"Books of Blood: Volume 4" by Clive Barker. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1986). Jacket Art by Clive Barker. First hardcover edition
Volume 4 contains the stories “The Body Politic,” “The Inhuman Condition,” “Revelations,” “Down, Satan!” and “The Age of Desire.” "The Body Politic" was filmed in 1997 as "Quicksilver Highway," a TV movie featuring two tales of terror told by a traveling showman. One tale was by Clive Barker and the other by Stephen King.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbu1AMQkk6w
The “Books of Blood” are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. There are six books in all and each contains up to six stories. 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.
Although undoubtedly horror stories, like most of Barker's work they mix fantasy themes in as well. The unrelentingly bleak tales invariably take place in a contemporary setting, usually featuring everyday people who become embroiled in terrifying or mysterious events. For the hardcover editions, Clive Barker himself illustrated each book’s cover. [Source: Wikipedia]
“Everybody is a book of blood;
Wherever we’re opened, we’re red.”
Clive Barker
"Books of Blood: Volume 4" by Clive Barker. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1986). Jacket Art by Clive Barker. First hardcover edition
Volume 4 contains the stories “The Body Politic,” “The Inhuman Condition,” “Revelations,” “Down, Satan!” and “The Age of Desire.” "The Body Politic" was filmed in 1997 as "Quicksilver Highway," a TV movie featuring two tales of terror told by a traveling showman. One tale was by Clive Barker and the other by Stephen King.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbu1AMQkk6w
The “Books of Blood” are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. There are six books in all and each contains up to six stories. 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.
Although undoubtedly horror stories, like most of Barker's work they mix fantasy themes in as well. The unrelentingly bleak tales invariably take place in a contemporary setting, usually featuring everyday people who become embroiled in terrifying or mysterious events. For the hardcover editions, Clive Barker himself illustrated each book’s cover. [Source: Wikipedia]
“Everybody is a book of blood;
Wherever we’re opened, we’re red.”
Clive Barker