Are You Loathsome Tonight?

Are You Loathsome Tonight? (also titled Self-Made Man) is a collection of short stories by New Orleanian author Poppy Z. Brite published in 1998 by Gauntlet Press.

Stories

• Introduction by Peter Straub
• In Vermis Veritas
• Arise
• Saved (with Christa Faust)
• King of Cats (with David Ferguson)
• Self-Made Man
• Pin Money
• America
• Entertaining Mr. Orton
• Monday's Special (A Dr. Brite story)
• Vine of the Soul
• Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz
• Are You Loathsome Tonight?
• ...And In Closing (For Now) by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Reviews

• "She evokes terror with a rare style and craft." - Sunday Tribune
• "There is a disgusting fin de siècle lushness to the writing, with its emphasis on the sweetness and the ecstasy of pain." - Sunday Times
• "The narrative is arresting...its strength the result of Brite's shocking, vivid prose; of the color and texture of her beautiful writing; of her wit, her intelligence." - Times