Poppy Z. Brite Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Questo autore si è fatto un nome con racconti horror agghiaccianti e storie oscure e coinvolgenti. Il suo lavoro esplora spesso i confini della psiche umana e gli angoli oscuri dell'identità, approfondendo temi di desiderio, dolore e soprannaturale. Con precisione incrollabile, cattura un'atmosfera cruda e tangibile che attira i lettori nel profondo dei suoi mondi inquietanti. Il suo stile distintivo, pieno di immagini provocatorie e realismo inquietante, lascia un'impressione duratura.







Second Line
- 259pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
Two short novels starring lovable chefs Rickey and G-man, living and cooking in pre-Katrina New Orleans.
A sexy new repackaging of the extremely popular anthology of vampire erotica, edited by acclaimed author Poppy Z. Brite. The classic horror tale is about fear. But in the last few years a new literature of the macabre has arisen, one that goes deeper than horror, beyond fear, to explore our darkest, most intimate hungers. The ones even lovers are forbidden to share. Acclaimed dark fantasy author Poppy Z. Brite has brought together this genre's most powerful and seductive authors in an original collection of vampiric erotica, a shameless celebration of unspeakable intimacies. It is not for everyone. But neither is the night.
Disco 2000
- 364pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
An anthology of end-of-the-millennium fiction, capturing the atmosphere of the times from millennium madness to apocalypse culture. Writers such as Jeff Noon, Douglas Coupland, Nicholas Blincoe, Kathy Acker and Poppy Z. Brite have contributed exclusive stories.
The Crow The Lazarus Heart
- 213pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Five, four, three, two...Jared Poe counts the days on Louisiana's Death Row. The controversial S&M photographer has been condemned to die for killing his lover. He doesn't know who did it. Only that he didn't. Can he clear his name and find the real killer in time? No. For this is no ordinary thriller. We are in the dark realm of The Crow, and Jared must feel the cold shudder of Death; must hear the beating of black wings; must prowl the shadowy goth netherworld of New Orleans, to prove he was no killer when he died. And find out what kind of killer he has become.
Pestilenze, inondazioni, guerre, tumulto sociale, crimine legato alla droga, leader malvagi, cospirazioni, corruzione e persino visioni di alieni letali: questa straordinaria raccolta di racconti intraprende un'indimenticabile viaggio immaginativo nel terrore e nella trascendenza. Ogni decennio del ventesimo secolo è assegnato a uno dei principali autori di fantasy/horror dell'epoca moderna, che evoca la particolare follia di quel decennio contribuendo a una profezia per il secolo successivo. Decennio dopo decennio, mentre ci si avvicina al millennio, in questi potenti e agghiaccianti racconti, la tensione cresce verso una rivelazione drammatica che è sia un avvertimento profetico che una risposta visionaria per tutta l'umanità. Un evento editoriale singolare, "Revelations" è un'antologia-novela straordinaria di superstar moderne del fantasy e dell'horror.
Courtney Love
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Courtney Love excites passions, pro and con, everywhere she appears, and the public hunger for details about her life is unrelenting. Now, Poppy Z. Brite, with inside connections no one else has had, tells the full, uncensored story, exposing a side of this pop-culture icon, leader of the alternative band Hole, that has never been revealed before.Love's own journal entries and letters, interviews with friends, and exclusive photos flesh out the whole truth about the girl born Love Michelle Harrison. Here are the true details surrounding the birth of her daughter and Cobain's death; new facts about Love's formative years and time in reform school; and anecdotes from her career as a stripper in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Brite interviews Robin, Love's old friend from punk Portland with whom she traveled to new-wave England, who has never talked publicly before. Only Poppy Z. Brite, the acclaimed creator of fresh, exotic, literary punk horror fiction who Publishers Weekly called a singularly talented chronicler of her generation", could have written this book -- a celebrity biography that is as outrageous, brutally honest, and uncompromising as its subject.
Cadavere squisito
- 250pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Un romanzo duro, estremo che racconta la storia d'amore tra due killer omosessuali e cannibali. Un misto di violenza e pornografia narrato con assenza di autocompiacimento in una realtà in cui il giudizio morale non è dato e anche il cannibalismo è un'opzione come tante.
Mother Earth has been suffering at the hands of her children: acid rain, toxic waste, polluted air, poisoned water, and a depleted ozone layer are only the most obvious signs of mankind's ingratitude to the planet. In The Earth Strikes Back , twenty writers of fantastic fiction have contributed dark tales focusing on ecological terror and suspense. The cautionary, often shocking volume, edited by World Fantasy Award winner Richard T. Chizmar, features brilliant new short stories from such best-selling authors as Dan Simmons, Richard Laymon, Poppy Z. Brite, Ed Gorman, Rick Hautala, Thomas Tessier, Charles de Lint, Nancy Collins, Hugh B. Cave, and many others.
Penguin 60s: His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and Other Stories
- 87pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
Contains four short stories from Swamp Foetus:His Mouth Will Taste of WormwoodThe Sixth SentinelCalcutta, Lord of NervesHow To Get Ahead in New York
Lost Souls
- 368pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
In the French Quarter of New Orleans the Mardi Gras revellers concealed a group of pleasure seekers who preferred to wear black. For Zillah, Molochai and Twig the party had been going on for centuries, fuelled by sexual frenzy, green Chartreuse and a cocktail of vodka and innocent blood. Nothing was born in horror and brought up in suburban Maryland. Even before he ran away to find his true home, he suspected he was different from other teenagers. And when he had his first taste of human blood, he knew he was right. Ghost was the visionary singer of the band Lost Souls?. When Nothing was drawn into Zillah's fatal circle, Ghost had to decide whether he should try to save the boy from himself - or abandon him to his bloody birthright.
Escaping from his North Carolina home after his father murders their family and commits suicide, Trevor McGee returns to confront the past, and finds himself haunted by the same demons that drove his father to insanity.





