''The Devil You Know'' is a collection of
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
by American author
Poppy Z. Brite published in 2003 by
Subterranean Press.
Stories
*''"Dispatches from Tanganyika: A Foreword"''
*"The Devil You Know"
*"Oh Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? (A Dr. Brite story)"
*"Lantern Marsh"
*"Nothing of Him That Doth Fade"
*"The Ocean"
*"Marisol (A Dr. Brite story)"
*"Poivre"
*"Pansu"
*"Burn, Baby, Burn"
*"
System Freeze"
*"Bayou de la Mère"
*"The Heart of New Orleans (A Dr. Brite story)"
*"A Season in Heck"
Reception
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Publishers Weekly
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'' describes the book as follows: "Abandoning past gothic trappings and using a cleaner, simpler style, Brite emerges as a writer of honesty and wit."
References
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2003 short story collections
Short story collections by Poppy Z. Brite
Subterranean Press books