The Devil You Know (short story collection)

First edition
Cover art by Alan M. Clark

The Devil You Know is a collection of short stories by American author Poppy Z. Brite published in 2003 by Subterranean Press.

Stories

• "Dispatches from Tanganyika: A Foreword"
• "The Devil You Know"
• "Oh Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? (A Dr. Brite story)"
• "Lantern Marsh"
• "Nothing of Him That Doth Fade"
• "The Ocean"
• "Marisol (A Dr. Brite story)"
• "Poivre"
• "Pansu"
• "Burn, Baby, Burn"
• "System Freeze"
• "Bayou de la Mère"
• "The Heart of New Orleans (A Dr. Brite story)"
• "A Season in Heck"

Reception

Publishers Weekly describes the book as follows: "Abandoning past gothic trappings and using a cleaner, simpler style, Brite emerges as a writer of honesty and wit."