num_pages: 210
description: The Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that has become Barker's signature. Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist.Never one to shy away from the unimaginable or the unspeakable, Clive Barker breathes life into our deepest, darkest nightmares, creating visions that are at once terrifying, tender, and witty.The Books of Blood confirm what horror fans everywhere have known for a long time: We will be hearing from Clive Barker for many years to come. This first volume contains the short stories : "The Book of Blood," "The Midnight Meat Train," "The Yattering and Jack," "Sex, Death, and Starshine," and "In the Hills, the Cities."
language: English
title: Books of Blood: Volume One
titlecomplete: Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Thriller, Anthologies, Horror, Halloween, Paranormal, Short Story Collection, Fantasy, Supernatural
ratings_count: 25095
series: Books of Blood
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Berkley Books