Poppy Z. Brite (born Melissa Ann Brite on May 25, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American author.
Early in Brite's career, she was best known for writing gothic and horror novels and short stories. Her trademarks have included using gay men as main characters, graphic sexual descriptions in the works, and an often wry treatment of gruesome events.
Early in Brite's career, she was best known for writing gothic and horror novels and short stories. Her trademarks have included using gay men as main characters, graphic sexual descriptions in the works, and an often wry treatment of gruesome events.
Genres: Mystery, Horror
Series
John Rickey and Gary 'G-man' Stubbs
Liquor (2004)
The Value of X (2004)
Prime (2005)
Soul Kitchen (2006)
D*u*c*k (2006)
Liquor (2004)
The Value of X (2004)
Prime (2005)
Soul Kitchen (2006)
D*u*c*k (2006)
Novels
Lost Souls (1992)
Drawing Blood (1993)
Exquisite Corpse (1996)
Seed of Lost Souls (1999)
Plastic Jesus (2000)
Guilty But Insane (2001)
Triads (2004) (with Christa Faust)
Drawing Blood (1993)
Exquisite Corpse (1996)
Seed of Lost Souls (1999)
Plastic Jesus (2000)
Guilty But Insane (2001)
Triads (2004) (with Christa Faust)
Collections
Wormwood (1993)
aka Swamp Foetus
His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and other stories (1995)
Are You Loathsome Tonight? (1998)
aka The Self-Made Man
Wrong Things (2001) (with Caitlín R Kiernan)
The Devil You Know (2003)
Antediluvian Tales (2007)
Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz / Are You Loathsome Tonight? (2011)
Poppy Z. Brite - Selected Stories (2016)
Used Stories (2016)
The Horror Show (2016)
Doctor Brite (2016)
aka Swamp Foetus
His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and other stories (1995)
Are You Loathsome Tonight? (1998)
aka The Self-Made Man
Wrong Things (2001) (with Caitlín R Kiernan)
The Devil You Know (2003)
Antediluvian Tales (2007)
Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz / Are You Loathsome Tonight? (2011)
Poppy Z. Brite - Selected Stories (2016)
Used Stories (2016)
The Horror Show (2016)
Doctor Brite (2016)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Series contributed to
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Poppy Z Brite
The Junk Merchants 2 (2024)
A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs
(Junk Merchants, book 2)
edited by
Alex S Johnson
More books
Award nominations
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