The story begins innocently enough – Agnes is using a queer community forum to advertise the sale of her grandmother’s beloved apple peeler (of all things), and invites buyers to send her a message.
We then dive into the novel and the first few attempts at communication between Agnes and Zoe. We now have the stage set – Agnes has died, and Zoe is a person of interest. Due to Zoe Cross’ questionable involvement in the death of Agnes, certain pieces of communication are omitted or redacted.Īs a reader, this works very well to pique our curiosity. The novella documents the virtual conversations between Agnes and Zoe Cross, a lady she meets online. The book begins with a note from the author, stating that there are edits and corrections in this story, caused by the untimely demise of 24-year old Agnes Petrella (our protagonist). Let’s now take a look at what Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke is all about. Along with being a playwright, screenwriter and a prolific author of horror and dark fiction, LaRocca is also a member of the Horror Writers’ Association. He resides in Boston, Massachusetts with his partner. La Rocca now identifies as non-binary and prefers the pronouns ‘he/they’.
Published in 2021, this is LaRocca’s first work of fiction which has gone viral in so short a span of time. It depicts a series of interactions which take place between the two central characters of the story, Agnes Petrella and Zoe Cross, and their choices in life which ultimately lead to the most surprising conclusion.
Eric LaRocca’s Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke is an epistolary novella, written in the form of emails and Instant Messages instead of letters. I’m not kidding, this is literally what the blurb says on the back of the book.
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