Are You Loathsome Tonight?
Stories
Published on 1. April 2014
164 pages
978-1-4976-1219-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 New York 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 New York 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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05/2007
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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.
Martin lives in New Orleans, where he does visual art and hoodoo/rootwork.
Content
- Dedication
- Special Thanks
- Introduction
- In Vermis Veritas (Intro)
- In Vermis Veritas
- Arise (Intro)
- Arise
- Saved (Intro)
- Saved
- King of the Cats (Intro)
- King of the Cats
- Self-Made Man (Intro)
- Self-Made Man
- Pin Money (Intro)
- Pin Money
- America (Intro)
- America
- Entertaining Mr. Orton (Intro)
- Entertaining Mr. Orton
- Monday's Special (Intro)
- Monday's Special
- Vine of the Soul (Intro)
- Vine of the Soul
- Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz (Intro)
- Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz
- Are You Loathsome Tonight? (Intro)
- Are You Loathsome Tonight?
- ...And in Closing (For Now)
