Dispatches From Tanganyika

Since I'm fixing a piece right now, I thought I'd post a reminder that all my handmade jewelry comes with a lifetime guarantee. If your piece breaks in the course of normal wear or use, please return it to me and I'll repair it at no cost to you.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PZBART

Hear ye, hear ye! Now announcing the OOPS MY TESTOSTERONE-LEVEL BLOOD TEST COST $226 BOOK SALE! I'm offering first-edition, out-of-print hardcovers of GUILTY BUT INSANE, THE VALUE OF X, and THE DEVIL YOU KNOW for $15 each with free U.S. shipping. As always, books are signed and can be personalized.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PZBART

"Mine (Slenderman 3)," acrylic on stretched canvas, 11" x 14", $80.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/180168233/original-painting-by-poppy-z-brite-mine?ref=shop_home_feat_4

Just now coming up for air after several hallucinatory days spent flat on my back with the flu. Grey has it too, a couple of days behind me. I have 23 outstanding Etsy orders and am going to have to leave my PZBART shop on vacation mode until I get caught up a bit. Fortunately, almost everyone has been very patient and understanding. I'll be getting into the studio tonight and trying to get back on top of my game.

Due to overwhelming demand, it's back: STAY AWAKE, the short story that takes place the summer after the events of LOST SOULS and further explores the relationship between Steve and Ghost. These are photocopies of the text, not the chapbook itself, but since so many people wanted to read it, I thought I'd offer these and see how it went.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/173979900/stay-awake-by-poppy-z-brite-signed?ref=shop_home_active_1

Also, for the next seven days, all my other signed books are 40% off.

WOW! The response to my STAY AWAKE chapbook offer was incredibly gratifying. All the copies are sold -- my apologies to anyone who missed out. If I find any more squirreled away, I will certainly list them. I didn't want to say so yesterday because I feel like I'm always begging for something lately, but I received the city tax bill for my mother's house yesterday and I had no idea how we were going to pay it. This record-breaking Etsy sales day puts us within $200 of the total, and she should be able to make up the rest. I have to hand it to Steve and Ghost; I wasn't able to write as many stories about them as people would have liked, and toward the end of my writing career I got a little testy about people asking when I was going to bring them back, but they certainly have bailed me out of a lot of tight spots over the years.

My NOLA Jewels designs are gradually making their way back to PZBART, their original home, but with a few new features. Since PZBART seems to be taking on a definite voodoo/metaphysical/healing bent, I decided to research the properties of the stones and other materials I use in my handmade jewelry, and to include some of that information in my descriptions. As I say in the listings, any piece of jewelry can be worn simply as a beautiful ornament, but it may also be interesting to know that your necklace is made with black veined jasper, a form of chalcedony associated with healing, reducing stress, and prolonging sexual pleasure.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PZBART?section_id=14724845

Because some folks expressed interest: a new line of New Orleans voodoo supplies at PZBART.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PZBART?section_id=14275919

I listed a bunch of new artwork on PZBART last night, including this piece since folks seemed to like my other black cat:

"Black Cat 2," acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10", $45

https://www.etsy.com/listing/171980748/original-painting-by-poppy-z-brite-black?ref=shop_home_feat