#lacrimore

[wehavekookies]

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

[aroaessidhe]

faves of 2024: adult horror (/paranormal/gothic)

Dehiscent

Graveyard Shift

Walking Practice

What Feasts At Night

Model Home

Small Gods of Calamity

Grievers

Bury Your Gays

Lacrimore

[just-a-madrigal]

I just finished reading Lacrimore by @focsle and the ethereal atmosphere has enraptured me completely

[focsle]

Deep Lore (lol it’s not that deep but) about Lacrimore is….it’s about an epidemic, and so much of how I wrote about said epidemic and how it was handled was inspired by the yellow fever and smallpox epidemics in NYC in the 19th century. Lacrimore is basically a gothic fantasy version of Roosevelt Island (and so many islands over history that were used for similar purposes). Part of the reason it’s also a fantasy is I never wanted to take a specific real world tragedy to write a book about how history can scar a site. It felt almost exploitative. I wanted to use historical trends of where I saw this happening to build my own narrative and world, that would reflect these histories but wouldn’t have a direct line to a real historical moment.

And then the book was in the middle of its final edits in March of 2020 when I was living in one of the global epicenters of covid. It pulled the entire rug out from under me in a really weird way. There were some small bits I rewrote or pulled because suddenly it felt way too close and pointed and real. For a time I didn’t even know if I was going to publish it, because I was so worried about people either thinking I was capitalizing on something horrible, or that it’d just be too close for people to read at that time.

I talked to my editor about it (while also apologizing profusely about them having to suddenly read it and work on it while everything was happening and being like ‘um u can take a long break if you need it none of us know what’s going on…). And they understood my concerns, but ultimately felt that the book, being set in the wake of an epidemic, touched on things that some people might find helpful or resonant, rather than any idea of me sensationalizing something tragic we were all currently living through.

But man was it published in a weird time. It’s partly why I didn’t query, why I just self pub’d cos I was like ‘ugh god I feel so weird but I spent a couple years on this so I’m pushing it out into this most uncertain world!’

I’m glad people like it tho…

[tamvmat]

Finished! This was a very good book 👌

[thegothiclibrary]

Review of Lacrimore—A Monstrous Mansion

Review of Lacrimore—A Monstrous Mansion

“It feeds on the horrors we commit….” 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. (more…)

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[ganymedian]

Suddenly Mardu Lalichai @focsle

[earlgraytay]

so I’m reading @lacrimore and askdljasdjslakjasl this is the first book in a while that has made me want to keep reading well past my bedtime

I can’t put it down