Download or read book A Little Purple Book of New Orleans Stories written by Poppy Z. Brite and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2021-04-04 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth volume in the popular Series II of “Little Books” is a collection of stories set in the weird and often surreal settings of the author’s town of New Orleans. Brite achieved notoriety in the gothic horror genre during 1990s. Poppy’s later work moved into the related genre of dark comedy with many stories set in the New Orleans restaurant world. This collection brings together a wonderful batch of those tales that will be new to many readers. Stories included in this collection: The Heart of New Orleans The Devil You Know Missing Four Flies and a Swatter Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz Wound Man and Horned Melon Go to Hell The Gulf