8 Top lgbt books like The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

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The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

By: Eric LaRocca

3.74

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and autho…

If you liked the lgbt plot in The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • dark
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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2. Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle

3.94

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

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3. This Is Where We Talk Things Out

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Format: 93 pages, ebook

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contempo… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Marceau's This Is Where We Talk Things Out book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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5. Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more

Similar categories in Gerardo Sámano Córdova's Monstrilio book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

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6. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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7. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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10. Out There Screaming

By: Jordan Peele

3.79

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Peele's Out There Screaming book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"

-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming

Cover of The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay

11. The Beast You Are: Stories

By: Paul Tremblay

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of  The Pallbearers Club ,  A He… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's The Beast You Are: Stories book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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12. Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.14

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winnin… read more

Similar categories in Agustina Bazterrica's Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • dark
  • adult
"She was horrified by the traces of monstrosity in everyday life. The things that we look at but don't see, whose true essences are unknown to us."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

"Outside the secure space of the circle, vulgarity accumulates. Ada loathes vulgarity because it's there that misery hides. She knows that misery is destructive and, as such, ephemeral."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

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13. Bloom

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.90

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York… read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Bloom book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
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14. Sister, Maiden, Monster

By: Lucy A. Snyder

3.58

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transfo… read more

Similar categories in Lucy A. Snyder's Sister, Maiden, Monster book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
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15. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

16. The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

By: Eric LaRocca

3.74

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and autho… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • short story collection
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • dark
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

17. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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18. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

19. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

20. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror

20 Top fiction books like The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

Transform Your Habits

This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

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17 best-selling fiction books like This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

Transform Your Habits

This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Blender Babies

Jon Athan

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Mine

L.M. Kaplin

3.96

Transform Your Habits

In The Tall Trees

Angel N. Van Atta

4.33

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