

For the hardcover editions, Clive Barker himself illustrated each book’s cover. The unrelentingly bleak tales invariably take place in a contemporary setting, usually featuring everyday people who become embroiled in terrifying or mysterious events. THE CARIBBEAN Dead Mans Chest Suite for Brass Quintet Book 5) eBook : Macr. Sample The Books of Blood, Volume 1 By: Clive Barker Narrated by: Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, Chet Williamson, Chris Patton Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins 4.3 (251 ratings) Try for £0.00 Thousands of incredible audiobooks and podcasts to take wherever you go. With the publication of the first volume, Barker became an overnight sensation and was hailed by Stephen King as “the future of horror.” The book won both the British and World Fantasy Awards.Īlthough undoubtedly horror stories, like most of Barker's work they mix fantasy themes in as well. Pirates of the Caribbean Series in Order (24 Books) Book Descriptions for. There are six books in all and each contains up to six stories. The “Books of Blood” are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. Volume 5 contains the stories “The Forbidden,” “The Madonna,” “Babel’s Children,” and “In the Flesh.” "The Forbidden" was filmed in 1992 as "Candyman," a murderous soul with a hook for a hand who is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth. If you liked Books of Blood, what should you read next Books of Blood: Volume One Books of Blood (Book 1) The Hellbound Heart Weaveworld Imajica The. "Books of Blood: Volume 5" by Clive Barker.
