Wormwood (book)

Dell paperback edition cover

Wormwood, originally published as Swamp Foetus, is a collection of short stories by New Orleanian horror fiction author Poppy Z. Brite. It was first published by Borderlands Press, a small press publisher of horror fiction, in 1993. It was reprinted by Penguin Books in 1995, and reprinted and retitled in 1996 by Dell Publishing.

Contents

• "A Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics of Poppy", 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" (1993 World Fantasy Award nominee, Best Short Fiction)
• "The Elder"
• "The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire" (1991 Bram Stoker Award nominee, Best Short Fiction)

References

• Wormwood publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database