7/2/2023 0 Comments Wormwood by Poppy Z. BriteI find Brite’s writing more visceral, more real. I find them totally bland, they don’t stir up the horror in my head at all. Maybe it’s weird but I cannot stand Anne Rice or Stephen King - I don’t remember ever finishing their books because they don’t hold my interest at all. In all my time knowing and adoring their work, I’ve met one person who shared an appreciation. I feel like Brite is severely underrated as a horror author, and that the Anne Rice craze in the 90s maybe left them at the back of the bookshelf (at least when it came to vampires). Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist and James O’Barr’s original The Crow graphic novel round out my top five. Those are my top three, they’re basically my top three novels ever, and I only read horror or true crime nonfiction. Their books include Lost Souls (the best vampire novel I have ever read), Exquisite Corpse, and The Crow: The Lazarus Heart. If I’m lucky enough to find what I’m looking for. That in itself isn’t an easy task, as I’m in a small city in Australia and have to order everything written by them online. I discovered them (since the books were written, they’ve undergone gender reassignment, so I use they when referencing their work) when I was in my late teens, and have had to buy myself many copies of their books. Poppy Z Brite is an American author from New Orleans who wrote horror throughout the 90s.
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