Poppy Z. Brite Bibliography

Short Fiction (short stories and novellas)

• "Optional Music for Voice and Piano," THE HORROR SHOW, 1986 (Vol.4, #1; Phantasm Press, David B. Silva, ed.); reprinted in SWAMP FOETUS (coll, Borderlands Press, 1994*, Penguin U.K., 1995**); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996 ***).
• "Missing," THE HORROR SHOW, 1986 (Vol.4, #4 ; reprinted in SWAMP FOETUS (Borderlands Press, 1994, Penguin U.K., 1995); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996).
• "The Eldar," THE HORROR SHOW, 1987 (Vol.5, #1 ; reprinted in SWAMP FOETUS (Borderlands Press, 1994, Penguin U.K., 1995); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996).
• "Love (Ash 1)" THE HORROR SHOW, 1987 (Vol. 5, #4 - "Rising Stars" issue of THS, w/PZB interview and the first published photo, by A.J. Mayhew, who Poppy says "Now hates me", artwork by James Garrison; reprinted in SWAMP FOETUS as "A Georgia Story" (Borderlands Press, 1994, Penguin U.K., 1995); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996).
• "Goldengrove Unleaving" THE HORROR SHOW, 1987 (Vol. 5 , #4, artwork by Rodger Gerberding; reprinted as "Angels" in SWAMP FOETUS (Borderlands Press, 1994, Penguin U.K., 1995); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996) THE URBANITE #6; Urban Legends Press, Mark McLaughlin, ed., 1995).
• "Xenophobia," THE HORROR SHOW, 1990 (Vol. 8, #1); reprinted in SWAMP FOETUS (Borderlands Press, 1994); SPLATTERPUNKS 2: OVER THE EDGE (Tor, 1995); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996).
• "A Taste of Blood and Altars," THE HORROR SHOW, Summer 1988 (Vol.6, #2), revised and reprinted as the prologue of LOST SOULS (Delacorte, 1992).
• "Footprints in the Water," WOMEN OF DARKNESS 2 (antho, Kathryn Ptacek, ed.), 1990.
• "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood," BORDERLANDS 1 (antho, Borderlands Press, Thomas F. Monteleone, ed.), 1990.
• "The Ash of Memory, The Dust of Desire," DEAD END: CITY LIMITS (antho), 1991.
• "How To Get Ahead In New York," GAUNTLET 4 (mag), 1992. (reprinted in SWAMP FOETUS (Borderlands Press, 1994, Penguin U.K., 1995); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996).
• "Calcutta, Lord of Nerves," BOOK OF THE DEAD 2: STILL DEAD (antho, Bantam, John Skipp and Craig Spector, eds.), 1992.
• "The Sixth Sentinel," BORDERLANDS 3 (antho, Borderlands Press, Thomas F. Monteleone, ed.), 1993 (reprinted in SWAMP FOETUS (Borderlands Press, 1994, Penguin U.K., 1995); WORMWOOD (Dell, 1996); DESIRE BURN: WOMEN'S STORIES FROM THE DARK SIDE OF PASSION (Carrol and Graf, 1995, Janet Berliner, ed.)).
• "Toxic Wastrels," THE EARTH STRIKES BACK (antho. [tp], Mark Ziesing Books, Richard Chizmar, ed.), 1994, (White Wolf), 1996.
• "Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz," DARK DESTINY: PROPRIETORS OF FATE (antho. [hb], White Wolf, Edward E. Kramer, ed.), 1995.
• "Becoming the Monster," WEIRD BUSINESS (antho, Mojo Press, Joe R. Lansdale and Richard Klaw, eds.), 1995.
• "Saved," w/Christa Faust, YOUNG BLOOD, (antho, Zebra Books, Mike Baker, ed.), 1994.
• "Exquisite Creep," SOUTH FROM MIDNIGHT (antho, Southern Fried Press, Richard Gilliam, ed.) 1994.
• "Triads," (novella) w/Christa Faust, MILLENNIUM (Douglas E. Winter, ed; unpublished)
• "Self-Made Man," (electronic pub. - Pandora Station, February 1995; Dark Carnival, March 1995)
• "The Poor Miller's Apprentice and the Cat," w/David Ferguson, HAPPILY EVER AFTER (antho, Richard Kasak Books, Michael Thomas Ford, ed.) 1996.

Non-fiction Articles

• "Sensemilla & Sensibility" RAGE #1, 1996.

