Clive Barker's Books of Blood

Clive Barker. Stealth Press, $39.95 (830pp) ISBN 978-1-58881-040-3

The playwright, artist, film producer and horror-master extraordinaire makes his original six paperback collections from 1984 and 1985 available in one monstrous volume with Clive Barker's Books of Blood. Barker not only gave ""his blessing"" to the reprinting of stories like ""Down, Satan!"" and ""Pig Blood Blues,"" writes consulting editor Peter Atkins he also designed the cover and provided the creepy jacket photo.

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