His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and Other Stories (Penguin Books, 1995, 96 pages, ISBN 978-0146000508) comprises four stories selected from Swamp Foetus (aka Wormwood): 'His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood', 'The Sixth Sentinel', 'Calcutta, Lord of Nerves', and 'How To Get Ahead in New York'. He reflects on his past life and friends and the heartbreak that ended their small paradise. 'The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire' (1991 Bram Stoker Award nominee, Best Short Fiction).'Calcutta, Lord of Nerves' (1993 World Fantasy Award nominee, Best Short Fiction).

The Sixth Sentinel and His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood. Collection Title: His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood (1994) collection by Poppy Z. 'A Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics of Poppy', introduction by Dan Simmons author of Exquisite Corpse, containing some of his best known horror stories: Calcutta.

It was reprinted by Penguin Books in 1995, and reprinted and retitled in 1996 by Dell Publishing. Eliot’s mouth tasted like wormwood from the absinthe and, as he breathed into the kiss, he expelled not only his own essence but also a twisted complement of rich nodes of wine and the cigarettes he had been smoking. It was first published by Borderlands Press, a small-press publisher of horror fiction, in 1993. Brite On the Slab by Harlan Ellison Pickmans Modem by Lawrence Watt. Wormwood, originally published as Swamp Foetus, is a collection of short stories by American horror fiction author Poppy Z. Paul Wilson His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z.

His mouth will taste of wormwood