Novels:

• LOST SOULS+, Delacorte, 1992 (hb); Penguin U.K., 1992 (tp); Dell Abyss, 1993 (pb).
  Foreign editions: La Musica De Los Vampiros (Spanish, Ediciones MartínezRoca, 1994, translated by Albert Sol [tp]); DOLENDE ZIELEN(Dutch, Uitgeverij Luitingh - Sijthoff, 1993, translated by Cherie van Gelder [tp]); VERLORENE SEELEN++ (German, Bastei Lubbe, 1992 [pb]; AMES PERDUES (French, Albin Michel, 1994, translated by Jean-Daniel Breèque [tp]); Italian, ; LOST SOULS (Japanese, Bunko Kadokawa, 1995).
  
  
• DRAWING BLOOD, Delacorte, 1993 (hb); Penguin U.K., 1994 (tp); Dell Abyss, 1994 (pb).
  Foreign editions: Dutch, 1994, TEKEN BLOED, Uitgeverij Luitingh - Sijthoff, translated by Cherie van Gelder (tp); SANG D'ENCRE (French, Albin Michel, 1995, translated by Jean-Daniel Breèque [tp]); WO DS BOSE ERWACT (German, Bastei Lubbe, 1995 translated by Inga Holm, [pb]).
  
  
• EXQUISITE CORPSE, Simon and Schuster, coming August 1996 (U.S.) (hb), Orion, July 1996 (U.K.) (tp).

Anthologies:

• LOVE IN VEIN, HarperPrism, 1994 [tp]; HarperPrism, 1995 [pb].
  Contents -- "Do Not Hasten to Bid Me Adieu" by Norman Partridge, "Geraldine" by Ian McDowell, "In the Greenhouse" by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg, "Cafe Endless-Spring Rain" by Nancy Holder, "Empty Vessels" by David B. Silva, "The Final Fete of Abba Adi," by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, "Cherry," by Christa Faust, "White Chapel" by Douglas Clegg, "Delicious Antique Whore" by Wilum H. Pugmire, "Triptych di Amore" by Thomas F. Monteleone, "Queen of the Night" by Gene Wolfe, "The Marriage" by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem, "In This Soul of a Woman" by Charles de Lint, "The Alchemy of the Throat" by Brian Hodge, "Love Me Forever" by Mike Baker, "-And the Horses Hiss at Midnight" by A.R. Morlan, "Elixir" by Elizabeth Engstrom, "The Gift of Neptune" by Danielle Willis, "From Hunger" by Wayne Allen Sallee, and "A Slow Red Whisper of Sand" by Robert Devereaux.
  
  
• LOVE IN VEIN 2, HarperPrism, coming October 1996 (tp). Contents -- to be posted soon.

Collections:

• SWAMP FOETUS, Borderlands Press, 1994 (ltd. hb, hb); Penguin U.K., 1995 (tp);Dell Abyss, January 1996 (pb, retitled WORMWOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES)
  Foreign editions: ONVOLTOOIDE ENGELEN (Dutch, Uitgeverij Luitingh - Sijthoff, 1995, translated by Ingrid Toóth, [tp)
  Contents -- "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."
  
  
• HIS MOUTH WILL TASTE OF WORMWOOD, Penguin U.K., 1994 (ltd. pb)
  Contents -- "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood," "The Sixth Sentinel," Calcutta, Lord of Nerves," "How to Get Ahead in New York."

*There has been some confusion as to the copyright date for SWAMP FOETUS: On the title page, it is listed as 1993; on the copyright page it is listed as 1994. We are following the later date, as it corresponds to when the Borderlands edition first became available.

**To date, there have been four editions of SWAMP FOETUS released: A limited edition hardback from Borderlands Press, a mass market hardback from Borderlands Press, a trade-paperback edition from Penguin U.K., and the retitled Dell Abyss paperback edition, WORMWOOD).

***In the U.S., SWAMP FOETUS was released under the title, WORMWOOD. The title change was made at the request of Dell's editorial offices.

+One interesting point about the German edition of LOST SOULS (besides the bizzarre cover art), is that three epigraphs appear which are not included in any other edition, two by Tom Waits, and one from Dylan Thomas.

++Originally titled BIRDLAND.

All works copyright 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 by Poppy Z. Brite.

Special thanks to Bob Benoit and Lars Tombre for their help with this bibliography

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