Wormwood (book)

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Wormwood, also titled Swamp Foetus, is a collection of short stories by New Orleanian author Poppy Z. Brite. It was published in 1993 by Dell Publishing.

[edit] 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

[edit] Reviews

• "Every page of Brite's work stresses the beautiful and heartbreaking strangeness of the world." - Fangoria

v • d • e 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