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Tales of “fearlessly offbeat” horror from the author of Lost Souls and Exquisite Corpse (Locus).
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 NewYork Times–bestselling author Peter Straub, and an afterword by Caitlín R. Kiernan. Are You Loathsome Tonight? is an edgy, gruesome tour of “the darkness at the heart of things [with] a number of superb stories, powerful in style and characters” (Locus).
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 NewYork Times–bestselling author Peter Straub, and an afterword by Caitlín R. Kiernan. Are You Loathsome Tonight? is an edgy, gruesome tour of “the darkness at the heart of things [with] a number of superb stories, powerful in style and characters” (Locus).
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“I just don’t get it. I’ve heard so many amazing things about Brite’s writing and therefore was so excited to read a short story collection by her, but this? This was horrendous.
I couldn’t get into any of these stories. In fact I disliked them all so much I made notes on why I disliked them. The only story that had any saving grace was so heavily based on Jeffery Dahmer (which she does say at the start), it feels like she’s just writing about his life, and at that point can you class it as an original piece of writing when it’s a blatant rip off of what he got up to?
I bought Exquisite Corpse as I’ve heard amazing things, but if I can’t get into that, then it’s going to be clear that Brite’s work is just not for me.”
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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 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.
Martin lives in New Orleans, where he does visual art and hoodoo/rootwork.
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