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@lacrimore
Thrilled to share that Lacrimore has won the Silver Independent Publisherâs Book Award for Horror!
So if youâre looking for an award-winning summer read about an Evil Sentient House and the flawed people who inhabit it, hereâs one to pick up! Synopsis and purchase links for ebook/print/audiobooks can be found here, and itâs also available to borrow as an audiobook via Hoopla.
Thank you for supporting an indie author and my slim somber book; it means a great deal to me.
I just finished reading Lacrimore by @focsle and the ethereal atmosphere has enraptured me completely
Ohhh I adore this! You captured the feeling of the space so immaculately! Evocative.
Tell meeeeeâŚyour favorite Lacrimore character?
Sivre Sen
Vandorus Lasuri
Mardu Lalichai
Someone else
Finally sat down and read Lacrimore by @focsle. Super enjoyed it and had to paint something about it.
Doctor Vandorus Lasuri, one of the main characters from the book <3
Oh my godddd this is thrilling, thank you so much! What a delightful surprise. Itâs beautiful. Aghh I love him. Thank you for reading too; so glad you enjoyed the book!
Iâm gonna be pulling my shop together sometime within the next month or so. Itâll include Lacrimore as an audiobook. Physical copies of the book, as always, exist via many retailers, but Iâm curious if people would also like to purchase physical copies through me directly.
Please donât answer this if you donât actually have an interest in buyingâI need to use it to determine what my stock will be. This also isnât a guarantee that Iâll stock itâjust gauging interest to see if itâd be worth it. Thank you!
What format of Lacrimore would you buy?
Paperback ($8 USD before shipping)
Hardcover ($20 USD before shipping)
Review of LacrimoreâA Monstrous Mansion
Review of LacrimoreâA Monstrous Mansion
âIt feeds on the horrors we commitâŚ.â A malevolent, sentient house serves as the lively setting of Lacrimore, a debut Gothic novella by S. J. Costello. The book came out in 2020 and was a winner of the Independent Publishers Book Awards. (moreâŚ)
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Thank you so much for this lovely review!
From âHoney, we built Chernobyl or: a cigar-shaped shelterâ group art show at Krakow, 2019
[ID: Photo of the author of Lacrimore reading an excerpt while seated at a lamp-lit table in a garden decorated with fairy lights]
Had a lovely time reading a bit of Lacrimore last night at the Secret Sphynx Literary Salon alongside other fabulous authors Marcus Tsong, Annabel/Michael Bishop, Angus McIntyre, Randee Dawn, and Leanna Renee Hieber!
And got to meet some absolutely charming sphynx cats.
Hardcover Lacrimore is here!
Support both an independent publisher and independent booksellers by seeing if itâs available near you on indiebound.org or via bookshop.org. Also available for sale at big retailers like Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Paperbacks also exist in all the same locations.
And if youâd like to avoid supply chain wait times? It also exists as an ebook via Amazon or my gumroad, and as an absolutely beautifully narrated audiobook read by Rishi Katz, available most places audiobooks are sold (such as audible, kobo, libro.fm, and more). The audiobook is also available in some library systems via hoopla. If youâd like to see a physical copy of Lacrimore in your library, please submit it for their consideration!
Thank you all for supporting my evil sentient house story.
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Synopsis:
Winner of the 2021 Silver Independent Publisherâs Book Award in Horror, Lacrimore is a gothic novel about the scars history leaves on a place. Sivre Sen is a spiritual medium who's lost her faith. Though it's been years since the epidemic that swept the mainland and changed her life, she has yet to find the answersâor closureâthat she's looking for. When she's summoned to conduct the funeral rites for a reclusive scholar, the unusual circumstances give her hope that maybe, finally, she'll find the answers she needs.
Far from the mainland, on a small island in the middle of a lake, stands Lacrimore, centuries old and wreathed in grim legends. But something much darker than legends thrives within its walls, waiting to lay claim to the house's inhabitants. As Sivre rediscovers her place in the world, she'll need all of her newfound strength to dig her fingers into the monstrous foundation of Lacrimore and expose the secrets it is built upon.
Suddenly Mardu Lalichai @focsle
Ohhh, he is fabulous, thank you so much! The lines and blue tone are lovely. So pleased you enjoyed him as a character.
So it may have been almost a year since my book club read lacrimore, but it went well! We talked a lot about how places have identity, and hidden knowledge and when to leave it unknown. Death was a big topic as well, for obvious reasons!
Ooh fantastic, Iâm so pleased to hear it sparked discussion! Thank you for sharing!
In a stunning display of me doing everything backwards, Lacrimore is going to be released in hardcover within the coming weeks. Very excited to share the design soon!
inspired by @lacrimoreâ â Olive - Peace St. Johnâs Wort - Superstition Statice (purple) - âI miss youâ Ivy - Fidelity, marriage, a binding
Ohh this is so amazing; what a marvelous concept! It looks beautiful, and Iâm so delighted to hear that Lacrimore was inspirational! It fits Sivre very well.
Strange spirits đŠ¸đâđ¨đŠ¸ commission for @lacrimore ~
Itâs been one year since I published Lacrimore, and I want to really thank everyone for reading, reviewing, recommending, and passing along your kind words to me. The response to my first novel has been so heartening, and Iâm so thankful to everyone who picked it up and had a personal dialogue with it.
When I started writing the book three years ago I would have never expectedânor wishedâthat its setting would be felt so immediately in our present. It was a difficult book to finish in March of 2020, but it was also a cathartic book to finish. I imagine for some it would be a hard book to read, especially in this current moment. For others, I hope there was something in it that resonated with you, some catharsis that could be found, as weâre all trying to figure out our own way forward.
Thank you again for taking the time to engage with my book. Books live and die by their readers, especially independently published ones, so your support has meant the world to me, and Iâm excited to continue sharing new projects with you!
Commissioned a marvelous Vandorus from @Georginoschka over on Twitter!
I swear Iâm almost as proud of my Lacrimore playlist as I am of Lacrimore...
