Lost Souls
The landmark debut and the clearest entry point into Brite's early gothic horror.
Author guide
Poppy Z. Brite Books in Order
Poppy Z. Brite is the longtime pen name of Billy Martin. Brite became prominent in the 1990s with gothic horror novels and short-story collections, later moving toward darkly comic fiction about New Orleans restaurants and families. The bibliography includes novels, novellas, short-story collections, essays, biography, chapbooks, and co-authored works.
gothic horrordark fantasySouthern Gothicsplatterpunkdark comedyliterary fictionLGBTQ fictionnonfiction
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Liquor
The accessible beginning of Brite's New Orleans dark-comedy fiction.
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Books by series
novel-series · incomplete
Liquor
A series of novels and related fiction about New Orleans chefs John 'Rickey' Rickey, Gary 'G-Man' Stubbs, and their extended families.
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Bibliography by category
Novels (7)
Nonfiction (1)
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biography · 1997
