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.