Wormwood (book)
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Cover to "Wormwood"

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