in Boston, MA with his partner. For more information, please visit ericlarocca.com.

    Number of Pages: 240
    Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN
    Publication Date: April 01, 2025
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