Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes

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In the year 2000, two gay women - Agnes Petrella and Zoe Cross - meet online as Agnes attempts to sell a family heirloom. As their relationship develops, they find themselves succumbing to a spiral of depravity.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke is the kind of body horror that is more disturbing because of the psychological implications. There are two memorable scenes here. The first one includes eating spoiled meat, maggots and all. The second—which I won’t give away here because it’s a little gem all readers should discover themselves—involves a tapeworm. Together, and taken along with the rest of the narrative, these scenes prove that body horror punches harder when we know why it’s happening and have built some empathy for the characters involved. The third was the runt of the litter. It just seemed a little pointless to me. I wasn’t sure what was trying to be said and it didn’t seem scary, odd maybe, but not scary. The ending wasn’t satisfying at all either, a bit of a let down. A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes. Again, there just wasn't enough detail in this to help me understand it's purpose. There's some kind of message about faith but there's so much other random mixed messaging going on that it was hard to tease out what this story was going for.Go into this one expecting horror - people horror, not supernatural horror - as the purpose of the story. You may love it. It's a fast read. I would have read it in one sitting if I hadn't required pizza. I'm intrigued enough to continue to the next story. LaRocca’s writing in ‘The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales’ is hauntingly poetic and lyrical (I appear to always be saying this about his work, because it’s true). With prose that is scalpel sharp but always raw and always brutally honest, LaRocca shows us the darkness that resides in humanity, and forces us to take in every last bit of its horrific beauty until we are choking for air! The book in question is Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, a 2021 title from author Eric LaRocca. It’s a short horror story that takes place exclusively online, in chatrooms of the early 2000s. One lonely woman sells a family heirloom to another, and the two dive into a whirlwind of toxic self-disclosure. Critics agree: It’s not for the faint of heart.

I was excited to get this collection because I had heard great things about the titular novella Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. I was wanting to read that one, and the other two stories were a bonus. I wanted to post this review a couple of weeks ago, but honestly, I adored this collection so much that I needed to sit on my thoughts before I could even attempt to do it justice. First and foremost, I need you to know that this is my favorite read of 2021 so far, hands down. Eric has become an all-time favorite author for me and I'm forever in awe of the depths of horror and tragedy their stories reach, time and time again. ♥The depiction of mental illness was extremely disturbing and well done. The internal conflict of the narrator's mind was palpable; it sort of engulfs you and keeps you on edge. Outstandingly well done.

Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella. Unsettling. Unusual. Ultimately satisfying. These are the words that come to mind when I think about this collection. TW: Animal deaths, animal murders, pregnancy issues, suicide, manipulation, relationship abuse, disturbing food scenes, toxic workplace, toxic family, bdsm, depression, divorce, loss of child, miscarriage, racism, TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. the shining meets catholicism meets the lighthouse (2019)... this was my favorite out of the three but it still fell flat in the end. too much buildup for a mediocre endingSometimes I really don't get what it is that makes something like this so freaking popular. Apparently people love disturbing and completely unsatisfying. I don't mind disturbing, but I need some questions answered. The Enchantment: I liked the elements of religious horror, but again felt it was too short/not enough character development. This was dark and disturbing and I loved it! There are nine short stories each more horrifying than the last.