Books of Blood by Clive Barker
After Books of Blood was released, Clive Barker quickly rose to literary fame. His excellent collection of masterfully unsettling tales revealed a talent for sinister creativity that equalled Poe and Sade. He received the British and World Fantasy Awards and was lauded by Stephen King as “the future of horror.”
Clive Barker has now established himself in a separate industry thanks to his countless bestsellers, graphic novels, and blockbuster films like the Hellraiser series. Books of Blood has become a classic, and Clive Barker has become a cultural sensation thanks to his potent prose and captivating imagery.
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
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Barker demonstrates an uncommon talent for the horror story and the short story form in “Books of Blood,” where he is able to present a bizarre and unprejudiced picture of the genre that can only be referred to as his own. The tales presented here are those of the DEAD, who, after emerging from the afterlife, actually inscribe their own sorrows on the skin of the unfortunate summoner who ventured to call them. This horrifying operation is undoubtedly gory and a little disgusting, but it must be mentioned in its defence that the gloomy visitors who carried it out and their gloomy sagas would probably succeed in keeping you from putting the book down.
The publication of “Books of Blood” is said to have produced a tremendous uproar in the public and media alike. It is a worthy anthology of horror stories that deserves its reputation as a modern classic. They may also be the last truly groundbreaking collection of horror stories to be published in recent memory, as Barker himself has never been able to match their level of brilliance in subsequent works.
