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Title: Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories by Poppy Z. Brite, Peter Straub ISBN: 1-887368-25-6 Publisher: Gauntlet Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Everything I expect from a Poppy Z. Brite collection
Comment: "Are You Loathsome Tonight?" is a little pricey for such a small volume (185 pages) but as a big fan of Poppy Z. Brite's work I felt it was worth splurging on. Why? Because I got a quickie update on two of my favorite lovers, Trevor and Zach from "Drawing Blood" who, as she puts it, are still in "happy, disgusting, perfect love" - that short story alone was worth the cost of the book for me. Other highlights were "King of the Cats" a sweet, kinky, imaginative retelling of the fairytale "The Poor Miller's Apprentice and the Cat", "Self-Made Man" is another favorite because I can't seem to resist a good graphic zombie/cannibalistic tale, and "Saved" was another stand-out that is both violently erotic and terribly sad. If you've never read Poppy Z. Brite you might want to start out with "Drawing Blood" or "Lost Souls" before you delve into this collection.
Rating: 4
Summary: Are You Loathesome Tonight? "Yes..."
Comment: I finally picked up Poppy Z. Brite's latest short story collection. The book cover looks so cheap it is a blasphemy to the literary gold that's inside. These stories mark a new direction for Poppy Z. Brite, with her exploring historical fiction and including people such as Elvis. Some of the stories are so short that you wonder, "Is that it?" But there are still some good points. "Vine of the Soul" features an update on Trevor and Zach from DRAWING BLOOD, and "America" is a ditty about Poppy's favorite characters, Steve and Ghost from LOST SOULS. I have to say that my favorite was "Monday's Special," in which Poppy Z. Brite has become a coroner who specializes in weird corpses. "Self Made Man" is also a standout, a horrific tale about a serial killer a la Jeffrey Dahmer whose victims' bodies come to life and eat him. We get such terrifying images of a corpse arising from a bathtub and a severed head rolling around in a refrigerator. "Entertaining Mr. Orton" is very high caliber, if a tad bit all over the place. "King of the Cats" is wonderfully offbeat and has a Grimm's Fairy Tale feel to it. There is one horrible story, and it is "Are You Loathesome Tonight." Elvis does not belong in the nightmarish landscape of Poppy Z. Brite, I'm sorry.
"Are You Loathesome Tonight" is okay, but as a hardcore Poppy Z. Brite fan, I pray every night that she will write another novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: A collection to be devoured without compassion
Comment: Are You Loathsome Tonight? Is a remarkable collection of twelve short stories by the Queen of the Macabre Poppy Z. Brite.
In Vermis Veritas paints with all the tasty details the world seen through the eyes of maggots. Arise tells the story of a rocker that who gets help for his come-back from a long forgotten friend. Saved (written together with Christa Faust) is showing the readers the danger of weapons used in bed. King of the Cats (written together with David Ferguson) is a fairy-tale about the love a simple miller's apprentice and the ruler of the Kingdom of Cats. In Self-Made Man a serial killer searches for true love that will never leave. In Pin Money an old debt is settled by the dead. America is a snapshot of a conversation between traveling lovers. Entertaining Mr. Orton shows us the reason why possessed guys are better in bed. In Monday's Special Poppy explains what would have happened if she never started to write. Vine of the Soul starts on the eve of the new millennium, the ideal time for new kicks. Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz is an historical fantasy about the beginning of World War II. Are You Loathsome Tonight? is the perfect illustration of the downfall of a super-star.
Every story of this collection breathes the true spirit of the Gothic genre of which Poppy is a true emissary. Sometimes the reader becomes engulfed by gruesome and detailed descriptions of the most inhuman acts, whereas at the same time the romance seeps slowly through the pages. It is clear that I would not recommend this collection to the faint-hearted, but lovers of Exquisite Corpse will devour this book with an unhealthy, but nevertheless satisfying, voraciousness!
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Title: Wormwood : A Collection of Short Stories by Poppy Brite ISBN: 0440217989 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Drawing Blood by POPPY BRITE ISBN: 0440214920 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: EXQUISITE CORPSE by Poppy Z. Brite ISBN: 0684836270 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 20 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Lost Souls by POPPY BRITE ISBN: 0440212812 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 10 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Liquor : A Novel by Poppy Z. Brite ISBN: 1400050073 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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