'Are You Loathsome Tonight' by Poppy Z. Brite (1998)

'Arise' by Poppy Z. Brite
A member of a hit rock group finds it convenient to let the world think he's dead when a plane he is supposed to be on crashes, but soon he receives a strange visitor.
'Saved' by Poppy Z. Brite and Christa Faust
Fascinated by guns his entire life, a boy decides to lose his innocence and become a man by visiting a hooker, only to find surprise and deadly surprise again.
'Self-Made Man' by Poppy Z. Brite
A Bangkok boy discovers prostitution and moves to America, only to find a Jeffrey-Dahmer-like character. Things get worse when the dead return to life.
'Pin Money' by Poppy Z. Brite
A 'faggy' son of an opium dealer hears voices and plots to kill.
'Entertaining Mr. Orton' by Poppy Z. Brite
Can an apartment hold memories so strongly that it causes history to repeat itself?
'King of the Cats' by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson
Three boys are told by the farmer they work for that whomever brings him the best horse will inherit his farm. Drugged by the other two, a boy has an odd adventure.

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By: highpie

Overall Rating: B+ Queer ghost Rating: A+

Poppy Z. Brite is among my favorite authors. I truly enjoyed all of the stories within this book, 'Entertaining Mr. Orton' standing out in particula. This collection is one of my least favorites among her work. In my opinion, it's well worth the read.

By: crys

Overall Rating: A Queer ghost Rating: A

Poppy Z. Brite is a writer that I can understand and really feel, for one, I also write about homosexual male characters and hopefully my work will be in print. The thing that make Brite's work stand out is the fact that she follows a no holes barred way of writing, she puts the pen to the paper and let it out. True, some of the stories, like Self Made Man, made me want to vomit, but she is only exploring that part of humanity that we all attempt to silence and swept under the rug. Her depiction of man to man sex is beautifully written and you can feel the connection between the characters as if you were one of them yourself. Many in the gay community have shone away from Brite for her use of gay men, claiming exploitation and that she's giving them a bad rep. Well, I for one beg to differ. Though I am not a gay male, I feel that she is not out to belittle or exploit anything or anyone. I for one believe that she is a writer who likes three things: gay men, gay male sex, and horror and I can completely understand her as I sometimes wish that I was born a gay man, I'd be so cute.

- Crys