Coming March 24, 2026 - WRETCH by @eric_larocca
Grief is only the beginning. What if the dead are haunted... by the ones who loved them most?
From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill ride about sorrow, memory, and the unabashed complexity of love as a transgressive act.
"Reading WRETCH is akin to discovering the gospels of a cruel god, where suffering bleeds into the sublime. LaRocca's new testament is equally sacrilegious as it is transcendent, and I for one will forever consider myself an acolyte of his brutal body of work." —Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod , author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
"The speed with which wondrous and horrifying ideas and concepts come up is as startling as the immersive and compelling body horror sprinkled throughout...a deeply compelling and thought-provoking read." —Library Journal, starred review
Preorder now: https://bit.ly/4rHavJD
My beautiful, sweet mom often visits bookshops and asks the bookseller to take a photo of her with my newest book. She then buys all the copies on the shelf so that the store has to order more. I love her so much ❤️
Both BURNT SPARROW novels are now available to request and read on Edelweiss!! I presume NetGalley will happen soon too… 🐦⬛ (Physical ARCs will arrive in the Titan office next week btw)
Eric LaRocca @eric_larocca is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated, Splatterpunk Award–winning writer whose work continually expands the possibilities of contemporary horror. Each story and novel they produce unsettles, fascinates, and lingers long after you close the page.
Their latest novel, ‘Wretch or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw’, published in the UK by Titan Books @titanbooks in March of this year, is a transgressive, psychologically charged exploration of loss and longing.
I sat down with Eric to examine queer horror’s unique capacity to confront grief, trauma, and sociopolitical unrest. We discuss ‘Wretch’ and how horror, intimacy, and marginalised voices converge to expand the boundaries of contemporary storytelling.
Read the full review at the link in our bio.
Words by @michgonch
Edited by @lexicovalsen
I want this entire series to feel like you’re reading something that you shouldn’t be reading… Something you can’t ever scrub from your mind… The same way I felt when I first read Dennis Cooper and Poppy Z. Brite. Only a few more months until showtime… 💚
Best selling author Eric LaRocca, talks about the value of embracing uncomfortable things in fiction such as with his newest publication, Wretch, available now.
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Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/0lHZBEEqKKo
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You can now request an ARC of WE TURN GRUESOME AT NIGHT from Titan Books… But please take note of the trigger warnings for this one because it’s a VERY unpleasant book and you probably won’t have a good time reading it unless you’re a masochist like me 💚
📖 𝕋𝕨𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕋𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 ✌️ 📖
ft @eric_larocca last two releases. Pretty sure I have all of his books now 😅
Have you read either of these? 🖤
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