Wormwood (book)

Wormwood (book)

"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.

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

Reviews

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


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