He sometimes writes in the splatterpunk horror genre. Splatterpunk writer Poppy Z. Brite has frequently referenced this aspect of Burroughs' work. Splatterpunk provoked considerable controversy among horror writers. Boyett had short work in the seminal splatterpunk anthologies "Book of the Dead" (ed. Splatterpunk is a divisive genre which offends as much as it entertains. Splatterpunk is regarded as a revolt against the "traditional, meekly suggestive horror story".