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Wormwood poppy z brite6/20/2023 We lost our home in Hurricane Katrina, but we are back in New Orleans and doing our best to help rebuild the city. I've been married to a chef for 16 years now and he's still bringing me new stories. My recent books - THE VALUE OF X, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, LIQUOR, PRIME, and the forthcoming SOUL KITCHEN - all have to do (in varying degrees) with a couple of young New Orleans chefs named Rickey and G-man, their families, and their restaurant, Liquor. I still have a definite interest in this sort of thing, but my writing doesn't reflect it as much these days. SELF-MADE MAN) - tend toward the twisted, horrific, and frequently erotic. My earlier books - LOST SOULS, DRAWING BLOOD, WORMWOOD, EXQUISITE CORPSE, THE LAZARUS HEART, ARE YOU LOATHSOME TONIGHT? (a.k.a. Brite is among the most well respected and renowned authors within the horror genre. Now, in a collection that sings like cutting edge rock ’n’ roll and shows the deft touch of a master. She draws you in with her keen eye for detail, her words spun like soft gossamer, often showing you just how much she loves the darkness, and invites you to fall in love with it as well. This is the landscape of today’s most brilliant young horror writer, Poppy Z. Brite lulls you with her sensual use of metaphor the neon lights in the red-light district were as red as desire. I'm the author of eight novels, three short story collections, two nonfiction books, and some miscellanea. Here wanderers come to rest, the lost and lonely press their bodies up against each other, the heat rises, flesh yields, bones are bared, blood spills.
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