From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were Here Before Us, a novella written in pieces, designed to be consumed as a single, cohesive work. The only thing more brutal than nature is love. Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a 2x Bram Stoker Award® 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. "They Were Here Before Us warps reality in a way that allows us to see the horrific, grotesque beauty." -- Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club. "Eric LaRocca's They Were Here Before Us is a disquieting piece of work. Readers will live with this one for a while." -- Laird Barron, author of Swift to Chase" Eric LaRocca's voice--so evocative, so original, so urgent--is one for the ages." -- Andy Davidson, author of The Hollow Kind" LaRocca is selling his small press titles in larger press numbers, and this might be his best and most accessible work yet."
