And you might have to think about what you’ve read, and wonder if you “get it”. “You’ll Find It’s Like That All Over” is NOT that anticlimactic, simplistic premise, dear reader. I promptly spent my winnings the next day on a pair of shoes. Yes, I offered him the winnings and he politely turned me down (probably not wanting to offend), but I was done and left victorious. So, I took the money and played roulette. I didn’t want to offend him by saying no. I remember a time in Atlantic City where an older man gave me a dollar because he got tired of my denial statements. ![]() A similar nod to the theme from Things Have Gotten Worse, readers are asked to consider, how far would you be willing to go? Pages later, his neighbor asks, “Are you a gambling man, Mr. Gerald Fowler finds a bone fragment in the snow by his house. The story summoned vibes of my favorite movie, 2016’s A Dark Song meets The Shining meets coastal horror. ![]() He’s heavy on the grief, and perhaps this is the emotional grab LaRocca intended. My heart dropped even further when I saw we were in a world where characters are told that the afterlife does not exist. Outstandingly heartbreaking, especially in the beginning where LaRocca’s main character greets her depressed son. You might not be able to put it down, you will probably be appalled, and you might not even like yourself for having read it. If you read this book, consider this your warning. In other words, someone out there has had a Little Christ. When I finished this particular read, I thought about its ending, and this was my take-away if someone has thought it up, no matter that it’s fiction and no matter how horrible, then in reality someone else has already acted upon it. It’s like poor Agnes opened herself up to a stranger who sucked Agnes into a world of cruel compromise. It’s about loneliness, codependency, exploitation, and unhealthy relationships. I buy and sell stuff on Facebook Marketplace, and so to me this story is like a Facebook Marketplace sale gone unspeakably wrong. An apple peeler is offhandedly mentioned as a magical instrument, and as one of the few things the main character has left from her grandmother. I read this in one sitting, unable to put it down despite its disturbing content. In the original acknowledgements, the author calls this novella “a bizarre fantasy of manipulation and depravity” written in five days while pushed “to dangerous areas … of creative Armageddon.” After reading this story, I totally get it.Īgnes and Zoe, aka Agnes in Wonderland and Crushed Marigolds and aka Drudge and Sponsor, commence through posts on a fictional website community board. The novella starts off sweet, and twists into unholy and gruesome corruption. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke LaRocca’s work includes three stories-his original novella Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, and two short additions “The Enchantment”, and “You’ll Find It’s Like That All Over”. That’s how this author makes horror truly terrorizing. Yes, I said gloss over-as if it’s no big deal and hey let’s just roll with it. Read it knowing you’ll gloss over animal cruelty, infanticide, torture, et all.
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