23h • General discussion
Introduction:
I’m J.R. Larriba, an Arizona-based author whose fiction spans cosmic horror, literary historical, and Gothic traditions, unified by themes of human frailty, inherited trauma, moral consequence, and quiet resilience.
My horror debut novel, Itsy Bitsy Spyder, launches a planned horror trilogy that begins as a police procedural and mutates into mythic cosmic vengeance—pushing the boundaries of the genre.
Other completed works include What the Hands Remember, a vignette and prose-poetry collection tracing survival and covenant across history. In progress are the maritime Gothic horror WrackMaiden: Curse of Cassandra Cove, a transhumanist literary novel The Work of Our Hands, and There Are No Victors, Only Graves—a halfway-completed literary historical novel set on the Somme battlefields in 1925.
What sets Victors apart in the crowded WWI field is its elevated, lyrical prose and profound thematic depth: subtle supernatural whispers from the graves guide fractured souls toward communal mercy, transforming a landscape of vengeance into a cradle of reconciliation and grace.
My self-published nonfiction Remember the Prisoners: He Came to Set the Captives Free placed third in the Arizona Literary Contest 2016 and is available on Amazon.
Having survived substance abuse, the lifestyle that accompanies it, military service, and finally prison, I’ve been afforded a rare glimpse into the heart of a rescued soul subjected to the extremes of humanity—themes that echo through my stories of struggle and redemption.
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