THE INSPIRATION FOR THE HULU ORIGINAL FILM Rediscover the true meaning of fear in this collection of horror stories from Clive Barker, New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Hellraiser series. Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red. In this tour de force collection of brilliantly disturbing tales, Clive Barker combines the extraordinary with the ordinary, bringing to life our darkest nightmares with stories that both seduce and devour. As beautiful as they are terrible, the pages of this volume are stained with unsettling imagery, macabre humor, and visceral dread. Here then are the stories written on the Book of Blood. Read, if it pleases you, and learn.... This Volume includes: “The Book of Blood” • “The Midnight Meat Train” • “The Yattering and Jack” • “Pig Blood Blues” • “Sex, Death and Starshine” • “In the Hills, the Cities”
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE HULU ORIGINAL FILM Rediscover the true meaning of fear in this collection of horror stories from Clive Barker, New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Hellraiser series. Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red. In this tour de force collection of brilliantly disturbing tales, Clive Barker combines the extraordinary with the ordinary, bringing to life our darkest nightmares with stories that both seduce and devour. As beautiful as they are terrible, the pages of this volume are stained with unsettling imagery, macabre humor, and visceral dread. Here then are the stories written on the Book of Blood. Read, if it pleases you, and learn.... This Volume includes: “The Book of Blood” • “The Midnight Meat Train” • “The Yattering and Jack” • “Pig Blood Blues” • “Sex, Death and Starshine” • “In the Hills, the Cities”
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Sensory horror fiction and dark fantasy reached a new level of visceral intensity through groundbreaking short story collections such as Books of Blood. English writer, director, and visual artist Clive Barker gained widespread attention in the 1980s when these early fictions introduced readers to gruesome yet poetic visions of physical and psychological horror.
Born in Liverpool, England, on 5 October 1952, Barker developed a taste for fantastic literature and the macabre at an early age, reading works by Herman Melville, Ray Bradbury, C. S. Lewis, and Kenneth Grahame. He attended Dovedale and Quarry Bank schools before studying English and Philosophy at Liverpool University. During his youth and student years, he wrote stories, plays, and comic strips, co-founding a fringe theatre group that mounted productions in Liverpool and London.
In 1984, the publication of Books of Blood launched his career in fiction and established him as a prominent author in horror. Barker subsequently transitioned into cinema by writing and directing the 1987 feature Hellraiser, and his writing later formed the basis for the Candyman film series. Beyond screenwriting and directing, he served as executive producer for the film Gods and Monsters. His creative endeavors also encompass the visual arts, with paintings and illustrations exhibited in American galleries and published within his books, alongside comic book contributions such as Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Book 8 and work connected to The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House.
Barker's fiction explores dark fantasy, bodily transformation, hidden societies, and parallel dimensions where pleasure and pain intersect. His narratives blend graphic horror with philosophical inquiry, mythic worldbuilding, and romantic symbolism. Across his literary and visual output, he frequently examines themes of transgression, secret lairs, and human obsession.
4 books in catalog
Sensory horror fiction and dark fantasy reached a new level of visceral intensity through groundbreaking short story collections such as Books of Blood. English writer, director, and visual artist Clive Barker gained widespread attention in the 1980s when these early fictions introduced readers to gruesome yet poetic visions of physical and psychological horror.
Born in Liverpool, England, on 5 October 1952, Barker developed a taste for fantastic literature and the macabre at an early age, reading works by Herman Melville, Ray Bradbury, C. S. Lewis, and Kenneth Grahame. He attended Dovedale and Quarry Bank schools before studying English and Philosophy at Liverpool University. During his youth and student years, he wrote stories, plays, and comic strips, co-founding a fringe theatre group that mounted productions in Liverpool and London.
In 1984, the publication of Books of Blood launched his career in fiction and established him as a prominent author in horror. Barker subsequently transitioned into cinema by writing and directing the 1987 feature Hellraiser, and his writing later formed the basis for the Candyman film series. Beyond screenwriting and directing, he served as executive producer for the film Gods and Monsters. His creative endeavors also encompass the visual arts, with paintings and illustrations exhibited in American galleries and published within his books, alongside comic book contributions such as Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Book 8 and work connected to The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House.
Barker's fiction explores dark fantasy, bodily transformation, hidden societies, and parallel dimensions where pleasure and pain intersect. His narratives blend graphic horror with philosophical inquiry, mythic worldbuilding, and romantic symbolism. Across his literary and visual output, he frequently examines themes of transgression, secret lairs, and human obsession.
Books of Blood
Books of Blood
