Quiet Consumption

Poppy Z. Brite, for the first time.

1. Likes booze very much, apparently. Liquor-pornographer.
2. Writes a universe without an inbuilt moral bias along semi-Christian lines.
3. Is the inventor of Steve and Ghost, who are compelling.
4. Talks a lot about Bauhaus.
5. Has an online blog.

Like? Love? Hate? Not sure, yet. I really wanted some of her protagonists to get dusted by Buffy a number of times during Lost Souls. Her overt sympathy for the vampiric psycho-killers turned me against them very strongly, made me unable to fluff around the idea that they are my natural enemies whom I should torch instantly if I want any chance of surviving, should I meet them. But I adore Ghost. And Steve-at least when he is with Ghost. I like the richness of her writing, though I'm not a big drinker and so the liqour-porn was a little lost on me. Also, physical suffering and gore are squicks of mine which hamper my appraisal a bit.
But I would squee ecstatically over Steve-Ghost fan fiction, could I find any that was decent.