Clive Barker's Books of Blood 1-3 [Paperback]

Rediscover the true meaning of fear in this collection of horror stories fromNew York Timesbestselling author Clive Barker.

“The most provocative tales of terror ever published.”—The Washington Post

Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red...

With the publication ofBooks of Blood, Clive Barker became an overnight literary sensation. His tour de force collection of brilliantly disturbing tales demonstrated a genius for dark invention that rivaled Poe and Sade. He was hailed by Stephen King as “the future of horror,” and won both the British and World Fantasy Awards.

Now, with his numerous bestsellers, graphic novels, and hit movies like theHellraiserfilms, Clive Barker has become an industry unto himself. It is his powerful writing style and arresting imagery that have madeBooks of Blooda classic—and Clive Barker a cult phenomenon.Praise for Clive Barker's Books of Blood

“Our most accomplished purveyor of horror fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review

“He scares even me...What Barker does in theBooks of Bloodmakes the rest of us look like we've been asleep for the last ten years. Some of the stories were so creepily awful that I literally could not read them alone; others go up and over the edge and into gruesome territory...He's an original.”—Stephen King

“Barker's dark, powerful imagination—and his skill in pacing to keep stories surprising—make the horror grisly and effective.”—People

“Barker's eye is unblinking; he drags out our terrors from the shadows and forces us to look upon them and despair or laugh with relief.”—The Washington Post

“Mixing elements of horror, science fiction and surrealist literature, Barker's work reads like a cross between Stephl#!