Their friends in Missing Mile help smuggle the two lovers out of town where they board a private aircraft to Jamaica. Finally safe, they begin a new life together. The characters Trevor and Zachary reappear in Brite's short story "Vine of the Soul", published in 1998 in Disco 2000, edited by Sarah Champion. Collectibles When a man set himself on fire in the Los Angeles, California location of a commercial mailbox company, copies of this novel were saturated with the smell of burnt flesh. They were sold by book dealer Barry R. Levin as collectibles. References 1993 American novels 1993 science fiction novels 1990s LGBT novels American LGBT novels Bisexuality-related fiction Novels by Poppy Z. Brite Novels set in North Carolina LGBT speculative fiction novels LGBT-related horror literature Novels with bisexual themes Delacorte Press books