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An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are conjured and when bigotry is left unrestrained.After a recent string of disappearances in a small Connecticut town, a grieving widower with a grim secret is drawn into a dangerous ritual of dark magic by a powerful and mysterious older gentleman named Heart Crowley. Meanwhile, a member of local law enforcement tasked with uncovering the culprit responsible for the bizarre disappearances soon begins to learn of a current of unbridled hatred simmering beneath the guise of the town’s idyllic community—a hatred that will eventually burst and forever change the lives of those who once found peace in the quiet town of Henley’s Edge.
From the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated author of the viral sensation,
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke,
Everything the Darkness Eats is a haunting supernatural thriller from a new and exciting voice in genre fiction.
About the author
Eric LaRocca (
he/they) is the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated author of several works of horror and dark fiction, including the viral sensation,
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. A lover of luxury fashion and an admirer of European musical theatre, Eric can often be found roaming the streets of his home city, Boston, MA, for inspiration. For more information, please follow @hystericteeth on Twitter/Instagram or visit ericlarocca.com.
Summary
An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are conjured and when bigotry is left unrestrained.
After a recent string of disappearances in a small Connecticut town, a grieving widower with a grim secret is drawn into a dangerous ritual of dark magic by a powerful and mysterious older gentleman named Heart Crowley. Meanwhile, a member of local law enforcement tasked with uncovering the culprit responsible for the bizarre disappearances soon begins to learn of a current of unbridled hatred simmering beneath the guise of the town’s idyllic community—a hatred that will eventually burst and forever change the lives of those who once found peace in the quiet town of Henley’s Edge.
From the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated author of the viral sensation, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Everything the Darkness Eats is a haunting supernatural thriller from a new and exciting voice in genre fiction.
Foreword
• 15,000 print run
• International book tour for summer and fall with stops in Boston, Connecticut, NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Portland, Pittsburgh, San Antonio / Austin, Miami, Toronto.
• Publicist Sarah Miniaci for US promotion. Alex Thornberg for UK outreach
• Copies at StokerCon in June, 2023 in prep for the following year’s Stoker Awards.
• 200 arcs to reach all levels of the horror and literary world.
• Publisher’s Weekly and Lambda Literary, Rue Morgue Cemetery Dance
