For some editions, each book's cover was illustrated by Clive Barker himself. The stories could range from the humorous to the truly horrific. Barker has stated in Faces of Fear that an inspiration for “The Books of Blood” was when he read Dark Forces in the early 1980s and realized that a horror story collection need not have any narrow themes, consistent tone or restrictions. The tales invariably take place in a contemporary setting, usually featuring everyday people who become embroiled in terrifying or mysterious events. The book won both the British and World Fantasy Awards.Īlthough undoubtedly horror stories, like most of Barker's work they mix fantasy themes in as well. With the publication of the first volume, Barker became an overnight sensation and was hailed by Stephen King as "the future of horror".
The volume 1-3 omnibus was published with a foreword by Barker's fellow Liverpudlian horror writer Ramsey Campbell. Each volume contains four or five stories. There are six books in total, each simply subtitled Volume 1 through to Volume 6, and were subsequently re-published in two omnibus editions containing three volumes each.
“The Books of Blood” are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker.
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