His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and Other Stories (Penguin 60s)

This book contains four short stories taken from the book [b:Swamp Foetus 914603 Swamp Foetus Poppy Z. Brite https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1179422392s/914603.jpg 138676], and published as a Penguin 60.The first two stories are set in New Orleans, the third in Calcutta, India, the final story in New York.All are tales in the fringes of society, dealing in the supernatural and with darker sexual themes.I really enjoyed the writing style of the first three stories - they were very atmospheric, very descriptive, and written in dark situations.I never like giving plot summaries on short stories, as it takes too much from the story, but lets just say tomb robbing, heads in jars, absinthe, the lord of Nerves, open graves, sorcerer's jewellery, the Goddess Kali, buried treasure, New Orleans swamps all feature in this short book.The first three stories were 4, the last only 2, but 4* overall.