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Poppy Z. Brite

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Poppy Z. Brite (Billy Martin) was born in New Orleans. When he was eighteen years old, he sold his first story to the Horror Show magazine. In 1991, he published his first novel, Lost Souls, followed by Drawing Blood, Swamp Foetus (or Wormwood), Exquisite Corpse, Courtney Love: The Real Story, The Lazarus Heart, Are You Loathsome Tonight?, and the Liquor series about about two young chefs in New Orleans. His books have won many awards, including the British Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Award. His work has also been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Locus, Lambda, and World Fantasy awards.
 
Martin lives in New Orleans, where he does visual art and hoodoo/rootwork.
 

Poppy Z. Brite Books

Elemental Forces book cover

Elemental Forces

Mark Morris
Best New Horror - 25th Anniversary Edition book cover

Best New Horror - 25th Anniversary Edition

Roberta Lannes
The Five Senses of Horror book cover

The Five Senses of Horror

Eric J. Guignard
Portrait of a Phantom book cover

Portrait of a Phantom

Zeke Schein
New Orleans Noir: The Classics book cover

New Orleans Noir: The Classics

Julie Smith
Are You Loathsome Tonight? book cover

Are You Loathsome Tonight?

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Plastic Jesus book cover

Plastic Jesus

Poppy Z. Brite
Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz & Are You Loathsome Tonight? book cover

Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz & Are You Loathsome Tonight?

Poppy Z. Brite
Cthulhu 2000 book cover

Cthulhu 2000

Jim Turner
Liquor book cover

Liquor

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Prime book cover

Prime

Poppy Z. Brite
Second Line book cover

Second Line

Poppy Z. Brite
Soul Kitchen book cover

Soul Kitchen

Poppy Z. Brite
Exquisite Corpse book cover

Exquisite Corpse

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