3.5
Are You Loathsome Tonight?
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Poppy Z. Brite, an acclaimed horror fan favorite, is known for going to the edge and back—and this collection of stories, many set against the backdrop of the author's native New Orleans, explores the outermost regions of murder, sex, death, and religion.
Featuring titles such as "In Vermis Veritas," "Entertaining Mr. Orton," and "Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz," as well as collaborations with Christa Faust and David Ferguson, this volume also offers notes on each story by the author, an introduction by #1
–bestselling author Peter Straub, and an afterword by Caitlín R. Kiernan.
is an edgy, gruesome tour of "the darkness at the heart of things [with] a number of superb stories, powerful in style and characters" (
).
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3.5
“This short story collection was more horror filled than other ones I've read recently, but had several stories I really, really enjoyed, particularly ones featuring gay men. I enjoyed most of the stories, tho the Mussolini/Axeman story was a bit long and convoluted and the title story is more writing exercise than actual story. I always like Dr. Brite stories and while this collection only had one short one it was very entertaining. I really enjoyed the story she did with Christa Faust so I decided I'll read their novel Triads as well. All in all this was a great collection.”
“Honestly I was a little surprised with how much I enjoyed this
I feel like the author and I are very similar in the way we view horror, taboo, and the world as well as what our goals are.
I was upset at the admitted Jeffery Dahmer inspired short story but all of the other stories were sexy filthy, chilling and fantastic.
The author is someone that truly understands the type of people that the world isnt ready for.
The ones who look at terror and sex a little deeper, as metaphors rather than physical surface value things.”
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About Poppy Z. Brite
Poppy Z. Brite (Billy Martin) was born in New Orleans. When he was eighteen years old, he sold his first story to the
magazine. In 1991, he published his first novel,
, followed by
,
(or
),
,
,
,
, 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.
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