Books of Blood

Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red...

VOLUME 1

BOOK OF BLOOD
The dead enlist a fraudulent medium named Simon McNeal to serve as the living canvas upon which they record their stories.

THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
A young man investigating a series of subway murders discovers a horrifying secret beneath New York City.

THE YATTERING AND JACK
A minor demon's attempts to torment an ordinary man lead to an increasingly absurd supernatural battle.

PIG BLOOD BLUES
A teacher at a juvenile detention center uncovers a disturbing cult centered around a monstrous pig.

SEX, DEATH AND STARSHINE
A failed theatrical production is transformed when the dead return to complete the performance.

IN THE HILLS, THE CITIES
Two travelers witness a nightmarish ritual in which entire towns combine their inhabitants into living giants.

VOLUME 2

DREAD
A university student's fascination with fear leads him into a horrifying psychological experiment.

HELL'S EVENTS
The forces of Heaven and Hell descend upon a small town during a bizarre and catastrophic holiday celebration.

JACQUELINE ESS: HER WILL AND TESTAMENT
A woman discovers she can reshape flesh and reality through the power of her desires.

THE SKINS OF THE FATHERS
A young man encounters alien beings whose presence threatens to destroy his desert community.

NEW MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
A journalist investigating a series of bizarre killings becomes entangled in a deadly conspiracy.

VOLUME 3

SON OF CELLULOID
A dying man transformed by cancer becomes an inhuman creature obsessed with Hollywood fantasies and revenge.

RAWHEAD REX
An ancient and monstrous evil awakens in the English countryside, leaving a trail of terror and destruction.

CONFESSIONS OF A (PORNOGRAPHER'S) SHROUD
A cursed shroud recounts the depraved lives and deaths of those who possess it.

SCAPEGOATS
A traveler becomes trapped in a sinister town where outsiders are sacrificed to preserve a fragile peace.

HUMAN REMAINS
A vain man discovers that the reflection in his mirror has developed a life and ambitions of its own.

Together, these sixteen stories blend horror, dark fantasy, black comedy, and the grotesque, establishing Clive Barker as one of the most original voices in modern horror fiction.