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It was reprinted by Penguin Books in 1995, and reprinted and retitled in 1996 by Dell Publishing. It was first published by Borderlands Press, a small-press publisher of horror fiction, in 1993.

Wormwood, originally published as Swamp Foetus, is a collection of short stories by American horror fiction author Poppy Z.

Le recueil Contes de la fée verte a été publié au Royaume-Uni sous le titre de Swamp Foetus (« Fœtus des marais »). La plupart de ces nouvelles se déroulent à La Nouvelle-Orléans. Brite publié en 1993 et traduit en français en 1997.

Contes de la fée verte (titre original : Wormwood) est un recueil de nouvelles de Poppy Z.

Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite