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Series: Burnt Sparrow
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Ten years after the devastating massacre that occurred on Christmas morning in 2003, the community of Burnt Sparrow, NH struggles to move forward. Meanwhile, Rupert Cromwell and Gladys Esherwood find themselves trapped in End House, suffering unbearable monotony day in and day out. When a town...
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Ten years after the devastating massacre that occurred on Christmas morning in 2003, the community of Burnt Sparrow, NH struggles to move forward. Meanwhile, Rupert Cromwell and Gladys Esherwood find themselves trapped in End House, suffering unbearable monotony day in and day out.
When a town courier named Pierce arrives at End House and introduces Rupert to a secret organisation known as The Perdido Society, Rupert discovers a deeply intricate and intensely sinister web of secrets spreading through the town. It isnโt long before more blood is spilled, shameful transgressions are revealed, and temptations are finally satisfied.
Captivating and profoundly unnerving, this is the story of two lost souls who are sent on an odyssey into the depths of depravity, only for them to discover that itโs quite easy to turn monstrous, to become the thing you once despised. Lyrical, nihilistic, and brutally poetic, We Turn Gruesome At Night is shocking, unflinching, must-read horror from an author at the top of his game.
Series: Burnt Sparrow
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Pre-orderWe Turn Gruesome At Night
Ten years after the devastating massacre that occurred on Christmas morning in 2003, the community of Burnt Sparrow, NH struggles to move forward. Meanwhile, Rupert Cromwell and Gladys Esherwood find themselves trapped in End House, suffering unbearable monotony day in and day out. When a town courier named Pierce arrives at End House and introduces Rupert to a secret organisation...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableOut 15 Sep 2026Pre-order
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ISBN: 9781803369570
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Titan Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a 3x Bram Stoker Awardยฎ finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. He was named byย Esquireย as one of the โWriters Shaping Horrorโs Next Golden Ageโ and praised byย Locusย as โone of the strongest and most unique voices in contemporary horror fiction.โ LaRoccaโs notable works includeย Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke,ย Everything the Darkness Eats,ย At Dark, I Become Loathsome and Burnt Sparrow: We Are Always Tender with Our Dead. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner.
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