(Pen Name: Poppy Z. Brite)
Billy Martin with a friend, Christa Faust,
also a fine noir writer
About the Author
Billy Martin is the author of eight novels, several short story collections, and some non-fiction, all under his pen name, Poppy Z. Brite. Martin lives in New Orleans with his partner, the artist Grey Cross. One of Billy’s short stories appears in the new anthology edited by Edgar winner Julie Smith, New Orleans Noir. The name of the story is Mussolini and The Axeman’s Jazz. You will find the story under the pen name, Poppy Brite.