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(0)Poppy Z. Brite
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The 1960's brought Seth and Payton all they'd fantasized about--perfect friendships, a successful four-man band, and most importantly, each other. Together they embarked on a tour that brought them stimulating highs and shattering lows, and they prospered and suffered in one another's arms. The two men carried each other and carried a group that created both a history and a future for rock. But at some point their music blurred with the news of their...
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Available for the first time as an ebook pairing, these two short stories were specifically chosen by the author Poppy Z. Brite and her fans as favorite examples of her work. Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz is a thrilling mix off historical fact and fiction surrounding Freemasons, WWI, and New Orleans' only verified serial killer, the Axeman. Are You Loathsome Tonight? showcases the author's dark, unique take on the man and the myth that was Elvis...
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English
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Poppy Z. Brite, author of four novels, Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, Exquisite Corpse, and The Lazarus Heart, plus several collections of short stories, has gone to the edge and back with Are You Loathsome Tonight? (titled Self-Made Man in Europe). Join Poppy as she explores the outermost regions of murder, passion, death and religion in twelve extraordinary short stories.
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English
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These two short novels bookend Poppy Z. Brite's cheerfully chaotic series starring two chefs in New Orleans. The Value of X introduces G-man and Rickey, who grew up in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and who are slowly realizing there are only two important things in life: cooking and each other. Rickey's parents aren't quite so taken with the boy's plans and get him an impossible-to-resist place at the Culinary Institute of America. In D*U*C*K, Rickey...
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Innsmouth Free Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"It's an ordinary assignment, nothing more. The cargo? Fifty boxes filled with Transylvanian soil. The route? From Varna to Whitby. The Demeter has made many trips like this. The captain has handled dozens of crews. He dreams familiar dreams: to taste the salt on the skin of his men, to run his hands across their chests. He longs for the warmth of a lover he cannot have, fantasizes about flesh and frenzied embraces. All this he's done before, it's...
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Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[c2016].
Language
English
Description
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each volume comprises stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. This sequel to the original best-selling New Orleans Noir takes a literary tour through some of the darkest writing in New Orlean history.--