Poppy Z Brite: 25 books

A new retrospective collection by Poppy Z. Brite, author of "Exquisite Corpse", containing some of his best known horror stories: 'Calcutta, Lord of Nerves', 'Lantern Marsh', 'Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz', 'Self-Made Man', 'The Heart of New Orleans', 'The Sixth Sentinel' and 'His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood'. Cover Art by Alan M. Clark.

The Cemetery Dance Select series invites some of our favorite authors to spotlight a sampling of their own short fiction: award-winners, stories they consider their best or that had the most impact on their career—or neglected favorites they feel deserve a second look.   Long-time...

hese two short novels bookend Poppy Z. Brite’s cheerfully chaotic series starring two chefs in New Orleans. The Value of X introduces G-man and Rickey, who grew up in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward and who are slowly realizing there are only two important things in life: cooking and each other....

Poppy Z. Brite is a master of the short form. In her newest gathering (and first collection since 1998) you'll find everything from stories with an alternate world Poppy as the coroner of New Orleans (“Oh Death, Where is Thy Spatula?” “Marisol”), to a traditional Halloween story (“Lantern...

"[O]ne of the best writers of horror in this or any other country." - Peter Straub "One of the genre's most underrated writers . . . enjoyably nasty." - Poppy Z. Brite "A must-read for horror fiction fans. . . . Obtain The Amulet by any means necessary."...

Two line cooks decide to open their own restaurant in New Orleans in the second book in the Rickey and G-Man series by novelist Poppy Z. Brite. New Orleans natives Rickey and G-man are lifetime friends and down-and-out line cooks desperate to make a quick buck. When Rickey concocts the idea...

The first digital edition of the novella ‘The Crystal Empire’, originally published in ‘Wrong Things’ by Poppy Z. Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, 2001). A story of a senseless and brutal murder and a manipulative relationship, in which are involved Matthew, a charismatic,...

All the uncollected stories published in The Horror Show Magazine: A Georgia Story (1987); Angels (1987); Missing (1985); Optional Music for Voice and Piano (1985); The Elder (1986); Xenophobia (1989. Cover Art by Alan M. Clark

The work of almost every New Orleans writer has been irrevocably split into two periods: pre-Katrina and post-Katrina. As Poppy Z. Brite writes in the foreword to this new mini-collection, “After the events of 2005, I couldn’t see pairing stories I’d written before the flood with those I’d...

From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a “guidebook to hell.” To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from...

In 1997, Poppy Z. Brite and Christa Faust’s novella “Triads” was published in the groundbreaking anthology Revelations. Here, they pick up where the novella left off and follow their characters through further adventure, love, and heartbreak. In 1937, two young boys escape their cruel...

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,...

Nightmare is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In Nightmare‘s pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. In this month’s issue, we have original fiction by horror legend Ramsey Campbell (“At...

Available for the first time as an ebook pairing, these two short stories were specifically chosen by the author Poppy Z. Brite and her fans as favorite examples of her work. Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz is a thrilling mix off historical fact and fiction surrounding Freemasons, WWI, and...