false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg 102143 5 The name of Poppy Z. Brite is well known to most horror fans. What some do not know, though, is that Brite hit the ground running as a fiction writer, and some of her best work so far is right here in this collection of a dozen tales (originally published as <i>Swamp Foetus</i>) she wrote between ages 18 and 24. The exigencies of long plot development and evolving characters that sometimes bog her down in the novels are absent from the short story form, where Brite's extraordinary talent for compressed, redolent imagery combines with her keen sense of narrative structure to create perfect little <i>objets d'art.</i> Stories like "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood," "Calcutta, Lord of Nerves," and my favorite, "The Sixth Sentinel," are too exquisite to be missed. 138676 book 1993 Wormwood: A Collection of Short Stories total:765|5:177|4:250|3:257|2:70|1:11| 765 2807 957 26 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 4 1 false Tue Jul 01 07:48:01 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 10:30:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 07:48:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 4 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Jan 20 06:54:01 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 06:54:01 -0800 2008
This relatively early collection of stories (her first collection, and third published work, previously known as Swamp Foetus), collects stories written between 1986 and 1992. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the book is watching the progression...more...]]> 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 2 0 false Fri Oct 12 11:24:50 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 11:34:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 0 0 false Mon Mar 16 22:36:12 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:37:07 -0700 2009 admittedly, i found myself skipping around.. but i always came back, and finished each story..
the good thing about this book is, you don't have to read it sequentially.. just pick a secti...more...]]> 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 4 0 false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 12 14:05:14 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 14:07:29 -0800 2009 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 1 0 false Thu Jun 11 12:39:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 21:14:33 -0700 2009 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 4 0 false Wed Feb 14 12:21:57 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 14 12:29:17 -0700 2007 I just finished re-reading a couple of tales from this book ("How to get a Head in New York" and "Calcutta: Lord of Nerves) and had to bump Poppy up to four stars. Not every tale in this collection is a home-run. Some are a tad too steeped in 90's goth culture for my taste and a...more...]]> 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 5 0 false Mon Jan 05 13:15:52 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:16:18 -0800 2009 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 5 0 false Tue Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Apr 20 07:21:52 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 07:22:22 -0700 2009 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 5 0 false Sun Feb 22 22:38:41 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 22:39:44 -0800 2009 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Feb 22 12:43:38 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 12:49:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 2 0 false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Feb 12 10:09:48 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 10:09:48 -0800 2008 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 2 0 false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 14:23:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 07:54:46 -0700 2009 102143 0440217989 9780440217985 741 25 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576730m/102143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102143.Wormwood_A_Collection_of_Short_Stories 2 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 05:45:31 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 18:48:38 -0700 2007 -m
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