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Clive Barker

(b.1952)

Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. His earlier books include The Books of Blood, Cabal, and The Hellbound Heart. In addition to his work as a novelist and playwright, he also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for stage and screen. His films include Hellraiser, Hellbound, Nightbreed and Candyman. Clive lives in Beverly Hills, California

Genres: Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy

Series

Books of Blood
   1. Books of Blood Volume 1 (1981)
   2. Books of Blood Volume 2 (1984)
   3. Books of Blood Volume 3 (1986)
   4. Books of Blood Volume 4 (1985)
     aka The Inhuman Condition
   5. Books of Blood Volume 5 (1986)
     aka In the Flesh
   6. Books of Blood Volume 6 (1985)

Book of The Art
1. The Great and Secret Show (1989)
2. Everville (1994)

Imajica
   Imajica (1991)
   1. The Fifth Dominion (1995)
   2. The Reconciliation (1995)

Clive Barker Playscripts
   The History of the Devil (1999)
   The Magician (2017)
   Crazyface (2018)
   Hunters in the Snow (2018)
   Frankenstein in Love (2021)
   Nightlives (2021)

Abarat
   1. Abarat (2002)
   2. Days of Magic, Nights of War (2004)
   3. Absolute Midnight (2011)

Novels

   The Damnation Game (1984)
   Weaveworld (1987)
   Cabal (1988)
   The Thief of Always (1992)
   Sacrament (1996)
   Galilee (1998)
   Cold Heart Canyon (2001)
   Mister B. Gone (2007)

Collections

   Lord of Illusions (1995)
   Incarnations (1995)
   Forms of Heaven (1996)
   The Essential Clive Barker (1997)
   Clive Barker's Tapping the Vein (2002)
   Clive Barker's First Tales (2013)
   Chiliad (2014)
   The Scarlet Gospels (2015)
   Tonight, Again (2015)
   Clive Barker's The Body Book (2018)

Graphic Novels

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Novellas and Short Stories

   Dread (1984)
   Rawhead Rex (1984)
   The Yattering and Jack (1984)
   The Last Illusion (1985)
   The Life of Death (1985)
   Revelations (1985)
   The Hellbound Heart (1986)
   The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus (2009)
   Tortured Souls (2015)
   Infernal Parade (2017)
   Hellraiser: The Toll (2018) (with Mark Alan Miller)

Non fiction

   Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror (1984) (with Stephen Jones)
   Rare Flesh (2003)
   The Hellraiser Chronicles (2004) (with Peter Atkins and Stephen Jones)
   Clive Barker Visions of Heaven and Hell (2005)
   The Painter, the Creature, and the Father of Lies (2011)

Omnibus editions

Clive Barker Omnibus (2012)

Anthologies containing stories by Clive Barker

Cutting Edge (1986)
Prime Evil (1988)
Silver Scream (1988)
Gaslight and Ghosts (1988)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991)
Demons and Deviants (1992)
The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993)
Best New Horror 4 (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
Little Deaths (1994)
Visions of Fear (1994)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
Splatterpunks II (1995)
Space Movies (1995)
Dark Terrors 2 (1995)
Night Screams (1996)
Millennium (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Unexplained (1998)
The Reel Stuff (1998)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)

Short stories

	Animal Life
	The Book of Blood (1984)
	Confession of a (pornographer's) Shroud (1984)
	Hell's Event (1984)
	Human Remains (1984)
	In the Hills, the Cities (1984)
	Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament (1984)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	The Midnight Meat Train (1984)
	New Murders in the Rue Morgue (1984)
	Pig Blood Blues (1984)
	Scape-Goats (1984)
	Sex, Death and Starshine (1984)
	The Skins of the Fathers (1984)
	Son of Celluloid (1984)
	The Age of Desire (1985)
	Babel's Children (1985)
	The Body Politic (1985)
	The Book of Blood (a Postscript): On Jerusalem Street (1985)
	Down, Satan! (1985)
	The Forbidden (1985)
	How Spoilers Bleed (1985)
	In the Flesh (1985)
	The Inhuman Condition (1985)
	Life After Death (1985)
	Lost Souls (1985)
	The Madonna (1985)
	Twilight at the Towers (1985)
	The Hellbound Heart [short story] (1986)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Coming to Grief (1988)
	The Rhapsodist (1988)
	The Departed (1992)
	On Amen's Shore (1992)
	Hermione and the Moon (1993)
	Chiliad: A Meditation: Men and Sin (1997)
	Chiliad: A Meditation: A Moment at the River's Heart (1997)

