![]() ![]() ![]() Barker was further invited to illustrate the covers of the later reissues with his dark and twisted artwork. His two omnibuses were later split down and reissued into the six individual volumes, the first of which included an introduction by Ramsey Campbell. After this initial success, Barker followed with a final three books (again in one combined volume), creating a collective masterpiece of horror. The first volume (containing books I-III) won both the British and World Fantasy Awards, as the public lapped up the gore soaked pages. Stephen King, already deemed an undisputed master in the genre, went as far as to pronounce Clive Barker to be “the future of horror”. The release exploded within the horror literature scene, hailing Barker as an exciting and imaginative newcomer. Written in his spare time, he was not expecting them to really sell at all, let alone did he predict the phenomenal public response that followed. ![]() First published back in November of 1984, British author Clive Barker made his name within the deeply competitive world of horror with the publication of the first three books of his macabre short stories collection ‘The Books Of Blood’ all in one collective volume. ![]()
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