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Two authors. One Stage. The release of We Turn Gruesome at Night. Join us for an evening of horror, fantasy, and splatterpunk! Join us for a conversation between two horror masters Eric LaRocca and Brian Evenson, for the release of the second installment of the nightmarish queer horror Burnt Sparrow Trilogy, We Turn Gruesome at Night, by Eric LaRocca. Friday, Sep 11 -- 6-8pm at the Last Bookstore downtown 453 S Spring St - Ground Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 Attendance is free, but reserve a seat for $10, a seat and signed hardcover for $32, or a seat and signed book bundle of LaRocca's hardcovers or softcovers (limited # available). Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a 3x Bram Stoker Award® finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. He was named by Esquire as one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised by Locus as “one of the 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, and At Dark, I Become Loathsome. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner. Brian Evenson is the author of two dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection Good Night, Sleep Tight. His collection Song for the Unraveling of the World won the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times' Ray Bradbury Prize. His novel Last Days won the ALA-RUSA award for Best Horror Novel. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes, an NEA fellowship, and a Guggenheim Award. His work has been translated into two dozen languages. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts. A new novel, Phantom Limb, will be published in October of 2026.

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