Cover to "Wormwood"
Wormwood (also titled Swamp Foetus) is a collection of short stories by New Orleanian author Poppy Z. Brite published in 1993 by Dell Publishing.
Stories
- "A Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics of Poppy" (An Introduction by Dan Simmons)
- Angels
- A Georgia Story
- His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood
- Optional Music for Voice and Piano
- Xenophobia
- The Sixth Sentinel
- Missing
- Footprints in the Water
- How to Get Ahead in New York
- Calcutta, Lord of Nerves
- The Elder
- The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire
Reviews
- "Every page of Brite's work stresses the beautiful and heartbreaking strangeness of the world." - Fangoria
Works by Poppy Z. Brite | |
|---|---|
| Novels and novellas: | Lost Souls • Drawing Blood • Exquisite Corpse • The Lazarus Heart • Plastic Jesus • The Value of X • Liquor • Triads • Prime • Soul Kitchen • D*U*C*K |
| Short story collections: | Wormwood • Are You Loathsome Tonight? • Wrong Things • The Devil You Know • Antediluvian Tales |
| Short stories: | R.I.P. • The Seed of Lost Souls • Stay Awake • Would You? • Pansu • Con Party at Hotel California • The Feast of St. Rosalie • Used Stories • Crown of Thorns |
| Non fiction: | Courtney Love: The Real Story • Guilty But Insane |