Awards

	World Fantasy Best Collection winner (1985) : Books of Blood Volume 1
	World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1985) : Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament
	World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1986) : Books of Blood Volume 4
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1986) : The Damnation Game
	World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1987) : The Hellbound Heart [short story]
	Bram Stoker Best First Novel nominee (1988) : The Damnation Game
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1988) : Weaveworld
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : Sacrament
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : Abarat: The First Book of Hours
	Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (2015) : The Scarlet Gospels

Clive Barker recommends

Hawk Mountain (2022)
Conner Habib
"Habib's debut novel is a bleak, dark adrenaline rush."

Darkness and Shadows (2021)
Paul Kane
"Paul Kane is a first-rate storyteller, never failing to marry his insights into the world and its anguish with the pleasures of phrases eloquently turned."

Clown in a Cornfield (2020)
(Clown in a Cornfield, book 1)
Adam Cesare
"An author who knows how to make us afraid."

Jinxed (2018)
(Jinxed Trilogy, book 1)
Thommy Hutson
"Thommy Hutson is the ultimate authority in nostalgia-driven storytelling."

Glimpse (2018)
Jonathan Maberry
"A waking dream, at once powerful and subtly sinister."

The Society of Blood (2015)
(Obsidian Heart, book 2)
Mark Morris
"Mark Morris is one of the finest horror writers at work today."

The Rainbow Man (2013)
P B Kane (Paul Kane)
"Kane's writing has a style and elegance, he's a first-rate storyteller."

Unikirja (2009)
K A Laity
"K. A. Laity's writing is full of fluent style and poetic dialogue."

The Poisoned Crown (2006)
(Sangreal Trilogy, book 3)
Amanda Hemingway
"A Piece of Pure Magic."

The Wicked Haze (2005)
Nicholas Randers (Nicholas Grabowsky)
"Nicholas, I salute you!"

Rust and Bone (2005)
Craig Davidson
"There is a strikingly original tone to Mr Davidson's stories. The prose is spare yet elegant, the insights are fresh and real, and best of all there is a boundless humanity in Mr. Davidson's writing: a love of life that is beautifully woven with an acute sense of its darkness. This is in every way an extraordinary book."

Anima (2005)
M John Harrison
"An extraordinary writer."

The Arcanum (2004)
Thomas Wheeler
"THE ARCANUM is a first-class thriller; superbly crafted, it moves like lightning, creating a world where historical fact and wild invention are interwoven. Marvellous stuff!"

The Ferryman (2002)
Christopher Golden
"A powerful and haunting tale."

The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002)
Ramsey Campbell
"He provides the reader with insights and chills only a master of dark fantasy could achieve."

Demons (2000)
John Shirley
"John Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell. I heartily recommend a journey with John Shirley at your side."

Pork Pie Hat (1999)
Peter Straub
"In any genre, a world class author."

Big Thunder (1997)
Peter Atkins
"Atkins is a brilliant supplier of shudders and splendours."

Only Forward (1994)
Michael Marshall Smith
"A dark labyrinth of a book: shocking, moving and surreal. Violent, outrageous and witty - sometimes simultaneously - it offers us a journey from which we return both shaken and exhilarated. An extaordinary debut."

The List of Seven (1993)
(Arthur Conan Doyle, book 1)
Mark Frost
"An irresistible page-turner."

Wet Work (1993)
Philip Nutman
"A vital and original talent."

The Bridge (1991)
John M Skipp and Craig Spector
"This is the New Horror at work; fast-paced and passionate, breaking new ground as it uncovers the faces that fear wears in the century's final decade."

Death Spore (1990)
Harry Adam Knight (John Brosnan)
"I had a damned good time with this book."

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